quiz 4

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"Eating a healthy diet is the most important means to living a long life" is an example of

A belief

"Getting 8 hours of sleep at night is the best way to prevent wrinkles" is an example of:

A belief

"The family is the cradle of civilization" is an example of

A value

A phrase indicating the beginning of the conclusion of the interview is known as

A wrap-up signal

When addressing the interviewer face-to-face, it is best to

Address the interviewer using his or her last name and a formal or professional title

Softening of schedules, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through cell phones, typically involves

Adjusting previously scheduled meeting times

People who use technology and media to enrich already satisfied social and personal lives use it as which of the following?

An alternative to a personal relationship

"Soccer is the greatest sport in the world" is an example of

An attitude

According to the chapter, interviews are usually unbalanced in which of the following ways?

An interviewer will speak for 30% of the time and an interviewee will speak for 70% of the time.

You have to ask your friend for a favor that may lead to an angry response, so you thoroughly think through your strategy before approaching the friend in order to make the situation as calm as possible. You are using which kind of secondary goal of compliance gaining?

Arousal goals

Which of the following is a postinterview responsibility of the interviewer?

Assess personal performance

Online interactions, which can be close to happening in real time but still have some delay in message sending/receiving, are referred to as being

Asynchronous

Giving or denying someone access to your cell phone number establishes

Boundries and the degree of closeness desired and expected within the relationship

The use of cell phones can shape and affect relationships because

Cell phones allow people to share experiences even when physically separated

Midcourse adjustment, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through cell phones, typically involves

Changing plans once someone has already set out for the encounter

You want to convince your audience that shopping at the new local co-op will lead to a substantial increase in the profits for local farmers. What kind of claim are you making?

Claim of conjecture

You want to convince your audience that your local city council needs to enact a law that prevents vandalism on bridges. What kind of claim are you making?

Claim of policy

You are attempting to persuade your classmates that they should appreciate opera and attend more local productions. What kind of claim are you making?

Claim of value

What is the primary difference between compliance gaining and other kinds of persuasive topics of research?

Compliance gaining is about the person doing the persuading, while other types focus on the person being persuaded.

When it is said that people often use two or more media systems simultaneously, the chapter refers to this activity as

Concurrent media use

Which relational need includes enabling people to distinguish particular relationships from others through the shared use of technology and media?

Differentiating relationships

Which of the following would be a legal interview question?

Do you have reliable transportation to get to work each shift?

With regard to personal appearance for an interview, an interviewee should

Dress according to the position for which s/he is interviewing

Which relational need includes enabling people to establish and enact specific relational roles, expectations, and boundaries through the shared use of technology and media?

Enacting and evaluating roles

Interviews that occur when a person chooses to leave a place of employment are called

Exit interviews

When your roommate says she'll tell you a really juicy secret about your ex-partner if you help her clean the apartment, she is using what kind of power as cited in the compliance-gaining contextual influence of dominance?

Expert power

You call your parents to ask to borrow $500 because you are short this month. They refuse, as you expected, so you ask if you can at least have $100 because you're strapped for cash. They agree to send you $100. What sequential persuasion strategy did you use?

Face-in-the-door

A résumé is defined as a goal-driven transaction characterized by questions and answers, clear structure, control, and imbalance.

False

According to studies cited in your text, young people adopt cell phone technology based only on the quality of the product.

False

Beliefs are the deeply held judgments of significance.

False

Fears about the impact of technology on communication are unique to today's generation.

False

Intimacy is a contextual influence of compliance gaining that is based on power dimensions within a relationship.

False

It is permissible to address a cover letter to "Whom it may concern."

False

Knowledge, trust, and appearance are the three primary dimensions of credibility.

False

Open questions are those that enable and prompt interviewees to answer "yes" or "no."

False

People today fear new technology, but that was not the case when the radio and the television were made available.

False

Performance reviews are also known as exit interviews.

False

Social shaping of technology is the belief that people, not technologies, exert influence on social structure and cultural values.

False

The level of audience knowledge and understanding of an issue will have almost no impact on how much time must be spent orienting the audience to the topic.

