Individualistic cultures tend to be ___ cultures
  • Low context
  • expert power
  • Paralinguistics
  • Alliteration
semantics can be defined as the
  • audience should read Gore's book on the environment to increase their knowledge
  • variables of communication
  • Which of the following is the best example of concreteness?
  • science of meaning in language
which of the following is an implicit characteristic of group members?
  • Individuals' educational background
  • Height
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
  • Be all that you can be
example of corridor culture
  • when the process is systemic and organized
  • The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
  • the working environment at walt disney studios in the 1930s
  • Arrive and leave late; arrive and leave on time or early
"FunGals" is an unfortunate employment of what rhetorical device?
  • electronic era???
  • quid pro quo
  • Portmanteau
  • Illustrator
Photo of Nelson Rockefeller while delivering a speech inThe term for his gesture is
  • Sound
  • Emblem
  • Antithesis
  • Receiver
The skit shown in class about two men applying for a job illustrated the concept of
  • Simple
  • Role
  • Alliteration
  • Sound
Commonly known as the bandwagon appeal, the argument that a policy is right merely by virtue of favorable public opinion support is known as what kind of argumentative fallacy?
  • Ad hominen
  • Red herring
  • Ad ignorantiam
  • Ad populum
Computer and/or internet malfunctions will be accepted as a reason for a makeup of an online exam only if
  • is the supporting material personal
  • is it established that webcourses itself is at fault
  • use the same cue to communicate a variety of meanings
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
France is an example of a ____ culture
  • different types of appeals
  • Separation goal
  • Science of meaning in language
  • Uncertainty rejecting
a conflict management style that involves negotiation is also known as
  • compromise
  • Repetition
  • Relevance
  • Illustrator
Perception checking is a skill that helps us
  • Understand another person and his message more accurately
  • A black woman from Puerto Rico
  • Repetition
  • Ad Ignorantiam
which is true concerning source credibility?
  • university study by known sociologists that concludes welfare payments are insufficient
  • Affection
  • source credibility is an audience perception that must be established every time a person gives a speech to an audience
  • Aggressiveness
in which of the following surveys should you place the most trust?
  • recording information on a recorder whether or not the interviewee knows about the recorder
  • a university study by known sociologists that concludes welfare payments are insufficient
  • Height
  • Sound
Which of the following uses onomatopoeia?
  • Present eating habits
  • university study by known sociologists that concludes welfare payments are insufficient
  • The antacids hit the water: plop, plop, fizz, fizz
  • Germany
which testimonial evidence best meets criteria for evaluation?
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
  • a university study by known sociologists that concludes welfare payments are insufficient
  • a cafeteria worker, a student, testifies about conditions in the cafeteria kitchen
  • women prefer more formal speech forms
Picture of guy looking like he's picking his nose
  • Emblem
  • Adaptor
  • Inferior
  • Illustrator
"i don't care, whatever you do is fine with me" most likely said by ____ leader
  • quid pro quo
  • Red herring
  • laissez faire
  • Complementary
messages between organizational members of the same power level are best described as
  • Illustrator
  • horizontal
  • High context
  • Portmanteau
Which of the follow is not an appeal?
  • Visuals
  • Eros
  • Exploration
  • Germany
hazel watches 3 hours of local news everyday. she is convinced her city is overwhelmed with pedophiles, fires, accidents, and robberies. example of
  • cultivation theory
  • organizational communication
  • Selective retention
  • Compliance gaining
The characteristic listed below that is NOT true of active perception is that it is
  • Simple
  • Emblem
  • Role
  • Simile
Which is a metaphor?
  • Like it or not, coffee is a jump start for the brain
  • Clothing and artifacts are unrelated to how acceptable we find other people to be
  • The antacids hit the water: plop, plop, fizz, fizz
  • The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
not a criteria for evaluating sources of information
  • meisnerian organization???
  • be prepared to discuss salary at your interview
  • The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
  • is the supporting material personal
Do not underestimate the powers of the emperor, or suffer your father's fate you will -- example of
  • Inversion
  • Inferior
  • Compliance gaining
  • Antithesis
Richard Nixon's Checkers speech is famous for employing what logical fallacy?
  • Alliteration
  • Exploration
  • Red herring
  • achievement
When Conrad Hilton interview Don Draper, did he ask any illegal questions?
  • Role
  • Inferior
  • Western Europe
  • No
which of the following statements about emotional labor is not true
  • Your language shapes your perception
  • The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
  • emotional labor can decrease turnover
Which of the following terms reflect the fact that some individuals are likely to seek out information that is reflective rather than contradictive to his/her current beliefs and opinions?
