Howard Giles' Communication Accommodation Theory

question 22

Multiple Choice

Howard Giles' Communication Accommodation Theory

• A) advocates mindfulness.
• B) contrasts Western and Asian ways of thinking.
• C) explains why collectivist and individualistic cultures have difficulty reaching agreement.
• D) claims that when another group is attractive and powerful, we adapt our communication style to their speech behaviors and norms.
• E) contends that ethnocentrism and stereotyping leads to racism.

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Definitions:

Localize Sound

The ability of an organism to determine the origin of a sound source in its environment.

Sensory Information

Data received from the environment through the senses, such as sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste.

Place Coding

The perception of higher-pitched sounds that is a result of the location on the basilar membrane where hair cells are stimulated by sound waves of varying higher frequencies.

Temporal

Related to time, either as a dimension in which events occur or pertaining to the temporal bones near the temples on the sides of the skull.