False

The level of audience knowledge and understanding of an issue will have almost no impact on the language used.

False

Which of the media research findings suggests that people like computers that offer them praise more than computers that offer no evaluation?

Flattery

Last week, you agreed to donate some money for the local animal rescue league, and you feel pretty good about it. Today in the mail, you have a thank you letter from the organization along with a request for an additional, larger request. What sequential persuasion strategy is the animal rescue league using?

Foot-in-the-door

Which of the following is NOT a suggested way to adjust the frame of the interview?

Frame the interview as a test through which your worthiness as a potential employee, your skills, and your knowledge, along with your value as a human being, are being questioned

With regard to greeting and establishing appropriate proxemics, the chapter suggests that

If the interview takes place in an office, always knock and wait for permission to enter before entering, even if the door is open.

Which of the following is not a way to affect your audience in a speech to actuate?

Initiating a future behavior

Which of the following is an accurate statement about interviews?

Interviews are goal driven

Which of the following is not an accurate statement about interviews?

Interviews should be threatening

People increasingly plan to meet without specifying an exact time or location because of:

Iterative schedules

The learned ability to access, interpret, and evaluate media products is known as

Media literacy

Self-disclosure on social networking sites online differs from face-to-face (FTF) self-disclosure because

Online self-disclosure happens much more quickly than in FTF interactions.

"Tell about a time you worked on a team project" is which type of question?

Open

. Interviews that have influence as the ultimate goal, such as the interviewer appearing to be gaining information but is actually attempting to influence the thoughts or actions of the interviewee, are known as

Persuasive interviews

Which of the media research findings suggests that, when asked to evaluate a computer while using the same computer to type their responses, people responded much more positively than when typing their responses on a different computer?

Politeness

A woman approaches you on the street and gives you a coupon for a free coffee. Once you accept the offer, she asks if you'd be willing to donate to their cause, which supports fair trade coffee production in South America. This technique is an example of what kind of sequential persuasion?

Pregiving

Which of the following would be a preinterview responsibility of both the interviewer and the interviewee?

Preparing questions/answers to questions

Iterative coordination, one form of microcoordinating social interactions through cell phones, typically involves

Progressively defining when and where to encounter someone through multiple calls

Which of the following is one of the two key relational aspects of audience analysis?

Relationship between the audience and the issue being discussed

You want to tell your roommate to stop inviting his partner over, but you aren't sure you are justified to make the claim because he pays as much rent as you do. In this instance, you are thinking through which kind of contextual factor of compliance gaining?

Rights

Which of the following is a postinterview responsibility of the interviewee?

Send a follow-up letter

When listing values, people often include all of the following EXCEPT

Sexual preference

Your friend convinces you to skip out on your homework to go to a movie together. Which of the relational influence goals has your friend used?

Sharing activities

Which of these technologies is able to allow a person to engage in synchronous communication?

Skype

Face-to-face (FTF) interactions, which happen in real time and do not delay message sending/receiving, are referred to as being

Synchronous

Some jobs demand certain abilities or requirements, known as bona fide occupational qualifications.

TRue

According to the chapter, an audience's attitudes will affect their view of all of the following EXCEPT?

The chapter notes that these ALL are affected (the topic, the speaker, the occasion)

Your mother tells you that you are going to go to jail for a year if you don't clean up your room. According to the extended parallel processing model, this statement may not be effective because of which key element?

The perceived efficacy of the threat

Which of the following is not a function of a cover letter?

To discuss a person's reasons for leaving their current job

Which of the following is a function of a résumé?

To include a person's skills

Which of the following is a function of a cover letter?

To reaffirm interest and to request an interview

A cover letter should compel the reader to read your résumé.

True

All technologies, regardless of their unique qualities, affect how we interact and relate with others

True

An audience's preexisting relationships with the speaker will affect how they view him or her personally and what they expect from the person's presentation.

True

Bipolar questions force an interviewee to select one of two responses.

True

Claims of conjecture are persuasive messages that contend what will be true or false in the future.

True

Claims of policy are persuasive messages that contend what action should or should not be taken.

