Speech Chapter 3 Quiz

All of the following are suggestions for increasing your self-esteem EXCEPT

Don't take chances

The theory that tells you which personal characteristics go with other characteristics, such as matching positive characteristics with other positive characteristics, is called

Implicit personality theory

True/False People who are competent and self-confident disclose more than do those who are less competent and lower in self-esteem.

True

True/False The halo effect occurs when you attribute positive qualities to people because of other positive characteristics they possess.

True

True/False The self-serving bias is taking credit for our positive behaviors and denying responsibility for our negative behaviors.

True

True/False If we believe we will excel at a task, we are more likely to succeed.

True

True/False In organizing information, we use both principles of similarities and differences to categorize perceptions.

True

DeVito advises each of the following guidelines for responding to self-disclosure EXCEPT

Use the disclosures as weapons

DeVito advises each of the following guidelines for responding to self-disclosures EXCEPT

Use the disclosures as weapons

_____ strategies, such as appearing dynamic and supportive, are used to increase the chances of being liked

Affinity-seeking

An example of overattribution, the tendency to attribute a behavior to one or two characteristics of a person is

Alberto is irresponsible because he has never had to work for money

The textbook advises you to do which of these to grow in self-awareness?

All of the above

True/False Memories are reproductions of what we have heard or seen.

False

True/False The principle of selective exposure states that you are likely to seek out information from multiple sources, whether or not you agree with those sources.

False

True/False The hidden self represents all the information, behaviors, attitudes, feelings, desires, motivations, ideas, and so on that you know about yourself and that others also know.

False

Self-esteem refers to

How valuable you think you are

Which statement does NOT engage in self-affirmation?

I deserve ad things I get in life

Which of the following is the best description of a schema?

Mental structures that help organize information

Communication in which you reveal something about yourself is called

Self-disclosure

The theory about the process of making a prediction that comes true because you act on it as if it were true, is called

Self-fulfilling prophecy

During which stage of perception does selective perception occur?

Stimulation

Self-concept develops from which of these?

all of the above

Which of the following best describes schemata?

mental structures that help organize information

The process of making an evaluation about someone based on a first impression is called

primacy effect

When in an interview, you take great care to use _____ strategies. You dress professionally, speak articulately, and emphasize your positive qualities.

self-monitoring