Speech 106 Midterm Exam

Your self-concept matches your ideal and ought selves

According to Self-Discrepancy Theory, you are more likely to experience high self-esteem if____.

Concealment

According to Table 5.3, Types of Deception, which of the following types refers to revealing only part of the truth while leaving out important information?

Power

According to co-cultural communication theory, the people with the most___within a society determine the dominant culture.

All of the answers are correct

According to researcher Dominic Infante, how can you competently communicate with verbally aggressive people?

Transactional

According to the ___model, there aren't senders or receivers; instead, participants constantly exchange verbal and nonverbal messages and feedback to collaboratively and create meaning.

Employing benevolent prejudice

According to the chapter, which of the following is not a way to create intercultural competence?

Emblems

Gestures that substitute for verbal statements-for example, giving a thumbs-up to communicate "good job!"-are known as___.

Self-presentation

If you convince your sister to lend you her car by describing your clean driving record and devotion to speed limits, you are accomplishing what type of goal?

Comprehend

If your sister is giving you detailed directions to her new apartment during a phone call, you are listening to___.

Control

In high-uncertainty-avoidance cultures, what do people place a lot of value on?

Artifacts

In terms of nonverbal communication, you can express your identity, affluence, and influence through your use of___.

Low-context

In___cultures, people tend not to presume that others share their beliefs, attitudes, and values; thus, they strive to be informative, clear, and direct in their communication.

High-contact cultures; Spain

People from___such as___, prefer frequent touching, shared gaze, and close physical proximity.

"we language"

Phrases that both emphasize inclusion and enhance feelings of connection and similarity are known as___.

Communication skills

Repeatable goal-directed behaviors patterns that you routinely practice and that reflect knowledge of competent communication are known as____.

Fundamental attribution error

The overwhelming tendency of people to attribute others' behaviors to internal rather than external forces known as___.

Aggressive listening

Though possibly caused by stress, people who cause___ may think less favorably about themselves and experience lower marital satisfaction.

Algebraic

Which of the following impressions form over time?

Limiting mediated communication to a couple of messages per day

Which of the following is not one of the chapter's suggestions for competently using mediated communication?

Ethics

Which of the following is not one of the five features that define communication?

Compare your impressions with a neutral source

Which of the following is not one of the five steps of perception-checking?

Connotative meanings

You and your sister using the phrase "blue moon" to signal to each other when your mom is in a bad mood is an example of___

Flaming

___occurs when people say or do negative things online that they would never do in person.

Multitasking

During which of the following activities are you mostly likely to mishear messages?

Evaluating

During which stage of the listening process do you compare new information against knowledge?

Synchronous communication

If you want to have an important conversation with a family member, you should first try to engage in a real-time conversation, or___.

Perception-checking

One way to improve your nonverbal competence is to evaluate the accuracy of your attributions through___.

A mask covers the private aspects of your self.

What is the difference between your face and a mask?

All of the above are correct

When evaluating someone's online face, which of the following do you consider as part of the content's warranting value?

Outgroupers

When people communicate in rude or inappropriate ways, you're most inclined to form negative impressions of them if you see them as___.

Ethics

Which feature of competent communication requires you to treat others with respect and communicate with them honestly, kindly, and positively?

Lack of nonverbal feedback

Which of the following is a main cause of empathy deficits?

Looking down

Which of the following is not a way to show dominance through nonverbal communication?

Symbolic

Which of the following is not one of the four characteristics off understandable language, according to the cooperative principle?

People-oriented

Which of the following types of listeners view listening as an opportunity to establish bonds between themselves and others?