Exam 1

Question 1

Which communicator style was identified as most likely to encourage and support others?

Answer 1

Friendly

Question 2

What is the principle difference between interpersonal communication and group communication?

Answer 2

whether the rules are written and/or formalized

Question 3

Which strategy for self concept is based upon Self Perception Theory?

Answer 3

Self as Behavioral Indicators

Question 4

The technique of identifying characteristics you admire in others, and then finding ways to alter your own behavior to one you admire more.

Answer 4

Modeling

Question 5

Which of the following is believed to be causes of someone being Verbal Aggressive?

Answer 5

All of these: desire for power/control, poor communication skills, insecurity

Question 6

Our definition of communications identified it as a process. According to lecture, how is that different than looking at communication as a ‘thing’?

Answer 6

A process is dynamic and changing, while a thing is static and unchanging

Question 7

If someone is trying to talk over you, making it harder for your listener to hear you, that is an example of what?

Answer 7

Physical noise

Question 8

“Negative Thinking” was identified as a symptom of which type of stress?

Answer 8

psychological

Question 9

“I see me as I see you” best describes which self concept strategy?

Answer 9

self as relational achievement

Question 10

Which of the following personality types is most characteristic of great manipulators?

Answer 10

machiavellian

Question 11

Which strategy for self concept relies upon the ‘little voices in our head’ to help tell us what kind of person we are?

Answer 11

self as internal dialogue

Question 12

Which of the following would tend to be most offensive to a Rhetorical Reflectorf?

Answer 12

rhetorical sensitive

Question 13

True or False: According to Lecture, there are two different conditions that are often called ‘stress’.

Answer 13

true

Question 14

Which of the following personality types is most likely to tear someone’s self esteem down by trying to ‘win’ an argument? HINT: More concerned with winning the argument than trying to genuinely understand the other person.

Answer 14

verbal aggressive

Question 15

Which communicator style was identified as most likely to interrupt others?

Answer 15

dominant

Question 16

The practice of organizing people into different ‘types’, and then determining which type we are is the process of which strategy for self-concept covered in class?

Answer 16

self as cognitive schema

Question 17

Which of the following communicator types did lecture indicate most closely describes President Obama?

Answer 17

rhetorical sensitive

Question 18

Someone that is very high in this communicator style often finds that it seems to help in almost any circumstance. While being very effective and tending to make the person quite popular with others, it has the disadvantage of making it less likely that the person developed many alternate strategies for when this does not work.

Answer 18

humor oriented

Question 19

Which of the following strategies for self concept were NOT discussed in class?

Answer 19

self as typecast

Question 20

Someone high in ___________ is most likely to be controlled by their emotions?

Answer 20

affective orientation

Question 21

Which level of communication was identified as a basic need of life?

Answer 21

interpersonal

Question 22

True or False; Public communication is one way communication with the speaker sending a message (the speech) to an audience?

Answer 22

false

Question 23

Which of the following personality types should you feel most comfortable loaning money to?

Answer 23

conscientious

Question 24

Which of the following was NOT one of the implications for our definition of Communications?

Answer 24

all of these are implications of our definition

Question 25

Which communicator style was compared to being an 'addictive drug' (at highest risk of someone becoming addicted to them)?

Answer 25

attentive

Question 26

Which of the following most values 'honesty' in presenting who they are as a person?

Answer 26

Noble Self

Question 27

Which paradigm first recognized that communication is a two way street (each person is both sending and receiving messages at the same time)?

Answer 27

interactive

Question 28

Which level of communication included relationship and conversation analysis?

Answer 28

interpersonal

Question 29

Someone writing a letter to someone is an example of what ‘level’ of communication?

Answer 29

mediated/mass

Question 30

Which level of communication does the method of the feedback most impact the power of the feedback?

Answer 30

mediates/mass

Question 31

Which paradigm of communication consists of a “Sender” sending a message to a “Receiver”?

Answer 31

linear

Question 32

Someone high in ___________ is most likely to be controlled by their emotions?

Answer 32

affective orientation

Question 33

Of the following levels of communication, which one is engaged in most by the average American?

Answer 33

mass/mediated

Question 34

Which of the following is most flexible in a social situation?

Answer 34

rhetorical reflector

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of “Mass/mediated communication”:

Answer 35

All of these: sending an email, watching a TV program, texting a friend, writing a letter to your mother

Question 36

An increased heart rate was identified as a symptom of which type of stress?

Answer 36

physical