communications cassella Chapters 1-5

A. your self-concept matches your ideal and ought selves.

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

D. Concealment

According to Table 5.3, types of Deception, which of the following refers to revealing only part of the truth while leaving out important information?

D. power

According to co-culture communication theory, the people with the most ________________ within a society determines the dominant culture.

A. Transactional

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

B. Employing benevolent prejudice

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

B. synchronous communication

If you want to have an important conversation with a family member, you should first try to engage in a real-time conversation, or _____.

B. low-content

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.

B. Control

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

A. "we" language

Phrases that both emphasize inclusions and enhance feelings of connection and similarity are known as _____________.

A. Communication Skills

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

D. fundamental attribution error

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

all the above

When evaluating someone's online face, which of the following do you consider as part of the content's warranting value?

C. outgroupers

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

C. Algebraic

Which of the following impressions form over time?

D. Limiting mediated communication to a couple of messages per day

Which of the following is not one of the chapter's suggestions for competently using mediated communication?

B. Ethics

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

B. Compare your impression with a neutral source

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

C. connotative meanings

You and your sister using the phase "blue moon" to signal to each other when your mom is in a bad mood is an example of ___________________.

A. Flaming

_____________ occurs when people say or do negative things online that they would never do in person.

D. All of them are correct

According to researcher Dominic Infante. how can you competently communicate with verbally aggressive people?

C. Self-presentation

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?

B. A mask covers the private aspects of your self.

What is the difference between your face and a mask?

B. Ethics

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

C. Lack of nonverbal feedback

Which of the following is a main cause of empathy deficits?

B. Symbolic

Which of the following is not one of the four characteristics of understandable language, according to the cooperative principles?