final Flashcards
Bipolar mental yardsticks that allow us to position people and situations along dimensions of judgment are
personal constructs
Shelli and Lisa are talking about their favorite teachers. They each have qualities and characteristics that they feel make the ideal teacher. What are Shelli and Lisa talking about?
prototypes
All of the following are cognitive schemata we use to make sense of phenomena EXCEPT
abstraction.
If Jacob, Bobby’s supervisor, tells Bobby to “get lost,” why would Bobby feel as though his supervisor may see him as inferior and dislike his work?
The relationship level of meaning probably shows that Jacob isn’t joking when he says “get lost.”
Jason passes Greg in the residence hall lobby and says hi. Greg does not say hi back. Jason expected Greg to say hello in return. Jason’s expectation refers to
scripts.
Which of the following statements about communication is accurate?
c.
Studying communication can improve your communication skills.
What did George Herbert Mead mean when he stated that people are “talked into” humanity?
All of these answers are correct.
What does it mean to say that communication is a process?
Communication is ongoing, always in motion, and it’s hard to tell when it starts and stops.
Elijah goes into the library to find his friend Aimee who went there to study. He walks through the library until he sees her and then sits down beside her. Later Elijah’s friend Marvin comes over and says, “Hey, man, why did you ignore me when you walked right past me a minute ago?” Elijah shakes his head, not knowing why he didn’t see Marvin. Elijah’s failure to see Marvin when he was focusing on finding Aimee is an example of
selective perception.
You did not do very well during the spring semester at school. When your parents see your grades, your mother says to you, “You’re going to need to take some classes this summer.” The content meaning of this statement is:
Your mom thinks you will need to take courses during the summer.
Elliot is having trouble listening effectively in his political science class. The professor has been presenting information quickly while simultaneously flipping through an abundance of PowerPoint slides containing complex statistical data. Elliot doesn’t know where to focus his energies. This is an example of
message overload.
While visiting her parents on a break from school, Deena doesn’t pay attention to much of what they say. She lets much of their communication just come in one ear and out the other without her ever listening. However, when her mother mentions going shopping to get some new clothes and good novels for Deena to take back to school, Deena listens attentively. This is an example of
selective listening.
Only eight hours after physically receiving a message, most people remember only about what amount of the message?
35 percent
All of the following are part of the listening process EXCEPT:
judging
As soon as the news program begins an interview with the President of the United States, Dolores quits paying attention and she mumbles to herself, “I already know everything he has to say and I don’t want to hear it again.” Dolores’s ability to listen is being hindered by
prejudjment
Secure attachment styles tend to develop in children whose caregivers
are consistently loving and attentive.
Rules for how we are supposed to live and who we are supposed to be are known as
identity scripts.
Edmund is very attentive and supportive to his son Mylan when he is sober, but when Edmund drinks, he often ignores his son and sometimes verbally abuses him. Mylan never knows which way his father will act. If Edmund is Mylan’s primary caregiver, Mylan is likely to develop which attachment style?
.
anxious/ambivalent
“You are an excellent athlete,” Kevin tells his daughter. Kevin’s statement is an example of
direct definition.
The beginning of the self-concept, or the recognition that individuals are separate entities, is also known as
ego boundary.
