Topic 1-4 Review

Question 1

If Jeffrey was unable to control his communication in a way that presented an "idealized" version of himself, he would be lacking in
Select one:
 a. self-accrual.
 b. identity management.  
 c. interaction control.
 d. symbolic portrayal.

Answer 1

b. identity management.

Question 2

When you look at yourself in the mirror and decide that you need to comb your hair, you are using what context of communication?
Select one:
 a. intrapersonal communication  
 b. interpersonal communication
 c. dyadic communication
 d. public communication

Answer 2

a. intrapersonal communication

Question 3

A recent and widespread transfer of informal language into more formal settings is thought to be the use of
Select one:
 a. slang.
 b. IM language.  
 c. clichés.
 d. abstract language

Answer 3

b. IM language.

Question 4

Which statement about nonverbal use of space is false?
Select one:
 a. Strangely enough, people tend to stand close together in a large space like an auditorium.
 b. Strangely enough, people tend to stay farther apart in small places like elevators.  
 c. Middle-class suburbanites tend to have open backyards, but suburbanites in Latin America tend to have walls.
 d. Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries

Answer 4

d. Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of indexing?
Select one:
a. Fords get great gas mileage.
b. My Shih Tzu chews on everything. Does yours do that as well?
c. Everyone in the Midwest farms.
d. All landlords are unhelpful.

Answer 5

b. My Shih Tzu chews on everything. Does yours do that as well?

Question 6

Which of the following would be the reason why an individual looking at a class picture might see his or her own face first?
Select one:
a. because of its proximity to the other faces
b. because it is figure and the rest of the class is ground
c. because it is the image that allows closure
d. because it is ground and the rest of the class is figure

Answer 6

b. because it is figure and the rest of the class is ground

Question 7

Which of the following is not a context of communication?
Select one:
 a. feedback  
 b. intrapersonal
 c. interpersonal
 d. public

Answer 7

a. feedback

Question 8

Which of the following does not accurately describe what we mean when we say that language is personal?
Select one:
a. We each have different vocabularies.
b. We develop our own expressions to describe our own reality.
c. We have different levels of experience that limit or expand our capacity to communicate ideas and things.
d. We each have developed language without the influence of our age, gender, or personality.

Answer 8

d. We each have developed language without the influence of our age, gender, or personality.

Question 9

Which of the following findings is true of the relationship between dress and personality?
Select one:
a. People who dress with comfort in mind tend to be low in self-control and introverted.
b. People who dress in a decorative style tend to be unsociable and intellectual.
c. People who are conformist in dress are expressive, dominant, and unrestrained in social situations.
d. People who conform to current styles seek to be accepted and liked.

Answer 9

d. People who conform to current styles seek to be accepted and liked.

Question 10

Which term refers to communication between two people?
Select one:
 a. dyadic communication  
 b. intrapersonal communication
 c. small-group communication
 d. synthetic communication

Answer 10

a. dyadic communication

Question 11

He acts very interested in her, stands close, looks deep into her eyes, and brings her drinks during the party. She observes his words and actions and dares to believe that he is falling in love with her on this first meeting. Which of the following questions would an expert on nonverbal communication not ask?
Select one:
a. Is this behavior typical of him; that is, does he do it to someone at every party?
b. Is this party a context that makes this type of behavior typical?
c. Are his verbal and nonverbal behaviors consistent with each other?
d. Why shouldn’t I just go home with this guy? All the nonverbal cues indicate interest and sincerity.

Answer 11

d. Why shouldn’t I just go home with this guy? All the nonverbal cues indicate interest and sincerity.

Question 12

Communication by touch is called
Select one:
 a. tactile communication.  
 b. affect displays.
 c. territoriality.
 d. kinesics.

Answer 12

a. tactile communication

Question 13

Which of the following is the best example of selective attention?
Select one:
a. She immediately spotted the guy with the earring who looked so much like someone she had known before.
b. They agreed with each other because they both liked the idea of government ownership of basic industry.
c. He was an expert “body man” in a chop shop; she was a hair stylist in the low-rent district.
d. They fought constantly over how the children should be disciplined.

Answer 13

a. She immediately spotted the guy with the earring who looked so much like someone she had known before.

Question 14

Which of the following is the best example of concreteness?
Select one:
a. I’m from the States.
b. My hometown is Isle, Minnesota, population 409.
c. Sure, I’m from the Midwest.
d. The place where I’m from is the friendliest town in America.

Answer 14

b. My hometown is Isle, Minnesota, population 409.

Question 15

The term that includes the use of symbols to create meaning is known as
Select one:
 a. feedback.
 b. code.  
 c. meaning.
 d. context.

Answer 15

b. code.

Question 16

A distance of ten feet between two people talking is what Edward T. Hall referred to as
Select one:
 a. intimate distance.
 b. personal distance.
 c. social distance.  
 d. public distance.

Answer 16

c. social distance.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about language is false?
Select one:
a. Words have only meanings which people give them.
b. Words also have connotative meanings.
c. The context in which a word occurs helps us determine which of the possible meanings is intended.
d. The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary.

Answer 17

d. The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary.

Question 18

Which of the following would be an example of a physiological factor that affects perception?
Select one:
a. mental distractions such as daydreaming
b. a homosexual orientation and lifestyle
c. a background in Roman Catholicism
d. a woman who weighs ninety-seven pounds

Answer 18

d. a woman who weighs ninety-seven pounds

Question 19

Which of the following is not cited in the book as one of the three reasons why differences in perception occur?
Select one:
 a. physiological factors
 b. past experience
 c. present feelings and circumstances
 d. present eating habits

Answer 19

d. present eating habits

Question 20

The word communication comes from the Latin "communicare," which means
Select one:
 a. "to speak with understanding."
 b. "to make common."  
 c. "to form a community of believers."
 d. "to care for others."

Answer 20

b. “to make common.”

Question 21

Which of the following examples best depicts the denotative meaning of a word?
Select one:
a. Abortion is the murder of a fetus.
b. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester.
c. Abortion is the last ditch birth control.
d. Abortion is the death of a human soul.

Answer 21

b. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester.

Question 22

At what age do people, on average, begin receiving specialized attention based on physical attractiveness?
Select one:
 a. 1
 b. 4  
 c. 7
 d. 10

Answer 22

b. 4

Question 23

Which of the following characteristics is not true of active perception?
Select one:
 a. subjective
 b. interpretive
 c. active
 d. simple

Answer 23

d. simple

Question 24

Which of the following best typifies the meaning of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
Select one:
a. The thought is the father to the deed.
b. If you can’t say it, you can’t think it.
c. Your language shapes your perception.
d. Your perceptions shape your language.

Answer 24

c. Your language shapes your perception.

Question 25

Paul is at home watching a politically oriented discussion show on cable TV. One of the commentators is making arguments that are faulty, which makes Paul very angry. But Paul cannot express that to the commentator on TV. Paul is feeling the frustrations of which context of communication?
Select one:
 a. intrapersonal context
 b. interpersonal context
 c. public context
 d. mass context

Answer 25

d. mass context