1.

Question:
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofnonverbalcommunication?

StudentAnswer:

Itcommunicatesinterestandinvolvementintheothersinaninteraction.
Itcommunicatesinterestandinvolvementinthetopicsbeingdealtwith.

Itrequiresthatthebodymovementsofinteractingpersonsremain
unsynchronized.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

Itcommunicatesemotionssuchaslove,hate,fear,anddependency.
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2. Question:
Whichofthefollowingistrueofracistideology?

StudentAnswer:

Ithasneverbeenacceptedbymembersofthescientificcommunity.
Ithasnothingtodowithethnocentrism.

Itoftengrowsoutofsocialprejudices.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

Ithasbeenincreasinglysupportedbyscientificresearch.
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3. Question:
WhichofthefollowingistrueoftheuseofpersonaldistanceintheUnited
States?

StudentAnswer:

ThedistancebetweenfriendsisgreaterintheU.S.thaninmanyother
societies.
Itindicatesthatpeopletendtobecloseandpersonableintheirrelationships.

ItisthesameintheU.S.asinmostpartsoftheworld.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

Ithasnothingtodowithshowingfriendliness.
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4. Question:
Anthropologiststypicallyagreewithwhichofthefollowingstatementsabout
race?

StudentAnswer:

Therearecleargeneticboundariesbetweenraces.

Therearethreemainracialgroupsintheworldtoday.

Thereismoregeneticvariationwithinsocalledracialgroupsthanbetween
them.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

Clustersofbiologicaltraitsvary,asclusters,fromonepartoftheworldto
another.
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5. Question:
Arecentexampleofasocietybuiltontheprincipleofracialsegregationis
StudentAnswer:

Japan.

India.

France.

Instructor
Explanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

SouthAfrica.
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6. Question:
Ethnicityinfluencespoliticsbecause

StudentAnswer:

ethnicgroupshaveequalpoliticalpowerasmainstreamgroups.
ethnicgroupsarethemainsubjectsofpoliticalregulation.

manypoliticalconflictsareethnicconflicts.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

ethnicityisalwaysovertlydiscussedbypoliticians.
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7. Question:
WhichstatementaboutIQtestsistrue?

StudentAnswer:

IQtestsarescientificmeasuresofinnateintellect.
IQtestsassumeknowledgeofupperclasspracticesandvalues.

IQtestmayincludebiases,butlinguisticbiasesarenotpresent.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

IQtestsareflawless.
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Comments:

8. Question:
Thenumberofphonemesinhumanlanguagesistypicallyhowmany?
StudentAnswer:

1020

2045

3060

4555

Instructor
Explanation:

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PointsReceived:

Comments:

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9. Question:
WhichofthefollowingistrueofAfricanAmericanVernacularEnglish?

StudentAnswer:

ItisadialectofEnglish.
ItisfundamentallydifferentfromStandardEnglish.

Itdiffersfrommostlanguagesintheabsenceofatobeverb.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Comments:

Itdoesnotemploydoublenegatives.
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10. Question:
Alanguagesbasicvocabularydiffersfromitsgeneralvocabularyinwhichofthe
followingways?

StudentAnswer:

Thebasicvocabularyismoreresistanttochange.
Thegeneralvocabularyisabetterindicatorofalanguagesgenetic
relationshipstootherlanguages.

Thebasicvocabularyislessusefulinbuildinguplinguisticfamilytrees.

InstructorExplanation:

PointsReceived:

Thebasicvocabularyisacquiredlaterinlifeandincludesmoreborrowed
words.
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