Comm 210 Test

In _______________________ communication we recognize others as people but do not fully engage others and unique individuals.

I-you

Assuming that we understand what another person thinks, feels or perceives is known as

Mind reading

When playing monkey in the middle, the monkeys represented _________________ in the communication model it illustrated.

Noise

Which of the following is a script?

your idea about how you should interact with a friend

Symbols are

arbitrary, ambiguous, abstract

The sense of touch is

haptics

Studies on ________ show that people spend more time eating, eat less, and rate food more highly in a fine dining situation.

Environmental factors

According to Shutz, humans require affection, ___________________ and control.

Inclusion

My boss, Susan, is the best supervisor because she listens to her employees' concerns and ideas. Susan is an example of a(n)

Prototype

Which one of the following is NOT an example of paralanguage?

Refusing to speak

In some military academies, such as West Point, using ________ is a recognized method of stripping a cadet of personhood if he or she is perceived as having broken the academy code.

Silence

Mike was responsible for taking care of his two younger siblings while Mike was growing up. As an adult, he is more nurturing and more attentive to others' needs than most of his male peers. Mike's greater care-giving inclination is best explained by his

Standpoint

Charles says, "I would never join a fraternity. All fraternities do is party." Charles' statement is an example of a(n)

Stereotype

The tendency to overestimate the internal causes and underestimate the external causes of others' undesirable behaviors is part of

The Fundamental Attribution Error

When Jorge does badly on a test or paper, he usually says either the professor was unfair or he had too much to do that week and couldn't study like he wanted to. But when his friends do badly on a test, he tends to think they're not good in that subject or they aren't disciplined. This is an example of

The Fundamental Attribution Error

What does it mean for language to be ambiguous?

The meanings of words are not clear-cut.

An example of physiological noise is

a headache

Devin is surprised when his friend burps and belches after their dinner together. Devin says, "Burping and belching are so rude." Devin's perception of his friend's behavior is based on a(n) ________ rule.

constitutive

It is estimated that nonverbal communication accounts for what percentage of the total meaning in interpersonal communication?

65%-93%

The French word rue and the American word road mean the same thing in their respective cultures. These different symbols used for the same thing remind us that language is

Arbitrary

In Bruno's car, he has many bumper stickers and several souvenirs from all the road trips that he has made in that car. What are Bruno's personal items examples of?

Artifacts

The personal objects we use to announce our identities and heritage and to personalize our environments are known as

Artifacts

Having to wait to see a physician or attorney, even if you have an appointment, conveys the message that the physician's time is more valuable than yours. This is an example of the importance of ________ in nonverbal communication.

Chronemics

Raul came to the United States from Mexico three months ago and he is still having trouble understanding Americans' tendency to rush all the time. He is also surprised when his teachers are irritated if he joins class a while after class has started. Raul's confusion about American pace of life is based on which aspect of nonverbal behavior?

Chronemics

One example discussed in class is how today's teachers treat disruptive students in class. In the past, these students were labeled as bad and punished. Today, teachers will refer the student for testing to understand the cause of the student's behavior and find interventions to redirect the student to focus and succeed in class. This shift in attitude and teacher response reflects the _______________________ of today's teachers.

Cognitive complexity

A dual-perspective is a ______________________________________.

Considering both your perspective and that of the other person.

Which type of rule specifies how to interpret different kinds of communication?

Constitutive

In the film clip of the young couple in India, most people in our class had a negative opinion about the man's response to the woman's question about going trekking with her friends. Our class response is a result of the ________________ influence on our perceptions and evaluation.

Cultural

The interactive model is more comprehensive than the linear model because it includes ____________________________.

Feedback

Individuals who have physiological needs, safety, belonging, and esteem needs met seek self-actualization because humans thrive on ______________________.

Growth

Paralanguage is communicated through all of these EXCEPT:

Hand gestures

"One day, I won't have to worry about being single. One day, I'll be married." These statements illustrate how symbols allow for arbitrary thought.

Hypothetical thought

"When you said my idea was stupid, I felt hurt" is an example of ________ language.

I

Gerda is really upset and she feels like throwing a temper tantrum, even though she's 20 years old. Disregarding the social inappropriateness of her behavior, Gerda beats a door and then kicks it while in a public area. In this instance, Gerda's behavior was motivated by which aspect of herself?

I

Which rules specify when, how, where, and with whom to talk about certain things?

Regulative

To take responsibility for your own feelings, rely on ________ language.

I

In our textbook, Julia Wood synthesizes many areas of research on perception. She names all of the following as areas of the process of human perception EXCEPT:

Imagination

Which technique involves reminding ourselves that our evaluations of people apply only to specific times and circumstances?

Indexing

The communication models that include the field of experience of the senders and receivers are ______________________________________.

Interactional or Transactional

The ________________________ model of communication was illustrated when the class was playing catch with tennis balls.

Interactive or Transactional

Jim and Mark were good friends. They had a conflict and Mark said to Jim, "Everyone can see your personality always has a very dark side." Even though they resolved the conflict and were back to hanging out, Jim can't get those words out of his head and he keeps wondering who thinks he's dark and why. This demonstrates that communication is _________________________. unrepeatable

Irreversible

Some couples have a rule that prohibits the adults from arguing in front of their children. This is a(n) ________ rule.

