Communications final
Which one of the following statements is true about emotions?
We experience emotions holistically
"When you said my idea was stupid, I felt hurt" is an example of ____ language
You
Which of the following is a personal construct
Your idea about how you should interact with a friend
Men are more likely than women to use nonverbal behaviors to express how they feel
False
Passion is the primary foundation for enduring romance.
False
Reciprocity of self-disclosures is especially important after a relationship has become established
False
Selective listening is effective because we focus on the most important part of a message
False
Speech communities are not necessarily defined by geographic locations and boundaries
False
The meanings we assign to behavior in romantic relationships are entirely individualistic.
False
The tensions of relational diabetics keep relationships stagnant because they increase interpersonal friction and stress
False
The win win conflict style is always the best approach
False
When friendships deteriorate or suffer serious violations, communication changes in unpredictable ways
False
Women and minorities generally take up more space than men in western society
False
"Memorial Day parades are patriotic, yet sad events," is an example of ________ rule
Framing
During this stage, each person checks the other to see whether common ground and interests exist
Friendly relations
During the ____ phase of romantic relationship deterioration; individuals try to make sense of what the relationship meant; why it didn't work out, what it meant, and how it affected them.
Grave dressing
Psychologists define —- as rules for living and identity
Identity scripts
During a student speech, the campus landscapers begin mowing the lawn, making the students presentation difficult to hear. The audience is experiencing ____
Noise
Which of these is not a valid reason for withholding expression of emotions?
Not owning feelings
Chat rooms can be evaluated based on how interesting or boring the conversations are. This statement best represents
Scripts
Wanting to get good grades would be placed in which of Maslow hierarchy of needs?
Self-actualization
Linnea's parents praise her for earning high marks in her first year of college. Linnea's parents are addressing her ___ needs.
Self-esteem
The following statement is not true of expressing emotions via social media
The same rules apply when using social media as in face to face communication
According to judi miller, children began to understand and follow communication rules as early as 1 to 2 years of age
True
Ambushing is listening carefully for the purpose of attacking a speaker.
True
Both verbal and nonverbal communication may be deliberately controlled or unintentional
True
Geographic distance is the reason the majority of high school friendships dissolve when students begin college
True
How we see ourselves greatly influences our choices in potential romantic partners
True
In communication systems all parts of a system interact and affect each other.
True
In the us popular magazines and movies communicate the perspectives of the generalized other
True
Perceptions are the way humans see the world and they are subjective
True
Selective listening also occurs when we reject communication that makes us uneasy
True
Teachers, peers, and family members are all examples of particular others.
True
The likelihood of sustaining a long-distance friendship also depends on other factors, such as socioeconomic class and sex.
True
We use stereotypes to make predictions about people and situations
True
According to Eric Berne, games
hide the real issues in a conflict
Many scholars argue that race
is a socially constructed category
In ____ we communicate attention and interest
responding
Friendships generally begin with
role-limited interaction
People socialized in masculine speech communities tend to achieve closeness in interpersonal relationships primarily through:
sharing activities
Common forms of expressing feelings INEFFECTIVELY include:
speaking in generalities
The opposite of strategy is
spontaneity
This kind of communication feels open, honest, and unpremeditated
spontaneity
Immediately after hearing a message, most people remember less than ___ of what they have heard.
35%
A key foundation for improving your self-concept is:
Accepting the self as in process
Paralanguage is communicated through
All of these
3 characteristics of symbols used in languge
Arbitrary, abstract, and ambiguous
Which of the following comments would likely be made during the invitational stage of romantic relationships?
Are you also a communication studies major?
Fun would be placed in which of Maslow hierarchy of needs?
Belonging needs
Which one of the following statements is true about conflict in relationships?
Conflict is inevitable in all interpersonal relationships
Deborah is surprised when her friend reaches across the table to get a pepper shaker. To herself deb says "reaching across the table is rude." Deborahs perception of her friends behavior is based on a _____ rule.
Constitutive
This is the totality of beliefs, values, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience that are shared by a number of people
Culture
Pat says "I am so stupid I'll never graduate from college. I just can't learn this chem because I am so dumb!" Pats self communication is an example of
Engaging in self sabotage
This communication confirms the worth of others and our concern for them. An example is "I can understand why you feel that way."
