Question 1

Divorced people have about the same life expectancy as married people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which term is defined as the degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate to others?

Accepted Answer

A)   affinity
B)   appreciation
C)   immediacy
D)   respect C

Question 3

Psychologist Abraham Maslow arranged human needs on a hierarchy.According to Maslow,which statement best describes the most basic (lowest level)need in the hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the fundamental need of self-actualization.
B)   The nature of this need differs from person to person.
C)   It needs to be satisfied before people are concerned with other needs.
D)   It is generated by other people in interpersonal communication. C

Question 4

Respect is the social need to be held in esteem by others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following best defines qualitative interpersonal communication?

Accepted Answer

A)   communication in which the parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than as objects
B)   impersonal communication, usually face to face, between two individuals
C)   behaviour that treats others as objects rather than as individuals
D)   two people interacting

Question 6

What is a person doing when he/she carefully plans the words he/she will use to avoid offending someone?

Accepted Answer

A)   decoding
B)   encoding
C)   providing feedback
D)   reducing physiological noise

Question 7

Relational dimensions of messages make statements about how the parties feel toward one another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Bart and Monique meet in the cafeteria and talk about the concerns they have with a client of theirs at the youth club.What is NOT likely to occur in their discussion?

Accepted Answer

A)   noise
B)   encoding
C)   linear communication
D)   transactional communication

Question 9

The number of friendships that North Americans report has sharply declined in the past 20 years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Janie decides not to tell her friend Anne that she hates her new haircut; however,Bill thinks that Janie should be honest with Anne and tell her what she really thinks.Which communication misconception does this illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   A single person or event causes another's reaction.
B)   Communication can solve all problems.
C)   Successful communication always involves shared understanding.
D)   More communication is always better.

Question 11

Match each of the statements below with the element of the communication model it illustrates most clearly.
-You write your friend a note instead of calling her.

Accepted Answer

A)   channel
B)   decoding
C)   environment
D)   external noise
E)   Sender

Question 12

Jane,a cashier at a grocery store,tells a customer to have a nice day.What type of interpersonal communication is this?

Accepted Answer

A)   dyad
B)   quantitative
C)   polite
D)   impersonal

Question 13

Which term can be described as the ability to construct a variety of different frameworks for viewing an issue?

Accepted Answer

A)   cognitive complexity
B)   communication competence
C)   metacommunicating
D)   perceptual pluralism

Question 14

Why is Maslow's hierarchy of needs important to the study of interpersonal communication?

Accepted Answer

A)   Communication can help people meet each of the needs.
B)   Communication is one of the needs in the hierarchy.
C)   People can't understand their needs without communication.
D)   Maslow considered the need for communication as the sixth "hidden" need.

Question 15

Immediacy refers to the pace at which an interpersonal relationship develops.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In healthy relationships,both parties flexibly share decision-making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why are integrated communicators able to express themselves in skillful ways with little effort?

Accepted Answer

A)   They have had more experience.
B)   their communication is a self-conscious act.
C)   Effective behaviour has become an unconscious habit.
D)   The skills they use are basic elements of interpersonal communication.

Question 18

The major difference between impersonal communication and interpersonal communication is the number of people involved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

It is impossible to stop communicating.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which term is similar in meaning to decoding?

Accepted Answer

A)   channeling
B)   interpreting
C)   cognitive complexity
D)   linear communication

Exam 1: A First Look at Interpersonal Communications

Divorced people have about the same life expectancy as married people.

Which term is defined as the degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate to others?

Psychologist Abraham Maslow arranged human needs on a hierarchy.According to Maslow,which statement best describes the most basic (lowest level) need in the hierarchy?

Respect is the social need to be held in esteem by others.

Which of the following best defines qualitative interpersonal communication?

What is a person doing when he/she carefully plans the words he/she will use to avoid offending someone?

Relational dimensions of messages make statements about how the parties feel toward one another.

Bart and Monique meet in the cafeteria and talk about the concerns they have with a client of theirs at the youth club.What is NOT likely to occur in their discussion?

The number of friendships that North Americans report has sharply declined in the past 20 years.

Janie decides not to tell her friend Anne that she hates her new haircut; however,Bill thinks that Janie should be honest with Anne and tell her what she really thinks.Which communication misconception does this illustrate?

Match each of the statements below with the element of the communication model it illustrates most clearly. -You write your friend a note instead of calling her.

Jane,a cashier at a grocery store,tells a customer to have a nice day.What type of interpersonal communication is this?

Which term can be described as the ability to construct a variety of different frameworks for viewing an issue?

Why is Maslow's hierarchy of needs important to the study of interpersonal communication?

Immediacy refers to the pace at which an interpersonal relationship develops.

In healthy relationships,both parties flexibly share decision-making.

Why are integrated communicators able to express themselves in skillful ways with little effort?

The major difference between impersonal communication and interpersonal communication is the number of people involved.

It is impossible to stop communicating.

Which term is similar in meaning to decoding?