Question 1

Strange loops occur when

Accepted Answer

A)  one part of the hierarchy supports another 
B)  the rules of meaning change within the loop 
C)  two people get along and understand each other 
D)  there is similarity in two people's rules 
A)  one part of the hierarchy supports another 
B)  the rules of meaning change within the loop 
C)  two people get along and understand each other 
D)  there is similarity in two people's rules

Question 2

Life scripts are

Accepted Answer

A)  clusters of past and present speech acts 
B)  shaped by and help shape communication 
C)  a means of communicating with one's sense of self 
D)  the images one has of the world and her or his relationship with it 
A)  clusters of past and present speech acts 
B)  shaped by and help shape communication 
C)  a means of communicating with one's sense of self 
D)  the images one has of the world and her or his relationship with it

Question 3

An example of a regulative rule is when one person tells another person that "honesty is the best policy."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Provide an example of a speech act, a contract, and a life script.

Accepted Answer

Sure!

A speech act could be when someo

Question 5

Over the years, CMM has been investigated using multiple approaches to knowing. Earlier research with CMM primarily used __________ approaches, while later research focused more on __________ approaches.

Accepted Answer

A)  interpretive/empirical 
B)  interpretive/critical 
C)  critical/empirical 
D)  empirical/interpretive 
A)  interpretive/empirical 
B)  interpretive/critical 
C)  critical/empirical 
D)  empirical/interpretive

Question 6

Do you agree that "humans co-create a social reality?"
Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I agree that humans co-create a soc

Question 7

Define constitutive and regulative rules and explain how they influence the coordination of meaning.

Accepted Answer

Constitutive rules are the fundamental p

Question 8

Punctuate is to episode as _________ is to relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  raw data 
B)  content level 
C)  enmeshment 
D)  none of these 
A)  raw data 
B)  content level 
C)  enmeshment 
D)  none of these

Question 9

According to CMM, rules help us not only in our communication with others but also in our interpretation of what others are communicating to us.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

When two people agree on each other's interpretations, they are said to achieve interpersonal meaning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Life scripts are determined for us when we are born.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Develop a study one could use to test CMM. What questions would you attempt to answer? What methods would you use? Why?

Accepted Answer

To test the Capability Maturity Model (C

Question 13

Regulative rules are guidelines for an individual's behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The _____ level provides guidelines for behavior in a relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  episode 
B)  mediator 
C)  relational 
D)  coordination 
A)  episode 
B)  mediator 
C)  relational 
D)  coordination

Question 15

CMM is primarily related to which two communication contexts?

Accepted Answer

A)  small group and interpersonal 
B)  critical and intrapersonal 
C)  intrapersonal and interpersonal 
D)  public and rhetorical 
A)  small group and interpersonal 
B)  critical and intrapersonal 
C)  intrapersonal and interpersonal 
D)  public and rhetorical

Question 16

Pat and Chris frequently experience conflicts about how to spend their weekends. When Pat suggests something Chris believes to be a waste of time and money, he feels as though he has no choice but to protest Pat's suggestion. These conflicts are an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  a sustained speech act 
B)  a co-created script 
C)  an unwanted repetitive pattern 
D)  individualism 
A)  a sustained speech act 
B)  a co-created script 
C)  an unwanted repetitive pattern 
D)  individualism

Question 17

All of the following are communication traditions to which CMM is related EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  socio-cultural 
B)  phenomenological 
C)  cybernetic 
D)  socio-psychological 
A)  socio-cultural 
B)  phenomenological 
C)  cybernetic 
D)  socio-psychological

Question 18

Define and explain what URPs are and discuss the various reasons two relational partners may continue to engage in them.

Accepted Answer

URPs, or Unhealthy Relationship Patterns

Exam 5: Coordinated Management of Meaning

Strange loops occur when

Life scripts are

An example of a regulative rule is when one person tells another person that "honesty is the best policy."

Provide an example of a speech act, a contract, and a life script.

Over the years, CMM has been investigated using multiple approaches to knowing. Earlier research with CMM primarily used __________ approaches, while later research focused more on __________ approaches.

Do you agree that "humans co-create a social reality?" Why or why not?

Define constitutive and regulative rules and explain how they influence the coordination of meaning.

Punctuate is to episode as _________ is to relationship.

According to CMM, rules help us not only in our communication with others but also in our interpretation of what others are communicating to us.

When two people agree on each other's interpretations, they are said to achieve interpersonal meaning.

Life scripts are determined for us when we are born.

Develop a study one could use to test CMM. What questions would you attempt to answer? What methods would you use? Why?

Regulative rules are guidelines for an individual's behavior.

The _____ level provides guidelines for behavior in a relationship.

CMM is primarily related to which two communication contexts?

Pat and Chris frequently experience conflicts about how to spend their weekends. When Pat suggests something Chris believes to be a waste of time and money, he feels as though he has no choice but to protest Pat's suggestion. These conflicts are an example of

All of the following are communication traditions to which CMM is related EXCEPT

Define and explain what URPs are and discuss the various reasons two relational partners may continue to engage in them.

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Expectancy Violations Theory

Uncertainty Reduction Theory

Social Exchange Theory

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Relational Dialectics Theory

Communication Privacy Management Theory

Social Information Processing

Groupthink

Structuration Theory

Organizational Culture Theory

Organizational Information Theory

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