Buff State: Culture & Language

Question 1

How did being primed with a black male face affect subjects in the 2004 study of race?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 2

Which question was central to the lecture discussion regarding Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

Can textspeak be an effective tool for teaching Shakespeare's work?

Question 3

Which concept is illustrated by debate over the use of textspeak in academia?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 4

The act of switching between different cultural perceptions is:

Accepted Answer

Frame switching

Question 5

Long-term indicators of health, age, and sex are categorized as:

Accepted Answer

Physical cues

Question 6

(Film Q) According to Ice-T, why is profanity necessary in rap?

Accepted Answer

It reflects the rough atmosphere of “street life” and urban culture

Question 7

(TED Talk) Students who displayed more confident body language were also more likely to:

Accepted Answer

Participate in class discussions

Question 8

The Implicit Association Test reveals biases of the unconscious mind.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

What do negative perceptions of LCF speakers reveal about its origins during the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

LCF originated among the dispreferred class.

Question 10

What did the 2004 study about perceptions of danger show about implicit associations and race?

Accepted Answer

Cultural stereotypes shape perceptions without our awareness

Question 11

Which concept about physical cues is demonstrated by Julie Chen’s surgery to appear more “mainstream”?

Accepted Answer

Alterations usually reflect cultural standards of attractiveness

Question 12

Short-term indicators of your immediate emotional state are categorized as:

Accepted Answer

Body language

Question 13

According to one study, how does AGENTIVE language affect memory of accidental events?

Accepted Answer

MORE likely to recall people involved in accidental events

Question 14

(TED Talk) According to a Tufts study, patients rarely sued doctors whose nonverbal language indicated:

Accepted Answer

Niceness

Question 15

What is the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) designed to detect?

Accepted Answer

Microexpressions

Question 16

In the frame-switching study, how did subjects exposed to an American accent view this picture?

Accepted Answer

Lone fish leading other fish (i.e. Individual-focused)

Question 17

What is the link between resource availability and preferred female body type?

Accepted Answer

Societies prone to famine prefer plumper body type.

Question 18

What do studies reveal about educators' perceptions of AAVE speaking students?

Accepted Answer

Low expectations, less attention, and less encouragement.

Question 19

According to a 2010 study, which speakers were MORE likely to recall agents involved in accidental events?

Accepted Answer

English speakers

Question 20

The act of switching between different languages and/or dialects is:

Accepted Answer

Code switching

Question 21

The clip from Key & Peele featuring two men on cell phones demonstrated:

Accepted Answer

Code switching

Question 22

How did Newspeak, in Orwell’s 1984, demonstrate the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Simple language was promoted to hinder contradictory thought

Question 23

Women attracted to images of men with dilated pupils had a history of dating:

Accepted Answer

"Bad boys" and/or were in fertile phase of menstrual cycle.

Question 24

How did AGENTIVE language affect perceptions of blame in the 2004 Superbowl incident?

Accepted Answer

MORE likely to blame Timberlake and levied 53% more in fines

Question 25

In the frame-switching study, how did subjects exposed to a Chinese accent view this picture?

Accepted Answer

Crowd of fish chasing the lone fish (i.e. community-focused)

Question 26

(Film Q) Comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested numerous times during his career and charged with:

Accepted Answer

Word crimes

Question 27

What did “Handshaking, gender, personality, and first impressions” reveal about women?

Accepted Answer

Women with firm handshakes were perceived positively.

Question 28

According a 2010 study, how does NON-AGENTIVE language influence memory of accidental events?

Accepted Answer

LESS likely to recall people involved in accidental events

Question 29

Dr. Hess' study showed that males reported stronger attraction to photos of a woman with:

Accepted Answer

Dilated pupils

Question 30

What is the Implicit Association Test (IAT) designed to detect?

Accepted Answer

Unconscious biases based on speed of word-image associations

Question 31

Which component of language includes kinesics, oculesics, and proxemics?

Accepted Answer

Body language

Question 32

A simplified language structure used between groups with different native languages is:

Accepted Answer

Pidgin

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