Intro SPCH 1311 Midterm 1
Which of the following statements is not true of speaking rate?
A higher rate of speaking can signal that the speaker is uninterested in his or her topic
Many people in the office enjoy talking to Josh about issues with their clients because he always shows he is listening by shaking his head and making direct eye contact. Josh's actions are examples of:
Active listening
The interaction model of communication:
All the above
Intrapersonal communication serves which of the following functions?
Calms in a stressful situation
Artifacts are possessions that:
Communicate our identities
The process that involves an interchanging of verbal and/or nonverbal messages within a continuous and dynamic sequence of events.
Communication
Which of the following theories explores why and how people modify their communication to fit situational, social, cultural, and relational contexts?
Communication accommodation theory
Nonverbal communication serves which of the following functions:
Convey meaning and Influence others
______________ involves evaluating the credibility, completeness, and worth of a speaker's message.
Critical listening
______________ and listening skills help you take a more proactive role in the communication process rather than being a passive receiver of messages that may not be credible, complete, or worthwhile.
Critical thinking
________ are versions of languages that have distinct words, grammar, and pronunciation, while _________ are distinct styles of pronunciation.
Dialects, accents
Which of the following are functions of eye contact?
Establish interpersonal connections; signal cognitive activity
When we _________ something, we make judgments about its credibility, completeness, and worth.
Evaluate
What kind of delivery method gives the most flexibility during speaker preparation and speech delivery?
Extemporaneous
With which delivery method would you be most likely to use note cards?
Extemporaneous
True or False: Mass Communication is limited to television
False
True or False: Mass communication and public communication are the same thing.
False
True or False: Of the five forms of communication, intrapersonal is not one of them.
False
___________ is the drive to take up and defend spaces that is shared by many creatures, ranging from packs of animals to individual humans to nations.
Territoriality
If Toni is attempting to tell Sharra a message, but she mixes her observations with her thoughts and feelings, what kind of message is she sending to Sharra?
Threatening
Which of the following is not a main purpose of listening?
To engage in impression management
True or False: Group communication usually leads to more complicated interactions than interpersonal communication.
True
True or False: Intrapersonal communication takes place inside out own head.
True
True or False: Nonverbal communication is often used as a shorthand for communication in relational contexts.
True
True or False: Our Cultural identities and our personalities affect our perceptions
True
True or False: Symbols can be communicated verbally, nonverbally, or in writing.
True
True or False: The chronological pattern structures speeches based on time or sequence.
True
True or False: The following statement is an example of a transition statement in a speech: Now that I've told you about cognitive restructuring, next I'll explain the benefits of systematic desensitization.
True
True or False: The problem-solution pattern involves presenting a problem and offering a solution.
True
True or False: The process of communication includes both verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs.
True
True or False: The spatial pattern arranges main points based on layout or proximity to each other
True
Which of the following is/are not a stage in the listening process?
Understanding and Creating
"Um, ah, uh, like" - these are all examples of __________________.
Verbal fillers
While self-concept is a broad description of the self, ____________ is more specifically an evaluation of the self.
Self-esteem
Along what dimensions do we engage in social comparison?
Similarity and difference; Superiority and inferiority
"She's as red as a lobster" is an example of a:
Simile
True or False: The following statement is an example of the preview of main points in a speech: There is something that people are more afraid of than heights, snakes, or even death! But, it's not scary monsters or aliens....it's public speaking!
False
True or False: The term salience refers to a database of stored information that we use to interpret new experiences.
False
True or False: While bowing is a preferred greeting in contact cultures, a handshake is a preferred greeting in a noncontact culture.
False
Of the four types of verbal expressions, expressing ___________ is the most difficult because there are many social norms about how, why, when, where, and to whom we make such expressions.
Feelings
__________ applies to professional situations in which we are expected to be on time or even a few minutes early while __________ applies to casual and interpersonal situations in which there is much more variation in terms of expectations for promptness.
Formal time, informal time
Which of the following is not a potential environmental barrier to effective listening?
Furniture arrangement
Which of the following are types of nonverbal communication?
Gestures, posture, facial expressions, and eye contact
________ refers to the study of communication by touch.
Haptics
Much of the meaning generated by a ___________ communication style comes from nonverbal and contextual cues.
High-context
Which of the following is an example of physiological noise?
Hunger
Which communication model would apply the following scenario: Bob sends a message to Cindy. Cindy receives the message and sends a reply message to Bob. Bob receives the reply message from Cindy.
Interaction Model
What is the third step in the perception process
Interpreting
Which of the following statement about perception is not true?
Interpreting is usually the longest and most deliberated step in the perception process
Which of the following is not a strength of manuscript delivery?
It is the most engaging with the audience
Stereotypes are generally based on:
Lack of information
The process by which we learn to understand, produce, and use words to communicate within a given language group is known as:
Language acquisition
Which of the following is not included in the five functions of language?
Language is confrontational
Which of the following is not a tip for having effective eye contact?
Look at the back wall or just over the audience's heads to give the illusion that you're making eye contact
Manuscript delivery is challenging for all of the following reasons except:
Maintaining consistency
Public communication becomes ____________ when it is transmitted to many people through print or electronic media.
Mass communication
Which of the following examples is not a descriptive gesture?
Spreading your arms apart to show how long a yard is
In contact cultures, people tend to:
Stand closer together, use more eye contact, touch more frequently, and speak more loudly
Nina is walking next to the movie theatre on the way home from school. She notices the poster for a brand-new movie coming out called "Beach Babes Save the Day." Looking at the poster, Nina feels self-conscious about her weight and wishes she looked more like the skinny women on the poster. This example shows the power of ______________ to influence our perception.
Media
________ can occur regardless of the degree of conscious thought and intention put into a message .
Miscommunication
Nonverbal communication is:
More involuntary than verbal communication
The word kinesics refers to the study of:
Movements
"I'm doing surveys for my biology class. Would you help me pass them out tomorrow?" This sentence is an example of which of the four types of expression?
Needs
Which of the following is not a principle of nonverbal communication?
Nonverbal communication is primarily learned in educational settings
The transmission model of communication describes communication as a __________ process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver.
One-way linear
Vocalics is the study of ___________, which includes the vocal qualities that go along with verbal messages such as pitch, volume, rate, vocal quality, and verbal fillers.
Paralanguage
Basic sensory information gained from sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell helps us to _________ Information
Perceive
_______________ noise originates in the body, while ______________ noise originates in the mind.
Physiological, psychological
Which of the following is an example of a slang word created by reduction?
Pic
Our language system is:
Primarily made up of symbols
The study of how space and distance influence communication is called:
Proxemics
Grocery stores, parks, and sidewalks are all examples of what type of space?
Public
During which stage of the listening process do we try to understand stimuli by connecting it to our previous experiences?
Recalling
During which stage of listening do you discern between intentional messages and noise?
Receiving
Which of the following could create semantic noise during a communication encounter?
Scientific jargon and words in another language
_____ is the first past of the perception processing which we focus our attention on certain incoming sensory information
Selecting
In general, we employ ______________, which refers to our tendency to pay attention to the messages that benefit us in some way and filter others out.
Selective attention
Sherry considers herself a funny and easygoing person. What Sherry is describing are clues to her:
Self-concept