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Interpersonal communication involves which of the following characteristics?
a. it involves three or more people
b. it is passive and requires little effort
c. it impacts a participants' thoughts, emotions, behavior, and relationships
d. it delivers a message to an audience - ANSWER-it impacts a participants' thoughts,
emotions, behavior, and relationships
If your friend says, "I think it is wrong to wear fur or leather," he is expressing a(n)
a. attitude
b. belief
c. value
d. personal construct - ANSWER-value
Susan thinks she is not good at delivering public presentations so she doesn't prepare
or research her topic. During her speech, she is unprepared, forgets to cover one of her
main points, and feels like her speech failed. This behavior demonstrates
a. self-fulfilling prophecy
b. critical self-reflection
c. social comparison
d. none of the above - ANSWER-self-fulfilling prophecy
Which of the following statements reflect the notion that your self-concept is influenced
by the labels that others have of you?
a. my self-esteem is low
b. I see myself as a student, worker, and son
c. my brother always said I was not as smart as I am
d. I am a happy, extroverted person - ANSWER-my brother always said I was not as
smart as I am
Perception-checking involves all of the following except
a. reviewing your knowledge about the person
b. questioning your impression
c. checking your impression with that person
d. hiding your impressions from the person - ANSWER-hiding your impressions from the
person
When a person is caught in a deception they must address
a. individualism
b. losing face
c. self appraisals
d. social comparison - ANSWER-losing face
Which of the following is a strategy you can use to maintain or save face?
a. use words and actions consistent with the face you are trying to use
b. use communication that is consistent with other's perceptions of you
c. use communication that is reinforced by objects or events of the context
d. all of the above - ANSWER-all of the above
If your girlfriend just received a notice from the IRS for not paying her federal taxes and
you assume it was just an honest mistake, what perceptual error are you
demonstrating?
a. halo effect
b. fundamental attribution error
c. perception-checking
d. horn effect - ANSWER-halo effect
Henry just heard his friend, Jay is getting divorced. Having just been through a divorce
himself, he understands how Jay is feeling and offers to listen to Jay. Henry is
demonstrating
a. empathy
b. sympathy
c. selflessness
d. none of the above - ANSWER-empathy
Auditory, visual, and tactile are all examples of
a. media
b. communication
c. channels
d. noise - ANSWER-channels
Which model of communication best recognizes the multi-directional, complex nature of
communication?
a. transactional communication
b. action communication
c. linear communication
d. interactive communication - ANSWER-transactional communication
Which of the following is not an element found in the linear communication model?
a. sender
b. noise
c. feedback
d. receiver - ANSWER-feedback
Text messaging and email exemplify which type of communication model?
a. transactional
b. interactive
c. linear
d. none of the above - ANSWER-linear
If you want to be perceived as trustworthy, caring, and credible with your girlfriend's
parents, which interpersonal goal are you trying to achieve?
a. self-presentation goals
b. relationship goals
c. personal goals
d. achievement goals - ANSWER-self-presentation goals
The text's example of the teacher calling roll and asking "Now, where is ..." and a
student replying "Ernesto?" because he knew just who the teacher was looking for
illustrates what component of communication?
a. fields of experience
b. communication is collaborative
c. communication noise
d. self-presentation goals - ANSWER-communication is collaborative
Communication competence is composed of all the followed except
a. ethics
b. effectiveness
c. appropriateness
d. contexts - ANSWER-contexts
A communication major can pursue careers in
a. marketing and public relations
b. sales and fundraising
c. political consulting
d. all of the above - ANSWER-all of the above
While lecturing to your class, Professor Smith inquires of his students, "Do you all
understand me?" What component of communication is your professor seeking?
a. mediated interaction
b. noise
c. feedback
d. channel - ANSWER-feedback
Brian likes encounters in which he can act like himself by expressing his beliefs. He is
a. a high self-monitor
b. a low self-monitor
c. a competent communicator
d. an incompetent communicator - ANSWER-a low self-monitor
Kat has a disagreement with Paul and told him that he was an idiot. Later, while
apologizing, Kat asked Paul to "forget my comment." Kat does not realize
a. communication is irreversible
b. communication is a process
c. choices have consequences
d. self-disclosure is needed - ANSWER-communication is irreversible
A leader that focuses on accomplishing the task while simultaneously disregarding how
and where information is obtained is ignoring what component of competent
communication?
