Communication 105 A/Test #1 Winter ‘10
True/False-circle the letter of the correct response
1.
The hidden area contains information about you that others, but not you, are aware of.
A.
T
B.
F
2.
Communication occurs when someone sees or experiences behavior and attributes meaning to
that behavior.
A.
T
B.
F
3.
Technopoly occurs in a culture or society that has not yet achieved technology.
A.
T
B.
F
4.
Self-awareness derives from your successes and failures.
A.
T
B.
F
5.
Cultural relativism is another term for ethnocentrism.
A.
T
B.
F
6.
Low power distance cultures view power as a fact of life and are apt to stress its referent or
coercive nature.
A.
T
B.
F
7.
The elderly, disabled, and Cyberpunks are considered co-cultures within a culture.
A.
T
B.
F
8.
According to distinctiveness theory, a person’s own distinctive traits are more salient to them
than are the more prevalent traits possessed by other people in the immediate environment.
A.
T
B.
F
9.
Perception is the process by which we use our senses to understand our experiences.
A.
T
B.
F
10.
During communication, one person can be the sender and receiver.
A.
T
B.
F
11.
Cultural nearsightedness is the failure to understand that we do not all attribute the same
meanings to similar behavioral clues.
A.
T
B.
F
12.
Present experiences often provide us with expectations, or perceptual sets, that affect how we
process our world.
A.
T
B.
F
13.
The term stereotype is derived from a printing practice in which the typesetter repeatedly uses
the same type to print text.
A.
T
B.
F
14.
Chronemics is the study of the use of space and distance between people.
A.
T
B.
F
15.
Words stand for, or represent things but are not necessarily the things they stand for.
A.
T
B.
F
16.
Bypassing is a pleasant word that is substituted for a less pleasant one.
A.
T
B.
F
17.
The use of personal adornments, such as beards or jewelry is called artifactual communication.
A.
T
B.
F
18.
The open self represents information about ourselves that others know but you do not.
A.
T
B.
F
19.
Researcher Ralph Nichols said most of us actually listen at only 25% efficiency.
A.
T
B.
F
20.
Cultural differences in listening styles and behavior demands that Americans become more
aware of the listening variations found in other cultures.
A.
T
B.
F
Multiple choice-circle the correct answer
21.
Communication occurs when one (or more) persons sends and receives messages that:
A.
Are distorted by noise
B.
Occur within a context
C.
Provide some opportunity for feedback
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above
22.
Communication allows us to satisfy our ____________ by allowing us to feel that we are
capable and responsible, that we are able to deal with and manage our environment.
A.
Need for Inclusion
C.
Need to be Free
B.
Need for Affection
D.
Need for Control
23.
Failing to develop insights into cultural nuances and differences is considering being:
A.
Rude
B.
Ethnocentric
C.
Culturally confused
D.
Stubborn
24.
________ are composed of members of the same general culture who differ in some ethnic or
sociological way from the parent culture.
A.
Collectivists
B.
Co-Cultures
C.
Individualists
D.
None of the above
25.
Superiors and subordinates from low power distanced cultures emphasize:
A.
Interdependence by displaying a preference for consultation
B.
Stress coercive or referent natures
C.
View power as a fact of life
D.
Subordinates are quick to give in to superiors
E.
None of the above
26.
In any interactional situation, we cannot avoid communicating. This illustrates which of the
following about communication?
A.
That it is unrepeatable
B.
That it is irreversible
C.
That it is inevitable
D.
None of the above
27.
Perceptual sets are past experiences that provide us with expectations that are formed from:
A.
Our culture
B.
Motivation
C.
Education
D.
All of the above
28.
A first impression, or __________ can affect the perception and the result of communication.
A.
Recency effect
B.
Free for all effect
C.
Primacy effect
D.
Unknown effect
E.
None of the above
29.
When we apply the judgment to all members of a group, and fail to acknowledge the uniqueness
of the individual, we are acting within the process of:
A.
Self-serving bias
B.
Prejudice
C.
Dialectical tension
D.
Stereotyping
30.
Which factors influence self-disclosure?
A.
Who your listeners are
B.
Who you are
C.
The topic of the impending self-disclosure
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above
31.
When our perception of another changes for the worse, we are likely to see only his or her
negative qualities. This is called:
A.
The halo effect
B.
The cultural effect
C.
The horn effect
D.
This does not have an effect
32.
_______stand for, or represent things but are not the things they stand for.
A.
Symbols
B.
Triangles
C.
Words
D.
Meanings
33.
Racial code words such as “you people” and “one of them” help:
A.
Create a racially hostile environment
B.
Create a friendly environment
C.
Create a neighborly environment
D.
None of the above
34
The book states that disclaimers are remarks that diminish a statement’s importance and are:
A.
Utilized more by kids
B.
Utilized more by men
C.
Utilized more by women
D.
None of the above
E.
Utilized by couples in love
35.
The concept utilized in nonverbal communication with distance is?
A.
Olfactics
B.
Chronemics
C.
Proxemics
D.
Pupilmetrics
E.
All of the above
36.
“Shifty eyes”, “evil eye”, and the “look of love” are part of eye communication which:
A.
Are in the category of Facial Management Technique
B.
Are bypassing of meaning
C.
Depends on context
D.
All of the above
E.
None of the above
37.
The use of personal adornments such as T-shirts, beards, jewelry is our use of:
A.
Dressing up
C.
Regulators
B.
Artifactual Communication
D.
Crisscrossing
38.
Listening to understand the feelings of the speaker is:
A.
Empathic Listening
C.
Critical Listening
B.
Appreciative Listening
D.
Sexist Listening
39.
A prerequisite for effective listening is:
A.
Speaking
B.
Feedforward
40.
C.
D.
Walking
Feedback
Your Professor has a collection of all of these cultural artifacts except for:
A.
A Buddha
C.
A bullfighter
B.
A boa constrictor snake
D.
A Moroccan monetary bill
Short Essay-write a descriptive paragraphs for EACH of these three topics
10 points
Explain what is meant by the statement, “communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable.”
Distinguish these three features of communication through examples taken from your everyday life.
5 points
The scene in the movie “The Blackboard Jungle” that we watched in class depicted several elements of
communication. List one and explain how this element was effective in the movie.
5 points
Define olfactics and chronemics and provide an example for each term.
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