___________ signals to a speaker whether he or she needs to adjust, modify, strengthen, or change the content or form of a message

a. Feedforward
b. Feedback
c. Noise
d. Code-switching


Answer: b

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Sybil often played the video game “Die Now.” One afternoon, Sybil deliberately ran her car into James’s car. James sued the makers of “Die Now,” claiming the game caused Sybil to become aggressive and cause James’s injuries. If a court applies the incitement test to determine if the “Die Now” manufacturer was responsible for James’s injury, James must prove the manufacturer ______.

a. should have done more testing to determine the game’s effects b. should have foreseen that playing the game could cause someone to injure another person c. was negligent in manufacturing the game d. intentionally meant for game players to become aggressive and cause harm

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Most scientists have abandoned the concept of biological race as a meaningful concept. 2. Communication and culture should be studied separately. 3. Culture is a code we learn and share, and learning and sharing require communication. 4. Among the five effects June Yum describes that Confucianism has on interpersonal communication is the use of intermediaries or third parties to avoid direct confrontation. 5. Korean has special vocabularies for each sex, for different degrees of social status and degrees of intimacy, and for formal occasions.

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Members of _____ cultures do not feel threatened by unknown situations; uncertainty is a normal part of life

A) moderate-ambiguity-tolerant B) high-ambiguity-tolerant C) low-ambiguity-tolerant D) uncertain-ambiguity-tolerant

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When you are writing, you need to make sure you ______.

A. make it sound as interesting as possible no matter what. B. only say what you know for sure. C. enhance concrete details. D. use a lot of adjectives.

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