  • Visuals
  • Selective exposure
  • Selective retention
  • Symbolic interaction
Which statement below is not an example of ethnocentrism
  • emotional labor can decrease turnover
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
  • Be cautious about assuming similarity and recognize differences among people
  • American workers get higher pay for less work than most people in the world
When jerry gives elaine a TV guide to read on the subway ride home, it's an example of _____ behavior
  • Present eating habits
  • Compliance gaining
  • expert testimony
  • Selective retention
when you analyze the speaker and the situation to make judgements about the message presented
  • Present eating habits
  • I'd love a chance at your business
  • critical thinking
  • Perceptual constancy
Which SMCRE variable does the speaker have the least control over?
  • achievement
  • Portmanteau
  • Great Britain
  • Receiver
The same reptile known as a river turtle in Illinois is called a cooter in florida. This is an example of
  • Malapropism
  • Contradicted
  • Regionalism
  • ambiguous
When lisa is out at a restaurant or cafe with her friends, she is very informal. At work, lisa is completely different. She dresses and acts professionally. What type of behavior is this?
  • Flexibility
  • Assimilation
  • Selective exposure
  • Selective retention
When Joan's husband greg tells her that he didn't get the surgical residency he expected, Joan reciprocates with ___
  • The Rev. William Spooner
  • I married you for your heart, not your hands
  • SGA committee on improving campus parking
  • be prepared to discuss salary at your interview
Which statement about nonverbal use of space is false?
  • audience should read Gore's book on the environment to increase their knowledge
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
  • Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries
  • recording information on a recorder whether or not the interviewee knows about the recorder
Which of the following best typifies the meaning of the Sapir-Wharf hypothesis?
  • I am an honor student and president of the student body
  • Increases in technology are reducing the need for skills to communication interculturally with others
  • Exploration
  • Your language shapes your perception
Asked to support his assertion that a particular team will not win the championship, a sports commentator says "they won't win because they won't be able to put enough points on the board." example of which fallacy?
  • She is shy, and he likes to speak for both of them
  • Slepper effect
  • Begging the question
  • Illustrator
not a research based finding about source credibility
  • is the supporting material personal
  • Be cautious about assuming similarity and recognize differences among people
  • audiences are mercifully slow in deciding a speaker's status or source credibility
  • the leader has a very large vocab so she practically needs an interpreter for others to understand her
In the video shown in class, when Done said "everything's fine" to Eric, her nonverbal code ____ her verbal code
  • Contradicted
  • Alliteration
  • Proximity
  • Central and peripheral
All emails related to this course should be sent
  • via webcourses mail
  • referent power
  • Always silent
  • Uncertainty rejecting
Distance of ten feet between two people talking is what Edward T Hall referred to as
  • Affection
  • Common ground
  • Central and peripheral
  • Social distance
Which of the following is not a strategy for improving intercultural communication?
  • Increases in technology are reducing the need for skills to communication interculturally with others
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
  • critical thinking
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
My hometown is Isle, Minnesota, population 409
  • Which of the following is the best example of concreteness?
  • The antacids hit the water: plop, plop, fizz, fizz
  • source credibility is directly connected with IQ
  • the working environment at walt disney studios in the 1930s
these cultures tend to load a lot of meaning into the setting or context or communication and prefer traditions over change
  • Symbolic interaction
  • High context
  • Subjective
  • Inversion
not an example of a group norm
  • the leader has a very large vocab so she practically needs an interpreter for others to understand her
  • source credibility is an audience perception that must be established every time a person gives a speech to an audience
  • a group of students asked by the principal to clean the playground
  • science of meaning in language
Which of the following is an interference?
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
  • The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
  • Individuals' educational background
  • I am an honor student and president of the student body
When a speaker says "Omina show ya allah the things yer gonna be needin' to buy", the speaker is using
  • Present eating habits
  • Flexibility
  • horizontal
  • Poor articulation
The repetition of consonants, usually the first or last letter of a word, is known as
  • Antithesis
  • Alliteration
  • Stereotyping
  • Exploration
Which of the following is not necessarily part of process of listening?
  • Receiver
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • Aggressiveness
  • Present eating habits
Parallelism involves
  • the working environment at walt disney studios in the 1930s
  • Science of meaning in language
  • presenting similarly phrased ideas in succession
  • speech had a delayed message impact because of the separation of speaker from message over time
Sterling Cooper is an organization with ____ orientation
  • Political
  • use the same cue to communicate a variety of meanings
  • Ad Ignorantiam
  • Economic
In the world of Mad Men, which has the more high context culture
  • Illustrator
  • Aggressiveness
  • laissez faire
  • Great Britain
Nonverbal communication is
  • grapevine
  • downward communication
  • Always silent
  • expert power
sleeper effect means
  • Clothing and artifacts are unrelated to how acceptable we find other people to be
  • Be cautious about assuming similarity and recognize differences among people
  • speech had a delayed message impact because of the separation of speaker from message over time
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
not reflected in research on source credibility
  • Arrive and leave late; arrive and leave on time or early
  • I've told you a million times not to use hyperbole
  • Be cautious about assuming similarity and recognize differences among people
  • source credibility is directly connected with IQ
informal communication consists of all of the following except
  • downward communication
  • Western Europe
  • electronic era???
