Quiz Questions Com 230 test 2

thick/thin boundaries CMPT

Boundary Permeability

The logical consistency of which theory or theories is in question?

Communication Privacy Management

The belief that a group is special enough to overcome obstacles

Illusion Invulnerability

Which of the following is not a relational dialectic

Internal and external

Kip is dating Teresa, he wants to disclose information but isn't sure, what dialectical tension?

Openness and Protection

when you get to the office in the morning, the first thing you do is hang up your coat, and pour coffee, which ritual?

Personal

Rather than emphasizing the structure of an organization, Weick highlights the _______ of the organization.

Process

Contradiction is fundamental fact of relational life

Relational dialects and Communication Privacy management

The prisoner dilemma that demonstrates interdependence demonstrates ideas of what theory?

Social Exchange Theory

what theory is the onion metaphor and what is the spider web?

Social penetration is onion and organizational culture is the spider web

The org stories that people tell each other are passion performances

True

Weick- orgs and env change so rapidly it's unrealistic to look at what they are right now, won't look that way later

True

if comparison level for alts is greater than the comparison level which is greater than outcome the relationship viewed as unsatisfying and unstable

True

if comparison level for alts. is greater than outcome which is greater than comparison level then relationship is satisfying and unstable

True

Jokes, jargon, and stories are examples of which type of symbol

Verbal

the _____ is used to illustrate how 2 people believe rewards should be exchanged between them

dispositional matrix

You tell your parents everything, except about sex, RDT says your manage dialectal tension

disqualifying

All of the following statements about self disclosure are true except

- as relationships become more intimate there is LESS depth and breadth with self disclosure (Answer) - Self disclosure can be strategic (planned) - self disclosure can be unstrategic (spontaneous) - self disclosure sometimes happens w strangers in public places

All of the following are structural factors that serve as antecedent conditions to group think except:

- group stress (answer) -a lack of impartial leadership - a lack of clear decision making procedures - group instillation

All of the following are symptoms of groupthink except:

- overestimation of the group - close mindedness -group instillation (answer - antecedent condition) - pressures towards uniformity

testibility limits which theories?

- social exchange and group think

All are assumptions of organizational culture theory except:

-culture vary across organizations -interpretations of actions w/in orgs are diverse -org. members create a shared sense of org reality -orgs exist in an information environment (answer)

Personality shows itself in what stage?

Exploratory Effective Exchange

CPMT assumes that greater communication lead to greater intimacy

False

Diadic uniqueness emerges in affective exchange stage of social penetration

False

Most relationships reach the stable exchange stage

False

Practical utility of groupthink has been ?

False

RDT assumes relationships develop in linear fashion

False

dualistic approach to contradiction says tensions are both/and

False (dialectic)

the concept of praxis in RDT says relational partners are interdependent

False (praxis - says were rational)

Social exchange theory was created at a time where open and honest communication was valued

False (social penetration)

Marriages should be true partnerships, but you're in marriage where you do all the work. Social exchange theory says your marriage is your

Given Matrix

exchange where 2 people reciprocate cost and reward

Direct exchange

New employee orientations and training videos are the _____ performances of an organization

Encultration

you tell someone a secret you create a

boundary linkage

______ results from getting too much info or ambiguous info

equivocality

groupthink - ignore warnings that should make them question decision making - self censorship

false

Your group has a tendency to read silence as consent, which symptom of group think?

illusion of unanimity

reducing equivocality of info and taking note of what works for the future

retention

the comparison level predicts the _____ of a relationship where the comparison level of alternatives predicts the _____.

satisfaction and stability

Cara and Victor choose to be close to each other at all times and choose to do everything together, they have chosen to manage the dialectical tension of autonomy and connection by employing:

selection (ignore autonomy)

social penetration theorists believe _____ is the way superficial relationships progress to intimate ones

self disclosure

Private info shared - boundary becomes collective

true

SET assumes were rational decision makers

true

SET the standards used to eval relational costs and rewards vary from person to person and over time

true

a generalized exchange involves indirect something? lol

true

comparison level is based on past experience and observation

true

conflicts regarding private boundaries and private info is boundary turbulence

true

question whether CPM is a dialect theory

true