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