Regulative

When playing monkey in the middle, the ball represented the __________________ in the communication model it illustrated.

Message

Sherrie and Alex are roommates. After 3 weeks of happy co-existence, a disagreement emerges over chores. .Sherrie yells, "I always do your dishes. It's not fair!" Alex responds. "I'm noticing you are raising your voice and seem very upset." By responding to the yelling that way, Alex is engaging in ____________________.

Metacommunication

Kandoor has a hard time pronouncing some English words, because his first language is so different from English. Kandoor is having some problems with

Paralanguage

When Mark and Cindy fight, Mark knows when Cindy is really upset, because every time Mark will ask if something is wrong, Cindy will scream "Everything is fine!" Mark knows that because she is screaming, her ________ indicates that she is angry

Paralanguage

When Elenie shared her observation of the sloppy nail polish job she experienced, she confessed that she initially feared the gender of the manicurist assigned to her that day would result in inferior work. This thought she had on gender applies all but which of the following areas of perception?

Person Centeredness

Evaluating a person as kind or unkind, intelligent or unintelligent, etc., involves using

Personal constructs

According to Maslow ____________________ needs must be fulfilled before you can strive for belonging needs.

Physical and Safety and Protection

Cosmetic surgery and eating disorders are associated with ________, one type of nonverbal behavior.

Physical appearance

Robert and Izzy met through OKCupid. They went out for coffee and were both so nervous they found it hard to find things to say. On the second date, they went bowling and since they were both pretty bad at this sport, they had a lot of laughs. This led to a third date where they went dancing, and again, had a lot of laughs since they were both amateurs in that sport as well. Now they had a good rhythm going and no matter what they did together, they always had some fun and laughed quite a bit. The feature of interpersonal communication that best explains Robert and Izzy's experience is communication is

Processual

Six-year-old Timmy did not get a toy from the store that he really wanted. He refuses to be near his mom when they walk to the car and he sits as far from her as possible in the car. He is using his ________ to indicate his anger.

Proxemics

Substantial research shows that women and minorities take up less space than white men in Western society. This is related to which aspect of nonverbal communication?

Proxemics

The husband nags at his wife because she withdraws from him. The wife withdraws, because she feels that her husband is pushing her to be closer than she wants to be. The difference between how the husband and wife see their communication behaviors is due to differences in

Punctuation

In the selective attention film we saw with the cups and the Hershey's kiss, many class members failed to see the ducks and the fifth hand that entered the frame for all but which of the following reasons?

Rational Judgement

Morgan is a teacher and wants to make sure that her students respect one another. She has a rule that if a student wants to talk, then the student must raise his/her hand before speaking. This rule helps to

Regulate interaction

Assuming an attentive posture, holding eye contact, and nodding to show you understand what another person is saying are nonverbal behaviors that convey which dimension of relational-level meanings?

Responsiveness

After performing a comprehensive job search, job seekers put together a resume, write a cover letter, and then go on job interviews. This situation best exemplifies

Scripts

Janet says, "I didn't get a job offer because the interviewer was biased and it was a nasty day; it had nothing to do with my qualifications." This is an example of

Self-serving bias

Samantha used a lot of jargon in a presentation and 50% of the audience could not understand her. Samantha created ________________ noise with her jargon.

Semantic

In many Eastern cultures, silence indicates

Thoughtfulness

The ________________________ model of communication was illustrated when the class was playing monkey in the middle.

Transactional

The communication model that recognizes that communication exists in a social system is ______________________________.

Transactional

Interpersonal communication is important for thriving in a world with diverse people.

True

Jan had the best first date of her entire life last Friday. She was so looking forward to the next date, but for some reason, it didn't go as well. The sparks didn't fly. The chemistry disappeared. After the date, Jess didn't to Jan's texts. What started as so promising appeared to have died. This demonstrates that communication is ___________________________________.

Unrepeatable

________ language tends to be accusatory and abstract.

You

Corey thinks that people who are outgoing are also friendly, confident, and fun. Corey's assumption that outgoing people are also friendly, confident, and fun is an example of ________ at work.

an implicit personality theory

An example of psychological noise is

being preoccupied with a problem

Verbal communication and nonverbal communication are similar in all of the following respects EXCEPT:

both are perceived as equally believable

The five symbolic abilities described in your textbook are

definition, evaluation, organization, hypothetical thought, self-reflection

All of the following are guidelines for improving perception and communication EXCEPT:

focus on inferences rather than facts.

Which of the following is a personal construct?

how a friend measures up on the dimension of intelligent-unintelligent

The theory of linguistic determinism states that

language determines what we can perceive and think.

Hate speech is language that

radically dehumanizes members of a particular group.

A cornerstone of effective interpersonal communication is

respecting what others say about what they feel and think.

Darryl thinks, "Marie was happy today because she's a cheerful person." Darryl's thought is a(n)

stable and specific attribution.

Which of the following is a prototype?

the person who exemplifies a friend to you

When we respond to a person as if one label fully represents who that person is, we are

totalizing

All of these statements provide good advice for improving nonverbal communication EXCEPT:

try to interpret a person's nonverbal communication independent of culture or setting.

In general, masculine-gender speech communities follow this communication rule:

use talk to accomplish practical goals