Interpersonal communication chap 2 test

Men and boys are more likely to use social media as a venue for self-development.

False

Most psychologists believe that the basic identify scripts for our lives are formed during our teenage years.

False

People rarely cooperate in helping one another maintain face.

False

Reflected appraisal and direct definitions are important in shaping our self-concept in childhood, but do not affect us in adulthood.

False

Information that is known both to us and to others is found in which area of the Johari Window?

open

All of the following are risks to self-disclosing communication EXCEPT:

others may increase closeness with us

Attachment styles are:

parenting patterns that teach us who we are and how to approach relationships.

Stanton is giving a speech for the first time. He thinks he is doing well, but his audience can tell that he is very insecure and nervous. This example can be categorized into which part of the Johari window.

Blind area

Who were the first to use the term "white" to describe a racial group in the area that is now the United States?

Europeans when they colonized the United States

The self has multiple dimensions.

True

​The ________area of the Johari Window contains information that others know about us but we don't know about ourselves.

blind

Girls and women are expected to be caring, whereas boys and men are expected to be:

both independent and self-assertive.

The perspectives of the ________ other reflect the views generally held by others in a society.

generalized

Information that we know about ourselves but choose not to reveal to most others is found in which area of the Johari Window?

hidden

Members of his project group at work consistently comment on Ervin's excellent performance as team leader. Ervin begins to view himself as an effective leader and considers moving into a higher level management position. The process through which Ervin developed this sense of self at work is called:

reflected appraisal.

In a study of both different and same sex couples, researchers found that couples in which both partners had ________ attachment styles had the most mutually constructive communication.

secure

Telling ourselves that we're no good, we can't do something, or there's no point in trying to change is a hurtful form of self-talk called:

self-sabotage.

Many scholars argue that race:

​is a socially constructed category.

​All of the following are panes of the Johari Window EXCEPT:

​known

​Irene observes that on the most-recent test in her engineering class, only two students out of 60 earned higher scores than she did. She concludes that she is smarter than most of the others in class, at least in the subject of engineering. This is an example of a(n):

​social comparison.