a. effectiveness
b. ethics
c. appropriateness
d. ability to translate knowledge into communication skills - ANSWER-effectiveness
"Communication is irreversible" means
a. communication can be intentional
b. communication can be unintentional
c. people can attach meaning to anything you do or don't do
d. communication has outcomes - ANSWER-communication has outcomes
If you and your roommate are discussing who will get the master bedroom in your newly
found apartment, what type of communication are you most likely using?
a. public communication
b. intrapersonal communication
c. small group communication
d. interpersonal communication - ANSWER-interpersonal communication
What method of impression formation is most likely to lead to prejudice?
a. horn effect
b. halo effect
c. stereotyping
d. gestalts - ANSWER-stereotyping
Which of the following may help increase your self-esteem?
a. having consistency between your ought and ideal self
b. living in an appearance culture
c. engaging in social comparison
d. none of the above - ANSWER-having consistency between your ought and ideal self
Critical self-reflection is a comprehensive process involving all of these steps except
a. thinking about what I am feeling
b. asking myself why am I thinking the way I am
c. thinking about how others see me
d. asking myself how I am communicating - ANSWER-thinking about how others see
me
Culture can include which of the following?
a. age
b. gender
c. religion
d. all of the above - ANSWER-all of the above
Your learned evaluative appraisals about you and others (positive or negative) are
called
a. attitudes
b. values
c. beliefs
d. personal constructs - ANSWER-attitudes
A mental construct that expresses enduring principles of what is good or bad and right
or wrong is called a(n)
a. attitude
b. value
c. belief
d. self-reflection - ANSWER-value
Thoughts and convictions that an individual holds to be true are called
a. attitudes
b. beliefs
c. values
d. personal constructs
e. self-appraisals - ANSWER-beliefs
Mediated communication can fulfill all of the following needs and goals except
a. instrumental goals
b. relationship goals
c. empathy goals
d. self-presentational goals
e. all of the above - ANSWER-empathy goals
Which of the following is not an advantage of using mediated communication?
a. people base relationships on who you are not how you appear physically
b. you can meet others not in your physical proximity
c. others can judge you on the quality of what you say
d. you don't have access to subtle nonverbal cues
e. it helps you form and maintain relationships - ANSWER-you don't have access to
subtle nonverbal cues
Which of the following is not part of the "three P's of mediated communication?
a. petty
b. powerful
c. public
d. permanent
e. prevalence - ANSWER-a. petty
Posting mediated messages that are perceived by another person as threatening or
distribution is called
a. flaming
b. spamming
c. trolling
d. cyber bullying
e. online harassment - ANSWER-online harassment
With social media you are more likely to
a. use more indirect language
b. feel more visible and vulnerable
c. use more harsh, rude, or profane language
d. feel less comfortable saying things than you would face-to-face
e. use better judgement - ANSWER-use more harsh, rude, or profane language
Inappropriately aggressive and hostile messages that are typically not communicated in
a face-to-face situation are called
a. defensive communication
b. flaming
c. dogmatic messages
d. verbal aggression
e. trolling - ANSWER-flaming
To increase your mediated communication competence, you should
a. use flaming
b. tell little white (butler) lies
c. use emoticons
d. use clear language
e. use deception - ANSWER-use clear language
Mass media has which of the following characteristics?
a. can include CNN and the New York Times
b. communication is one-way
c. audience is mostly unknown
d. the source is the provider of content
e. all of the above - ANSWER-all of the above
Social information processing theory suggests
a. emoticons are a good substitute for nonverbal feedback
b. miscommunication occurs most often on social media
c. you take greater care in choosing your words via social media
d. mediated communication is less personal
e. social media lacks nonverbal cues - ANSWER-you take greater care in choosing your
words via social media
Why are you less likely to feel empathy using mediated communication?
a. feedback is more accessible
b. less feedback means less empathy
c. users can better understand others' thoughts and emotions
d. increased ability to perspecti