CMST 101 Quiz

What is the difference between your face and a mask?

A mask covers the private aspects of your self.

Which of the following impressions form over time?

Algebraic

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

Communication Skills

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

Compare your impressions with a neutral source

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

Control

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

Employing benevolent prejudice

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

Ethics

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

Ethics Five Features that define Communication: Contexts, Channel, Media

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?

Instrumental

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

Outgroupers

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

Power

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

Transaction

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

Your self-concept matches your ideal and ought selves

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

fundamental attribution error

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.

low-context