Exam 2: Understanding Yourself

According to your textbook, the influence of other people is a more powerful determinant of self-concept than self-awareness or past experiences.

Which key element of effective communication is represented in the perception checking guidelines when you ask the following question: How do your perceptions affect the way you choose communication channels and deliver your message?

Your self-concept changes throughout your lifetime.

In terms of the key communication element structure, perception checking involves assessing how psychosocial, logistical, and interactional communication contexts affect your perceptions and the perceptions of others.

If you behave in ways that are consistent with your values and beliefs, you are practicing

The Know Thy Self: Assess Your Self Esteem feature in your textbook identifies beliefs that affect how you see yourself. Which of the following statements would indicate a low self-esteem?

Self-awareness, an understanding of your core identity, is

Your friend experiences very high levels of communication apprehension. You know this is true because you hear her say things like "I know I'll bomb on the oral report" or "I can't stand up for myself when I talk to Jim or Barbara." Which of the following strategies would you recommend to help your friend reduce her communication apprehension?

A new family in town has joined a local church and enrolled their children in the Sunday morning religious school. Members welcome the family by inviting the parents to join the adult prayer group on Wednesdays. The parents explain that they are not very religious, but have joined the church because they believe in providing a religious education for their children. What perceptual principle explains this scenario?

The simplicity principle of perception explains why the closer objects, events, and people are to one another, the more likely you will perceive them as belonging together.

The closure principle of perception explains why we often fill in missing elements to form a more complete impression of an object, person, or event.

You go to a lunch meeting with Hannah and immediately notice that she is missing an earring, that she isn't wearing her usual professional make-up, and that she's breathing hard when she sits down. What part of the perception process have you used?

While waiting to buy movie tickets, Brent sees three friends leaving the theatre. They are laughing hysterically. Brent assumes that the film must be very funny. What organizational principle of perception is Brent using?

Daniel Goleman notes that practice can improve performance because simulating an act is-to your brain-the same as performing it.

Researchers claim that violent people often act the way they do because they suffer from low self-esteem.

Many researchers claim that the fear of a negative evaluation is the number one cause of communication anxiety.

You may be able to reduce your level of communication apprehension by concentrating on yourself-how you sound and look-rather than on your message.

The two most common fears among North Americans are

Self-monitoring is sensitivity to your own behavior and others' reactions as well as the ability to modify how you present yourself.

If Emma daydreams while her instructor is lecturing, what stage has she skipped in the three-step perceptual process?