Exam 12: What Should a Communicator Do

______ leaders are those skilled at understanding both themselves and others.

Hermione has discovered that after she began expanding her social media network,her friends Harry and Ron began to use the same social network,even before it became quite popular with other people.Which framework might explain how Hermione influenced Harry and Ron to become early adopters of the network?

Being a feminist might cause you to avoid gender-neutral language.

Anxiety/uncertainty management theory suggests that when in-group members perceive they have power,anxiety about communicating with cultural strangers lessens.

Maja is not one to make demands of her employees.Instead,Maja tends to create rules that are not so concrete and do not require her to go through several layers of the organizational chart to have her rules followed.Maja is MOST likely to be employing which theoretical framework?

The ______ suggests an individual's values determine in part which stories they find reasonable.

Which theory suggests that individuals will reveal or conceal risky behavior based on the potential rewards for doing so?

Expectancy violations theory suggests context plays a role in our expectations for communication.

According to Spitzberg and Cupach (1984,1989),regarding the three elements necessary for the development of communication competence,which of the following refers to understanding how to act in an interaction?

Fiona's college is sponsoring an exchange program through which groups from various organizations meet together to exchange ideas about incorporating art in research data collection.Explain how anxiety/uncertainty management (AUM)might be applied to this scenario.

According to the Adler and Proctor textbook,the more communicatively competent a manager is,the more ______ employees are with that manager.

According to the Dainton and Zelley textbook,too much ______ might exacerbate tensions between two groups in a workplace.

Which theory suggests that if you want to prevent a potentially damaging counter-persuasive effort,the best thing you can do is to forewarn receivers to expect the persuasive effort?

Which of the following routes does the elaboration likelihood model suggest will be taken by a person who is motivated (interested and involved)in persuasion?

According to Dainton and Zelley,uncertainty is often perceived as ______ and can drive a person to send or seek specific messages.

Alfie and Romeo met a few months ago and,ever since,Romeo has begun to mirror the ways that Alfie carries textbooks,sits when in the library,and buys a certain beverage from the local coffee house.This mirroring is known as which of the following?

Which of the following theories says heavy television viewers are "mainstreamed" into believing television reality?

Dainton and Zelley suggest that context can influence the nature of communication as well as expectations for and understanding of communication.Using this suggestion as a jumping-off point,create an example scenario in which context influences the nature of communication,the expectations of that communication,and the understanding of the communication.

Leader-member exchange suggests one's ______ status with a manager might increase supportive communication from that manager.

Social cognitive theory suggests the media automatically always has our attention in order to influence us to model what we see.