C122 Interpersonal CommunicationChapter Expert II50 pts possibleInstructions: Please read the chapter(s) you have been assigned, and be prepared to discuss the following questions in class.Chapter(s):21 A Cultural Approach to Male-Female Miscommunication1. What are the main ideas of the chapter(s)?The general approach developed for studies of difficulties in cross-ethnic communication canbe applied to cross-sex communication. Boys and girls learn to use language in different ways because of the different social contexts in which they learn how to carry a friendly conversation. Women and men have different cultural roles for friendly conversation and they come into conflict when men and women attempt to talk to each other. 2. What are the key terms?Sociolingistic Subcultures, Interethnic Communication3. What are the most important examples the author gives? Soskin and John’s research on two young married couples(1963)Strodbeck and Mann’s research on jury deliberations(1956)-Women display a greater tendency to ask questions and make utterances that demand or encourage responses from fellow speakers -Women show greater tendency to use pronouns “you” and “we”-Men are more likely to interrupt speech -Men are more likely to challenge partners utterances -Men are more likely to ignore comments of other speaker -Girls play in small groups and groups are homogeneous in age, noncompetitive4. Why do these ideas matter for understanding communication?It shows that men act more dominant in conversation just as they act more dominant in society in general. When men and women nod their heads, it may lead to men thinkingthat women agreeing with them and women getting upset that men do not listen which leads to miscommunication. 5. What is one specific example (from your life or from some media source) you can provide ofthis issue in communication?Whenever I’ve talked in a friendly conversation with a girl, I’ve thought that they were agreeing with what I was saying when they were just nodding that they were listening to what I was
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