Exam 7: Conversations

For both parties to be satisfied with a conversation, they must ___________________.

This involves little interactivity and expresses minimal concern for the person we are speaking with.

List at least two results of "interrupting" someone during a conversation.

The practice of ________________ is commonplace; when our attention is divided, we find that we can keep numerous conversation threads going at once.

_____________________ let(s) our communication partner know that it is his/her turn to speak.

What do we need to do to facilitate interaction with people whose cultural background or gender differs from our own?

Those from this culture tend to prefer silence over facing interpersonal consequences or expressing disagreement or anger.

Persons who fail to provide others with the information they need violate the quality maxim.

The listener could signal a reluctance to take over the speaking role by avoiding eye contact with the speaker, shaking his head as if to indicate that he has nothing to add, engaging in some activity that is incompatible with a speaking role such as taking copious notes, closing one's eyes, or coughing. This is known as what kind of signal?

We must engage in ___________ _____________ talking to avoid conversational damage.

According to Turkle, no matter how valuable twitter and Facebook are, they do not substitute for ________________________.

Interjecting irrelevant comments illustrates uncooperativeness and violates the manner maxim.

Far too frequently we engage in ________________ without becoming involved in the conversation.

The use or absence of __________________ or verbalizations we use to tell another person that we are listening, also contributes to the continuing or ending of talk.

Constant tweeting and texting may be detrimental to our ability to have what kind of conversation?

When someone interrupts or overlaps what we consider to be our turn, we may become upset or agitated or fight to maintain our turn allocation. When this occurs, we are responding using what method?