communications cassella Chapters 1-5
A. your self-concept matches your ideal and ought selves.
According to Self-Discrepancy Theory. you are more likely to experience high self esteem if ______________________.
D. Concealment
According to Table 5.3, types of Deception, which of the following refers to revealing only part of the truth while leaving out important information?
D. power
According to co-culture communication theory, the people with the most ________________ within a society determines the dominant culture.
A. Transactional
According to the ___________ model, there aren't senders or receivers; instead, participants constantly exchange verbal and nonverbal messages and feedback to collaboratively create meaning.
B. Employing benevolent prejudice
According to the chapter, which of the following is not a way to create intercultural competence?
B. 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 _____.
B. low-content
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.
B. Control
In high-uncertainty-avoidance cultures, what do people place a lot of value on?
A. "we" language
Phrases that both emphasize inclusions and enhance feelings of connection and similarity are known as _____________.
A. Communication Skills
Repeatable goal-directed behaviors and behavioral patterns that you routinely practice and that reflect knowledge of competent communication are known as __________________.
D. fundamental attribution error
The overwhelming tendency of people to attribute others behaviors to internal rather than external forces is known as ___________________________.
all the above
When evaluating someone's online face, which of the following do you consider as part of the content's warranting value?
C. outgroupers
When people communicate in rude or inappropriate ways, you're more inclined to form negative impressions of them if you see them as _____________.
C. Algebraic
Which of the following impressions form over time?
D. 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?
B. Ethics
Which of the following is not one of the five features that define communication?
B. Compare your impression with a neutral source
Which of the following is not one of the fives steps of perception-checking?
C. connotative meanings
You and your sister using the phase "blue moon" to signal to each other when your mom is in a bad mood is an example of ___________________.
A. Flaming
_____________ occurs when people say or do negative things online that they would never do in person.
D. All of them are correct
According to researcher Dominic Infante. how can you competently communicate with verbally aggressive people?
C. 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?
B. A mask covers the private aspects of your self.
What is the difference between your face and a mask?
B. Ethics
Which feature of competent communication requires you to treat other with respect and communicate with them honestly, kindly, and positively?
C. Lack of nonverbal feedback
Which of the following is a main cause of empathy deficits?
B. Symbolic
Which of the following is not one of the four characteristics of understandable language, according to the cooperative principles?