Comm Quiz 3

True or False: Activist followers may act in accordance with or in opposition to a leader's efforts

True

True or False: Individuals don't possess power, groups give power to individuals.

True

Which of the following statements is most likely to contribute to a positive communication climate?

"I feel rejected when you show up late."

is an approach to conflict resolution in which both parties attain at least part of what they seek by giving something up.

Compromise

Samantha is the project manager. However, she has decided to allow her team members to work under their own direction without interference. Which leadership style is Samantha using?

Laissez-faire

The degree to which people like or appreciate one another.

Affinity

Which leadership style relies on legitimate, coercive, and reward power to influence others?

Authoritarian

refers to the emotional tone of a relationship.

Communication climate

Carlos usually spends a lot of time surfing. He values the time he has in the ocean alone with his thoughts and the waves. It's something he really feels like he needs. He recently met a very exciting woman named Amy. He is thrilled by the time they spend together, but he feels surfing, a significant part of his identity, is now being neglected. What type of tension is he most likely feeling?

Connection vs. Autonomy

The social need to influence others.

Control

____________ refers to the believability of a speaker and ____________ refers to the speaker's expertise on a topic.

Credibility; Competence

Which is the strongest confirming response?

Endorsement

True or False: Followers typically blindly follow the herd

False

True or False: Power is equally distributed among group members.

False

Lauren's team decided to meet after work to catch up on a project. So far, the meeting has not been productive. Even though the team has been staying on task, contributing and evaluating ideas, and getting along well, they still haven't decided upon a particular direction for the project. After hours of discussion, the team is feeling frustrated and demoralized and is ready to give up. It is apparent that some type of group role needs to be filled. Which group role would be most helpful at this moment?

Feeling expresser

The degree of interest and attraction we feel toward and communicate to others.

Immediacy

Asif is flirting, hinting around, and asking hypothetical questions to test his partner's receptiveness. In which of Knapp's developmental stages is he in this relationship?

Intensifying

When attempting to identify an argumentum ad verecundiam fallacy, which is the best question to pose?

Is the speaker an expert on the topic?

Which of the following is true about communication technology and relationships?

Online communication can encourage quantity over quality.

The style in which the leader gives up the power to dictate, transforming the group into a leaderless collection of equals, is called __________.

Laissez-faire

Suppose that two children are fighting over a toy. Rather than share the toy, one of them decides to break it so that neither of them can play with it. This is an example of what type of problem solving?

Lose-lose

What is the correct order of the stages of group development?

Orientation, Conflict, Emergent, Reinforcement

Describes episodes in which people pay more attention to their devices than they do to the people around them.

Phubbing

If someone's leg begins to ache before it rains, and he assumes that the pain caused the rain, this would be an example of which fallacy?

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

This leadership has shown to lead team members to feel more confident and optimistic.

Servant

Which is the most true of love languages?

The best way to express a love language to a partner is in the love language he or she prefers.

Patrice is giving a speech in front of her class. She keeps shifting nervously back and forth. Patrice is not aware that she is shifting, but her classmates are. According to the Johari Window, under which window or area would this fall?

The blind area

Maura wants to visit family for the holidays, but Ruth wants to take a vacation. They decide to spend three days with family and three days on vacation. This decision is which form of conflict management?

Win-win

In Western cultures, women are typically expected to be ____________, and men are expected to be ____________.

accommodating; competitive

According to motivated sequence, the last step in a sequence designed to motivate others is the ____________.

action step

A speaker who attempts to weaken an opponent's argument by attacking the person's integrity is guilty of the ____________ fallacy.

ad hominem

Your partner seems bored with the weekend routine you have developed together, but when you ask him about it, he says, "Everything is fine. Don't worry about it." This method of addressing dialectic tension is best described as

denial

"Deserter," "Dominator," "Recognition Seeker," and "Aggressor" are all examples of __________.

dysfunctional roles

Gibb's checklist recommends ____________ messages, which show that you can accept another's feelings and put yourself in his or her place.

empathic

A group's collective striving for unanimity that discourages realistic appraisals of alternatives to its chosen decision is called ____________.

groupthink

During the group meeting, Laura presents the enormous amount of research she collected for their project. In this capacity, Laura is acting as the ____________.

information giver

A fallacy that unfairly attacks an argument by extending it to ridiculous lengths is ____________.

reductio ad absurdum

Power that comes from respect, liking, and trust is known as __________.

referent power

Every conflict involves an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, ____________ resources, and interference from other parties in achieving their goals.

scarce

is the process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is significant and that would not normally be known by others.

self-disclosure

People who tend to do less work in a group than they would as individuals are ____________.

social loafers