Question 1

When Don,who is an openly gay man,meets Mehmet,Mehmet automatically assumes that Don Must also know Rick,Mehmet's gay residence-hall director. Mehmet's tendency to assume that Don and Rick would probably know each other can be described as

Accepted Answer

A) sexist. 
B)  polarization. 
C)  non-evaluative language. 
D) heterosexist.

Question 2

Once you have established your own connotations for expressions such as "I love you," they rarely change throughout your lifetime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A good way to guard against a static evaluation is to use

Accepted Answer

A) a date subscript. 
B)  polarization. 
C)  fact-inference confusion. 
D) intentional orientation.

Question 4

If you avoid immediately labeling people,objects,and events and instead focus on how you actually see them,you are engaging in __________ orientation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of If you avoid immediately labeling people,objects,and events...

Question 5

The denotative meaning of a word

Accepted Answer

A) is subjective. 
B)  is found in a dictionary. 
C)  includes the word's emotional meaning. 
D) is the meaning a speaker gives to the word.

Question 6

Terms such as "policeman," "fireman," and "salesman" are examples of __________ language.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Terms such as "policeman," "fireman," and "salesman"...

Exam 4: Verbal Messages