True

Compliance-gaining research focuses on the person doing the persuading rather than the person being persuaded.

True

Generational differences exist in the use of relational technologies.

True

Mirror questions paraphrase an interviewee's previous response to ensure clarification and to elicit elaboration.

True

Social construction of technology is the belief that people determine the development of technology and ultimately determine social structure and cultural value.

True

Speakers must develop a relationship with an audience in order to persuade them.

True

Technological determinism is the belief that technologies determine social structure, cultural values, and even how we think.

True

The chapter suggests that the proper action to take prior to an interview is to

Turn your cell phone completely off

"Why did you dislike your previous boss?" is which type of question?

Unipolar ???

The introduction of new technology

Varies — some people adopt new technologies earlier than others

The introduction of which new technology was feared would rot children's brains?

Video games

Which of the following would be an illegal interview question?

What does your husband think about you working here?

Which of the following is suggested in the chapter regarding the answering of common questions?

When asked "What is your ideal job?" you should play it safe and simply describe attributes of an ideal position.

When are you most likely to use fear-based emotional appeals?

When you have power over the other person

When are you most likely to use guilt-based emotional appeals?

When you know the other person well

A compilation of your technology (media preferences and general use of technology and media) that informs others about who you are as a person or at least the person you are trying to project is known as

Your technology and media profile

"Baseball players are the best athletes in the world," is an example of:

attitude

"Have you previously worked in public relations" is which type of question?

bipolar

A struggle among people coordinating privacy rules and boundaries is known as____________________.

boundaryturbulance

You try to convince your roommate that they should clean up their side of the room and help you clean as well. What kind of claim are you making?

claim of value

When it is said that people often use two or more media systems simultaneously, the chapter refers to this activity as:

concurrent media use

A cover letter is defined as a goal-driven transaction characterized by questions and answers, clear structure, control, and imbalance.

false

A performance interview occurs when a person chooses to leave a place of employment.

false

A resume should compel the reader to read your cover letter.

false

An audience's preexisting relationships with the speaker will have no impact on their expectations of the presentation.

false

Bipolar questions paraphrase an interviewee's previous response to ensure clarification and to elicit elaboration.

false

Claims of emotions are persuasive messages that contend what will be true or false in the future.

false

Cognitive Dissonance is a contextual influence of compliance gaining that is based on power dimensions within a relationship.

false

Door-in the face techniques tend to work best for pro-social issues and reasons.

false

Emotional appeals focus on the person doing the persuading rather than the person being persuaded.

false

Mirror questions force an interviewee to select one of two responses.

false

Only some technologies affect how we interact and relate with others.

false

Only some technologies are relational.

false

Power is a contextual influence of compliance gaining based on power dimensions within a relationship.

false

Relevance, age, and title are the three primary dimensions of credibility.

false

Some jobs demand certain abilities or requirements, known as occupational hazards.

false

Structuralism is the belief that technologies determine social structure, cultural values, and even how we think.

false

Using only one media systems is referred to as concurrent media use.

false

Which of the following does the chapter include as relational technologies?

ipods and smartphones

"Tell about a time you overcame adversity" is which type of question?

open

What percentage of Internet users have searched for health information online within the past year?

over 70%

Privacy boundaries can vary in their degree of:

permeability

An interviewer will speak for 30% of the time and an interviewee will speak for 70% of the time in a job interview.

true

Beliefs tend to be more stable than attitudes.

true

Cultural differences exist in the use of relational technologies.

true

Performance reviews are different than exit interviews.

true

Searching for the application material, interview outline, and writing materials for notes indicates a lack of preparation and, consequently, a lack of respect for the interviewee.

true

Self-Disclosure is at the heart of Petronio's (2000) Communication Privacy Management Theory.

true

The Internet and cell phones are examples of relational technologies.

true

The level of audience knowledge and understanding of an issue should have an impact on how much time must be spent orienting the audience to the topic.

true

Values are the deeply held judgments of significance.

true

When writing a cover letter, you should never address it to "Whom it may concern."

true

When starting an interview, your cellphone shoud be:

turned completely off

Nurturing support includes helping people_____________.

with their emotional needs


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