Question 1

All of the statements are accurate descriptions of "communication apprehension" EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) it may occur in public speaking situations. 
B) it may be the fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person. 
C) it is influenced by whether you were encouraged to talk with others when you were a child. 
D) is not influenced by heredity. 
A) it may occur in public speaking situations. 
B) it may be the fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person. 
C) it is influenced by whether you were encouraged to talk with others when you were a child. 
D) is not influenced by heredity. D

Question 2

Describe the three ways of being self-aware.

Accepted Answer

*Subjective self-awareness: our ability to differentiate ourselves from our environment.
*Objective self-awareness: our ability to be the object of our own thoughts and attentions.
*Symbolic self-awareness: unique to humans, our ability to think about ourselves and use symbols/language to express these ideas to others.

Question 3

Compare a specific-other perspective to a generalized-other perspective.

Accepted Answer

*When using a specific-other perspective, you rely on information, real or imagined, about a person in order to predict that person's behaviour.
*When using a generalized-other perspective, however, we rely on information, either observed or imagined, about many people in order to predict that person's behaviour.

Question 4

According to research, individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to have all of the following traits EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) to be more critical of others. 
B) to expect to be rejected by others. 
C) to be overly responsive to praise and compliments. 
D) to evaluate overall behaviour more positively than that of others. 
A) to be more critical of others. 
B) to expect to be rejected by others. 
C) to be overly responsive to praise and compliments. 
D) to evaluate overall behaviour more positively than that of others.

Question 5

You are on a swim team and your swim coach encourages you to begin training for the Olympics.Which response best explains why this opinion means a great deal to you?

Accepted Answer

A) No one else has ever felt you were a particularly skilled swimmer. 
B) You believe your coach is competent to judge you in this area. 
C) You parents and all of your relatives have told you what a strong swimmer you are too. 
D) You know you must be good at something. 
A) No one else has ever felt you were a particularly skilled swimmer. 
B) You believe your coach is competent to judge you in this area. 
C) You parents and all of your relatives have told you what a strong swimmer you are too. 
D) You know you must be good at something.

Question 6

Before you can become decentred and other-oriented, first you have to feel

Accepted Answer

A) decentred. 
B) androgynous. 
C) centred. 
D) objective. 
A) decentred. 
B) androgynous. 
C) centred. 
D) objective.

Question 7

You ask a friend whose opinion you trust whether you talked too much and laughed too loudly when you had dinner with his parents.You are using which strategy for improving self-esteem

Accepted Answer

A) developing honest relationships. 
B) seeking support. 
C) reframing. 
D) avoiding comparison. 
A) developing honest relationships. 
B) seeking support. 
C) reframing. 
D) avoiding comparison.

Question 8

When you hear yourself being sharp with another person and you consider the impact of your response to this person, you are practicing

Accepted Answer

A) specific-other perspective. 
B) self-labelling. 
C) self-reflexiveness. 
D) generalized-other perspective. 
A) specific-other perspective. 
B) self-labelling. 
C) self-reflexiveness. 
D) generalized-other perspective.

Question 9

When you conclude that your speech instructor would not appreciate your talking in class without first raising your hand because all of your other instructors prefer that you raise your hand first, you are using which perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) specific-other 
B) reflective 
C) generalized-other 
D) life positions 
A) specific-other 
B) reflective 
C) generalized-other 
D) life positions

Question 10

Bill knows that Stephanie has a final exam tomorrow.He makes a point not to call her the night before because he knows that if he were studying he would not want to be interrupted.What perspective best represents Bill's actions?

Accepted Answer

A) a generalized-other perspective 
B) a specific-other perspective 
C) social decentering 
D) a significant-other perspective 
A) a generalized-other perspective 
B) a specific-other perspective 
C) social decentering 
D) a significant-other perspective

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the concept of face?

Accepted Answer

A) a person's negative perception of him/herself 
B) using communication to maintain your own positive self-perception 
C) using communication to improve your own positive self-perception 
D) a person's positive perception of him/herself in interactions with others. 
A) a person's negative perception of him/herself 
B) using communication to maintain your own positive self-perception 
C) using communication to improve your own positive self-perception 
D) a person's positive perception of him/herself in interactions with others.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a true statement about self-disclosure?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-disclosure usually moves in small increments. 
B) Self-disclosure moves from less personal to more personal information. 
C) Self-disclosure is reciprocal. 
D) Self-disclosure on-line is the same as self-disclosure face-to-face. 
A) Self-disclosure usually moves in small increments. 
B) Self-disclosure moves from less personal to more personal information. 
C) Self-disclosure is reciprocal. 
D) Self-disclosure on-line is the same as self-disclosure face-to-face.

Question 13

Which of the following reflects the approach that the self is learned through the roles we assume?

Accepted Answer

A) Aunt Ruth always said I was a comedian. 
B) I am a homemaker, a wife, and a mother. 
C) I'm a Liberal! 
D) Hey! I'm an outgoing, fun sort of guy. 
A) Aunt Ruth always said I was a comedian. 
B) I am a homemaker, a wife, and a mother. 
C) I'm a Liberal! 
D) Hey! I'm an outgoing, fun sort of guy.

Question 14

A set of enduring internal predispositions and behavioural characteristics that describe how people react to their environment is called

Accepted Answer

A) psychology. 
B) personality. 
C) social self. 
D) looking-glass self. 
A) psychology. 
B) personality. 
C) social self. 
D) looking-glass self.

