Your Review Quiz
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Question # 1
• The social-psychological tradition is
based on the premise that as
people talk, they produce and
reproduce culture.
• True or False?
• False- socio-culture is based on the
premise that as people talk they
produce and reproduce culture.
Question # 2
• Which tradition focuses on
communication as the process of
sharing meaning through signs?
• A) semiotic
• B) critical
• C) phenomenological
• D) all of these are traditions
Question #3
• The main route to deep social
penetration is through selfdisclosure.
• True
• False
Question #4
• According to Barbara O’Keefe there
are three different types of
message design logic.
• True or False?
• TRUE!!! (expressive, conventional
and rhetorical)
Question #5
• Which principle of social exchange
theory helps gauge relational
stability?
• A) personality
• B) self disclosure
• C) comparison level
• D) comparison level of alternative
Question #6
• According to CMM, which of these
is not one of the contexts of
communication patterns?
• A) Episode
• B) Relationship
• C) Identity
• D) Culture
• E) None of the above; each is a
context
Question #7
• For Martin Buber, dialogic
communication involves remaining
in the tension between holding our
own perspective while being
profoundly open to the other.
• True or False?
• TRUE!
Question #8
• The three core concepts of EVT
included:
• A) adaptation, violation valence,
and net worth
• B) expectancy, violation valence,
and communication reward valence
• C) violation valence, interaction,
and adaptation
• D) interaction, adaptation, and
reality
Question #9
• The study of people’s use of space
as special elaboration of culture is
referred to as:
• A) cultural specialty
• B) chronemics
• C) proxemics
• D) kinesics
Question #10
• Ethnographers map out social
discourse. They do this_______.
• A) to discover who people think
they are
• B) what they think they are doing
• C) to what end they think they are
doing it
• D) all of the above
Question #11
• Which type of stories are “positive
or negative anecdotes told about
others in an organization?”
• A) collegial stories
• B) corporate stories
• C) personal stories
• D) none of the above
Question #12
A)
B)
C)
D)
In Uncertainty Reduction Theory,
which axiom states as nonverbal
affiliative expressiveness increases,
uncertainty levels will decrease in
an initial interaction situation.
Self-disclosure
Reciprocity
Similarity
Nonverbal warmth
Question #13
• True/False: Deetz argues that
communication is fundamentally the
transmission of information.
• FALSE! Deetz argues that
communication is NOT based
merely on transmission.
Question #14
• T/F: Managerial control is the
process that invites open dialogue
among a stake holder.
• FALSE!
Question #15
• T/F: Assimilation takes place when
a message falls into the latitude of
rejection.
• FALSE! Contrast is the more likely
response.
Question #16
• T/F: A wide latitude of acceptance is
usually a sign of high ego
involvement.
• FALSE!
Question #17
• Which of the following is not one of
Baxter and Montgomery’s internal
dialectics?
• A) Openness – Closedness
• B) Certainty – Uncertainty
• C) Self-expression – Nonexpression
• D) Connectedness – Separateness
Question #18
• Segmentation is a tactic by which
partners
• A) ignore different aspects of their
relationship
• B) try to temporarily avoid their
partners
• C) isolate different aspects of their
relationship
• D) none of the above
Question #19
• Dewey’s pragmatism is based on
the assumption that practical
decisions are brought under more
intelligent control through rational
inquiry in a six step process called
• A) Prioritizing
• B) Reflected Thinking
• C) Six Sigma
• D) Implementality
Question #20
• According to Hirokawa and Gouran,
which is not a requisite function?
• A) problem analysis
• B) potential productivity
• C) identification of alternatives
• D) evaluation of positive and
negative consequences
Question #21
• What are the five components of
the phase model?
• A) orientation, conflict,
coalescence, diversity, integration
• B) orientation, convergence,
coalescence, diversity, integration
• C) orientation, conflict,
coalescence, development,
integration
• D) none of the above
Question #22
• Duality of structure refers to the
idea that rules and resources are
both the ______ and the ______ of
interaction.
• A) medium, outcome
• B) medium, effect
• C) problem, outcome
• D) product, medium
Question #23
• T/F: Petty and Cacioppo, of
elaboration likelihood model, claim
that we have a large mesh mental
filter that allows items we regard as
less important to flow through
without being processed very
carefully.
• TRUE!
Question #24
• In the peripheral route, recipients rely on
a variety of cues that allow them to make
a quick decision. All of the following are
a part of Cialdini’s list of six cues that
trigger a “click, whir” programmed
response EXCEPT
• A) Reciprocation
• B) Consistency
• C) Scarcity
• D) Evaluation
Exam Basics
– 50 questions
– Chapters: 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18,
20, 21 (Yes, I know that’s a lot. But many
questions will be pulled from class quizzes,
online quizzes and slide show)
– Essay to be used as a curve if needed
– Bring pencils or 1 dollar to buy one
– Essay limited to one side of one page
– Can use old quizzes and textbook website
quizzes to prepare
– You can have one page of notes