In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute

communication from communication in other animals. You also will learn about the building
blocks of language and the effects that language has on human thinking and culture.
Finally, you will learn about the processes of language change that have resulted in the
contemporary diversity of human languages.
Assignment Overview
MCQ :: Matching :: True/False :: Short Essay
MCQ - Chapter 5: Language and Culture
1. Communication is synonymous with:
a. language.
b. using one set of objects and events to represent other objects or events.
c. the use of signs.
d. the use of symbols.
2. How do signs differ from symbols?
a. Signs are kinds of symbols.
b. Symbols are kinds of signs.
c. Signs and symbols have nothing in common.
d. Only symbols have meanings only because their users agree they do.
3. When Helen Keller began to use symbolic communication, her rate of learning:
a. increased dramatically.
b. decreased slightly.
c. remained about the same.
d. declined initially and then returned to its original level.
4. Which of the following is true of proxemics?
a. It is the study of unconscious nonverbal gestures.
b. Its meanings are the same in all cultures.
c. It is the study of the use of distances to communicate meaning.
d. It does not express feelings.
5. Which of the following is true of the use of personal distance in the United States?
a. Americans use a greater distance to show friendship than people in many other societies use.
b. It indicates that people tend to e close and personable in their relationships.
c. It is the same in the U.S. as in most parts of the world.
d. It has nothing to do with showing friendliness.