Question 15

Purposefully providing information to others that they would otherwise not learn is called

Accepted Answer

A) responsiveness. 
B) self-disclosure. 
C) expressiveness. 
D) communication style. 
A) responsiveness. 
B) self-disclosure. 
C) expressiveness. 
D) communication style.

Question 16

Self concept is defined as

Accepted Answer

A) the sum total of who a person is. 
B) a person's subjective description of who the person thinks he or she is. 
C) a person's central inner force. 
D) the labels another person would use to define us. 
A) the sum total of who a person is. 
B) a person's subjective description of who the person thinks he or she is. 
C) a person's central inner force. 
D) the labels another person would use to define us.

Question 17

Which are the most resistant to change?

Accepted Answer

A) beliefs 
B) attitudes 
C) values 
D) concepts 
A) beliefs 
B) attitudes 
C) values 
D) concepts

Question 18

Assume you are starting a new romantic relationship. What are the characteristics of appropriate self-disclosure in this situation?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary but should show a gene

Question 19

Match the terms on the left with Schutz' interpersonal need on the right.
-influence, stability, predictability

Accepted Answer

A) control 
B) inclusion 
C) attention 
D) love 
E) affection 
A) control 
B) inclusion 
C) attention 
D) love 
E) affection

Question 20

Match the description on the left with the appropriate title of the pane in the Johari Window.
-known to others, known to self

Accepted Answer

A) the psychological self 
B) the material self 
C) the biological self 
D) the social self 
E) the spiritual self 
A) the psychological self 
B) the material self 
C) the biological self 
D) the social self 
E) the spiritual self

All of the statements are accurate descriptions of "communication apprehension" EXCEPT:

Describe the three ways of being self-aware.

Compare a specific-other perspective to a generalized-other perspective.

According to research, individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to have all of the following traits EXCEPT:

You are on a swim team and your swim coach encourages you to begin training for the Olympics.Which response best explains why this opinion means a great deal to you?

Before you can become decentred and other-oriented, first you have to feel

You ask a friend whose opinion you trust whether you talked too much and laughed too loudly when you had dinner with his parents.You are using which strategy for improving self-esteem

When you hear yourself being sharp with another person and you consider the impact of your response to this person, you are practicing

When you conclude that your speech instructor would not appreciate your talking in class without first raising your hand because all of your other instructors prefer that you raise your hand first, you are using which perspective?

Bill knows that Stephanie has a final exam tomorrow.He makes a point not to call her the night before because he knows that if he were studying he would not want to be interrupted.What perspective best represents Bill's actions?

Which of the following best describes the concept of face?

Which of the following is not a true statement about self-disclosure?

Which of the following reflects the approach that the self is learned through the roles we assume?

A set of enduring internal predispositions and behavioural characteristics that describe how people react to their environment is called

Purposefully providing information to others that they would otherwise not learn is called

Self concept is defined as

Which are the most resistant to change?

Assume you are starting a new romantic relationship. What are the characteristics of appropriate self-disclosure in this situation?

Match the terms on the left with Schutz' interpersonal need on the right. -influence, stability, predictability

Match the description on the left with the appropriate title of the pane in the Johari Window. -known to others, known to self

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Interpersonal Communication and Perception

Listening and Responding

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Interpersonal Communication and Cultural Diversity

Understanding Interpersonal Relationships

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Exam 2: Interpersonal Communication and Self

All of the statements are accurate descriptions of "communication apprehension" EXCEPT:

Describe the three ways of being self-aware.

Compare a specific-other perspective to a generalized-other perspective.

According to research, individuals with low self-esteem are more likely to have all of the following traits EXCEPT:

You are on a swim team and your swim coach encourages you to begin training for the Olympics.Which response best explains why this opinion means a great deal to you?

Before you can become decentred and other-oriented, first you have to feel

You ask a friend whose opinion you trust whether you talked too much and laughed too loudly when you had dinner with his parents.You are using which strategy for improving self-esteem

When you hear yourself being sharp with another person and you consider the impact of your response to this person, you are practicing

When you conclude that your speech instructor would not appreciate your talking in class without first raising your hand because all of your other instructors prefer that you raise your hand first, you are using which perspective?

Bill knows that Stephanie has a final exam tomorrow.He makes a point not to call her the night before because he knows that if he were studying he would not want to be interrupted.What perspective best represents Bill's actions?

Which of the following best describes the concept of face?

Which of the following is not a true statement about self-disclosure?

Which of the following reflects the approach that the self is learned through the roles we assume?

A set of enduring internal predispositions and behavioural characteristics that describe how people react to their environment is called

Purposefully providing information to others that they would otherwise not learn is called

Self concept is defined as

Which are the most resistant to change?

Assume you are starting a new romantic relationship. What are the characteristics of appropriate self-disclosure in this situation?

Match the terms on the left with Schutz' interpersonal need on the right. -influence, stability, predictability

Match the description on the left with the appropriate title of the pane in the Johari Window. -known to others, known to self

Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication and Perception

Listening and Responding

Verbal Communication Skills

Non-Verbal Communication Skills

Conflict Management Skills

Interpersonal Communication and Cultural Diversity

Understanding Interpersonal Relationships

Developing, Maintaining, and Ending Interpersonal Relationships

Interpersonal Relationships at Home, Through

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