Quiz 7: Fund. Of Communications

A test for ____________ involves asking yourself whether the other person would find the information you're not sharing important.

concealment

In what kind of relationship do people know each other only through technological means?

cyber relationship

Which of the following is an example of metacommunication?

"I hate it when you yell at me."

__________ is the degree to which people like it appreciate one another

Affinity

Esperanza tells her new acquaintance Marcus that he is the funniest person she knows. Although she does not believe that he is the funniest person she knows, she likes Marcus and is being nice. What type of deception is she likely using?

Altruistic lie

Carlos usually spends a lot of time surfing. He values the time he has in the ocean alone with his thoughts and the waves. It's something he really feels like he needs. He recently met a very exciting woman named Amy. He's been spending a lot of his time with Amy. He enjoys the always-thrilling time they spend together, but he wishes he could surf more like he used to. He feels like surfing is a part of his identity that is now missing. What type of tension is he most likely feeling?

Connection vs. autonomy

___________ is the social need to influence others

Control

You tell a friend, "You must be busy. I'd better let you go," because you want out of the conversation. What type of lie did you use?

Hinting

Your partner seems bored with the weekend routine you have developed together, but when you ask him about it, he says, "Everything is fine. Don't worry about it." This method of addressing dialectic tension is best described as

Denial

In the developmental model, which stage of conversation development is the one in which people get acquainted by making "small talk"?

Experimenting stage

Suzanne really likes Claire, but she never shows it outwardly. This is an example of ___________.

High affinity/low immediacy

_________________ describes the degree of interest and attraction we feel toward and communicate with others.

Immediacy

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of effective self-disclosure?

In most cases it is not a good idea to disclose your deepest secrets to new contacts.

Asif is flirting, hinting around, and asking hypothetical questions to test his partner's receptiveness. In which of Knapp's developmental stages is he in this relationship?

Integrating

In which stage of Knapp's developmental model to parties begin to take on an identity as a social unit?

Integrating

In which stage of Knapp's developmental model does a truly interpersonal relationship begin to develop?

Intensifying

According to one report, how does the number of online friends compare to the number of physical ones for the average person?

Online friends are double the number of physical ones.

Which statement best characterized appearance as a factor of attraction?

Physical factors become less important as a relationship progresses

Which statement is true about the relational dimensions of communication?

Respect is a better predictor of relational satisfaction than liking or loving.

The Johari Window is a model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure and

Self awareness

Which best describes similarity as an influential factor of attraction?

We like people whose

Which if the following is a caveat to consider when choosing a relational partner?

We tend to overestimate how similar we are to our friends and underestimate how similar we are to people we don't know well

Ben and Marianne have been dating for over a year now, but things have changed in the last few months. They don't talk very often anymore. Marianne asks Ben if he'd like to go to dinner and he replies "I would, but I have a lot to do around the house." In truth he doesn't really have all that much to do. What stage of Knapp's developmental model are they most likely in?

avoiding

Patrice is giving a speech in front of her class. She keeps shifting nervously back and forth. Patrice is not aware that she is shifting, but her classmates are. According to the Johari Window, which window or area would this fall under?

blind area

The social penetration model is used to describe which two dimensions of communication?

breadth and depth

Communicators seek important but inherently incompatible goals throughout virtually all of their relationships. The conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously are called

dialectical tensions

In which stage of Knapp's developmental model is the relationship generally pleasant and uncritical and the commitments minimal?

experimenting

Researchers call the transition from online dating to a real meeting which of the following?

modality switching

____________ describes episodes in which people pay more attention to their devices than they do to the people around them.

phubbing

Your partner tells you, "You look nice in that outfit." The implication that he or she likes you and is proud of the way you look is the ____________ of the message.

relational dimension

One study revealed that the two most dreaded violations of trust for adolescents are sharing private information with others and

saying unkind things behind a friend's back

_______________ is the process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is significant and that would not normally be known by others

self-disclosure

We often seek out people who can give us rewards that are greater than or equal to the costs we encounter in dealing with them. This describes the __________________.

social exchange theory

________ is the degree to which we admire others and hold them in esteem

to respect