COMM 102 - Exam 1
CH 7. You sit toward the front of your classroom, maintain eye contact with your instructor, and nod agreement with her remarks. However, your mind is drifting, so you are not actually focused on the content of the lecture. You are exemplifying:
A: pseudo-listening
CH 2. "Post-cyber disclosure panic" is the:
A: realization that your personal e-mails and texts may be read by others
CH 7. Which of these listening behaviors is considered ineffective?
A: selective listening
CH 4. People who demonstrate high emotional intelligence are more likely to:
A: All of the options are correct
CH 1. Consistently communicating in ways that are appropriate, effective, and ethical is a definition of "Instrumental" interpersonal communication.
A: False
CH 1. Interpersonal communication is primarily dyadic, involving three or more people.
A: False
CH 2. Cooley's concept of the looking-glass self suggests that you form you self-concept by closely examining and evaluating yourself.
A: False
CH 2. People tend to disclose more quickly when interacting face-to-face than when interacting online.
A: False
CH 2. Regarding how we present ourselves, there is no difference between "face" and "mask"
A: False
CH 2. The self is formed infancy and remains fairly static over time.
A: False
CH 3. The three stages of the interpersonal perception process are salience, organization, and interpretation.
A: False
CH 4. A simultaneous experience of two or more primary emotions involves a catharsis
A: False
CH 4. Emotional contagion only occurs when negative emotions spread from one person to another.
A: False
CH 4. Research suggests that people in positive moods are generally more accurate at perceiving others.
A: False
CH 4. Self-enhancement bias is the ability to interpret, manage, and communicate emotions effectively
A: False
CH 7. Back-channel cues are effective for offering negative feedback to a speaker.
A: False
CH 7. Multitaskers have been shown to perform their tasks better than those who focus their attention on only one task at a time.
A: False
CH 7. The second step of the listening process, during which one pays attention is information, is called Receiving.
A: False
CH 4. Which of these has a measurable influence on one's happiness?
A: Rigorous Physical Exercise
CH 4. What is the most commonly used emotion management strategy for dealing with unwanted emotions?
A: Suppression
CH 1. Communication about communication is called meta-communication
A: True
CH 2. Feelings of shame and sadness are indicators of a fearful attachment style.
A: True
CH 2. Self-esteem is the overall value, positive or negative, you assign yourself.
A: True
CH 3. An attribution is out way of explaining other people's responses and behaviors toward us.
A: True
CH 3. Gestalt is a term describing a general sense of a person that is either positive or negative.
A: True
CH 3. Mental structures we use to interpret information during the perception process are known as schemata.
A: True
CH 3. People who share fundamentally similar attitudes, values, and beliefs with you are considered ingroupers.
A: True
CH 3. Personality is simply an individual's characteristic way of thinking, feeling, and acting, based on his or her traits.
A: True
CH 4. Across cultures, women report experiencing more sadness, fear, shame, and guilt than men.
A: True
CH 4. An approach to managing emotions in which one counts to 100 ( or, in extreme cases, to 100) before acting or speaking is called the Jefferson strategy
A: True
CH 7. Listening is a complicated process involving receiving, attending to, understanding, responding to, and recalling sounds and visual images.
A: True
CH 7. Mnemonics are devices that aid memory during the listening process.
A: True
CH 7. One simple method for bolstering memory is to incorporate as many of the five senses as possible.
A: True
CH 3. If you yell at your roommate and later explain that your behavior was related to stress at work, what type or error are you making?
A: actor-observer effect
CH 3. Psychologists define five primary personality traits. Which of these is NOT one?
A: introversion
CH 2. Which of the following represents an appropriate amount of self-disclosure at the very beginning of a relationship?
A: little breadth and little depth
CH 7. If someone views listening as an opportunity to establish commonalities with others, which listening style does he or she exemplify?
A: people-oriented listening
CH 3. Elle communicates well with her partner Rowan. When they experience miscommunication, Ellen is able to ask Rowan questions to clarify how she is being understood. Ellen is demonstrating what perceptual skill in her relationship?
A: perception-checking
CH 3. If Marcus won a bet by predicting the point spread for the Super Bowl and claims it was due to his understanding of probability and statistics, what attribution is he making?
A: self-serving bias
CH 2. Which of the following is NOT a usual characteristic of online masks?
A: women are more likely to present themselves are experts