Equality
As the faculty meeting stretches to three hours, Renee starts to experience listening fatigue or ___, one listening obstacle
Lack of effort
When we listen like this, we attend only to the content level and overlook what's being communicated on the relationship level
Literal listening
The ____ response to interpersonal conflict is both destructive and passive.
Neglect
This included accents, pronunciation, and the complexity of sentences
Paralanguage
The ____ view or emotions is also called appraisal theory
Perceptual
All of the following are external pressure to friendships except
Personal (internal) changes
Which of the following is not a regulative rule of interpersonal communication ?
Speaking is a way to show you care about issues.
Mary says, "I would never join a sorority. All the members do is party and go shopping." Mary's statement is an example of a
Stereotype
Because nonverbal communication is ____ selective perception is likely to occur.
Symbolic
Which of the following is a prototype?
the person who exemplifies a friend to you
Ego boundaries refer to:
where an individual stops and the rest of the world begins
Expressing feelings is always advisable
False
In the us mothers are more likely than fathers to challenge children and encourage them to achieve more
False
Research shows that eyewitness testimony is highly reliable
False
Romantic relationships do not follow a developmental course like friendly relations do
False
________ in interpersonal relationships involves believing in another person's reliability and emotionally relying on that person.
Trust
theory of linguistic determinism states
language determines what we can perceive and think
The clearest indication that a friendship is in the waning stage is:
less quality and quantity of communication
The three primary styles of love are
eros, storge, and ludos
The perspectives of the ____ other reflect the views generally held by others in a society
generalized
Men and women tend to differ somewhat in their listening. Men tend to focus their listening on specific content areas of communication, while women tend to focus on
the whole of communication
____ models of communication highlight the dynamic nature of interpersonal communication.
transactional
Zach believes that in conflict situations the goal is to find a solution that all those involved can accept. Zach's orientation to conflict is best described as:
win-win
One indication that a friendship is the the nascent stage is that participants
work out private rules for interacting
Which of the following is a script
your idea about how you should interact with a friend
The sense of touch is
Haptics
3 levels of interpersonal communication
I-IT, i-thou, I-you
Kittys supervisor says "I'm the boss, so we'll go with my plan for this project." The supervisors message addresses the _____ dimension of relationship meaning
Power
The counterpoint to control is
Problem orientation
This communicates openness to other points of view. We suggest that our minds aren't sealed.
Provisionalism
According to research reports discussed in the textbook, the greatest influences on interpersonal attraction include
Proximity
Which is the most abstract term in the following examples?
Reading matter
In face to face classrooms, students are typically instructed to raise their hands before answering the teachers question. This requirement is a ____ rule
Regulative
Egocentric people cannot take the perspectives of others.
True
Many scholars think that most or all emotions are socially constructed to a substantial degree
True
Most of us have attitudes about conflict that reflects scripts we learned in our families.
True
Research on emotions and concluded that blends of emotion are common.
True
The ____ area contains information that others know about us but we don't know about ourselves.
blind
Specific communication behaviors that contribute to unproductive interpersonal conflict include all of the following except
asking questions for clarification
Charlene is always late, because she is so lazy. This is an example of:
attribution
Verbal communication and nonverbal communication are similar in all of the following respects except
both are perceived as equally believable.
Ethnocentrism is one form of ____ communication
certainty
This refers to how we perceive and use time to define identities and interaction
chronemics
All of the following are distinct ways North Americans respond to relational distress except
cognitive complexity
If a parent says to a 5-year-old child, "Clean your room now", the ____ meaning is that the room is to be cleaned immediately.
content
Management of what we feel inside ourselves is called
deep acting
The opposite of superiority is
equality
We might make a small self disclosure to signal that wed like to personalize the relationship or meet outside of contexts that naturally occur.
moving toward friendship
As soon as the news program begins an interview with the President, Dolores quits paying attention and she mumbles to herself, "I already know everything he has to say and I don't want to hear it again." Dolores' ability to listen is being hindered by __________.
prejudgment
Relational culture is best defined as
private understandings, rules, and meanings that partners create
Salina is angry with her boyfriend, so she refuses to sit near him in the car or to let him get really close to her while they are walking. To communicate her anger, Salina is relying on
proxemics
Of her marriage Myra says, "It wasn't like we ever really fell in love. It was more like we grew together kind of gradually. I think of my husband as my best friend." Myra seems to have which style of loving?
storge