PSYCH 5 Chapter 5: Ch. 5 Language Notes
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After studying the material in chapter five of looking out/looking in, you should understand: the symbolic nature of language, language is symbolic; words are symbols and have no inherent meanings. The coordinated management of meaning (cmm) theory suggests that pragmatic rules are used to create and interpret messages. you language expresses judgment of another person, and we language implies joint concern and responsibility for both the speaker and receiver: evaluative/emotive language seems to describe something but in reality announces the speaker"s attitude toward it. Some scholars describe men and women as members of distinct cultures: minor differences differences are not as clear-cut: only 1% variance in communication behavior resulted from sex differences. Women"s and men"s speech more similar than different: accounting for gender differences occupation and power trump sex differences. Viii. differences in the way language is used across cultures. How language and the worldview of a culture are related.
