COM-100 Quiz 4

Public distance is described as _____

12 feet and beyond

The ideal number of main points in an informative speech is ____

3 to 5

___ works especially well when some group members are more vocal than others, because it equalizes participation.

A problem census

All of the following are important characteristics of nonverbal communication except _____

Nonverbal communication is less ambiguous than verbal communication.

A committee deciding on the best candidate to hire for a position would be considered which type of group?

Problem-solving group

_____ is the level of commitment and attention that listeners devote to a speech.

audience involvement

Which of the following decision-making methods calls for the greatest communication skill?

consensus

Fishers four-stage group decision making process shows that the stages of a problem solving group are _____

cyclical

A speech of _____ is the most straightforward type of informative speech.

description

All of the following are examples of nonverbal communication in relational context except_____

discussing last night's party

A _____ is used as a market-research tool to enable sponsoring organizations to learn how potential users or the public-at-large regards a new product or idea.

focus group

Touch is also known as _____

haptics

All of the following are factors that help form a group except _____

independence

The study of body movement, gestures and posture is called _____

kinesics

A Bible study group would be best classified as which type of group?

learning group

According to Fisher, in the _____ stage members approach the problem and one another tentatively.

orientation

One common problem solving format is the _____ in which the participants talk over the topic informally, much as they would in ordinary conversation.

panel discussion

In a question and answer period a speaker may respond to a question by saying, "If I understand your question correctly, I think you are asking how I interpret the legal battle. Am I correct?" This speaker's response is an example of _____

paraphrasing the question

Robert is enjoying his group project in Principles of Communication class. Everyone seems to listen to everyone else, and all students take part in finding solutions to the problem they are working on. Robert is surprised at how committed he is to these solutions. His commitment demonstrates the principle of _____

participative decision making

_____ outline how the group should operate.

procedural norms

The study of the way people and animals use space is called ____

proxemics

Hall identified four main "distance zones" that many North Americans use for their relationships. Which is the most common spacing for two persons who work together in an office but who do not know each other well at all?

social

_____ govern the relationship of members to each other.

social norms

_____ is the most obvious type of individual motive for belonging to a group

task orientation

When a speaker briefly states the sources of her supporting information, she is using _____

verbal citations