  • Central and peripheral
Semantics can be defined as
  • Separation goal
  • Science of meaning in language
  • I've told you a million times not to use hyperbole
  • electronic era???
not considered a leader
  • I am an honor student and president of the student body
  • I've told you a million times not to use hyperbole
  • Admissibility of scientific evidence in court
  • one member persuading another to sabotage a group goal
assassination of abraham lincoln took place during which era?
  • Central and peripheral
  • electronic era???
  • intelligence
  • Exploration
Smoking among teenagers is increasing. Teenagers are also more involved in violent crimes than they used to be. We need to ban the sale of cigarettes to kids under 19 before our cities turn into violent warzones. What type of fallacy?
  • Ad populum
  • Assimilation
  • Ad populum/post hoc?
  • downward communication
All of the following are examples of implicit rule cultures except
  • electronic era???
  • Central and peripheral
  • Western Europe
  • meisnerian organization???
group problem solving is usually more effective
  • when the process is systemic and organized
  • audience should read Gore's book on the environment to increase their knowledge
  • American workers get higher pay for less work than most people in the world
  • variables of communication
who is more likely to use touch as a means of communicating?
  • She immediately spotted the guy with the earring who looked so much like someone she had known before
  • She is shy, and he likes to speak for both of them
  • Demographic
  • A black woman from Puerto Rico
On April 17, 1973, Ron Ziegler, President Nixon's press secretary, was caught in a lie during a press conference. In his attempt to extract himself from an embarrassing situation, Ziegler said the most recent statement was the "operative statement"; the previous one was now "inoperative". This is an example of
  • Portmanteau
  • Esteem needs
  • Doublespeak
  • Assimilation
statements by someone with special knowledge on a given subject are known as
  • expert power
  • Illustrator
  • Great Britain
  • expert testimony
The concept referring to the idea that messages and feedback from others shape you into what you are today is called
  • Social distance
  • Proximity
  • Poor articulation
  • Symbolic interaction
______ is ethically neutral
  • via webcourses mail
  • Science of meaning in language
  • Uncertainty rejecting
  • Amoral communication
Sally Draper is very reluctant to self disclose to her mother, but not her father. Why?
  • women prefer more formal speech forms
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • use the same cue to communicate a variety of meanings
  • Because her father is more empathetic and positive than her mother
emergent leader situation
  • source credibility is directly connected with IQ
  • Simile
  • company is impending personnel reductions, and a small group of recently hired employees have gathered to discuss strategy
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
Kelly is listening intently to her friend, Sheri, talk about her boyfriend who is leaving for one year to serve in the army. Kelly says "mmm-hmm" during the conversation to show Sheri that she is listening. She is using
  • hanlon's razor
  • Paralinguistics
  • Portmanteau
  • Self-monitoring
Who once said, in a celebration of English royalty, "give three cheers for our queer old dean?"
  • The Rev. William Spooner
  • is it established that webcourses itself is at fault
  • Implicit rule culture
  • use the same cue to communicate a variety of meanings
Which of the following countries most likely uses M time?
  • Receiver
  • Germany
  • Your language shapes your perception
  • Sound
example of primary group
  • group of women playing cards
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
  • via webcourses mail
  • grapevine
conditions in the workplace that are sexually offensive or intimidating are known as
  • Height
  • Receiver
  • Affection
  • hostile
"raiders of the lost ark" was used in class as an example of
  • Do not use ambiguous words
  • variables of communication
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • meisnerian organization???
unc coach master at knowing what types of plays the other team was going to do during the game
  • Illustrator
  • Contradicted
  • referent power
  • expert power
inappropriate conduct for interviewing a source for your speech includes
  • recording information on a recorder whether or not the interviewee knows about the recorder
  • Increases in technology are reducing the need for skills to communication interculturally with others
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
  • emotional labor can decrease turnover
Guy MacKendrick's injury makes him, in the british view, unacceptable as an account man. They expressed this by saying
  • I'd love a chance at your business
  • meisnerian organization???
  • women prefer more formal speech forms
  • He'll never play golf again
Which of the following is not cited in the book as one of the three reasons why differences in perception occurs?
  • Present eating habits
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • Aggressiveness
  • Increases in technology are reducing the need for skills to communication interculturally with others
Which of the following is the best example of how role affects perception?
  • it is more fund to do things with a group of people rather than as an individual
  • I am an honor student and president of the student body
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy in the first trimester
According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model, the two main routes to persuasion are
  • Central and peripheral
  • Uncertainty rejecting
  • different types of appeals
  • beginning before the beginning
Which is the best example of an advertising slogan designed to appeal to the self actualization need?
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • Be all that you can be
  • Your language shapes your perception
  • Perceptual constancy
Upon walking into a crowded bar on a friday night, daniel begins to get uncomfortable because it is so crowded. There are many people very close to him and some even bumping into him as they pass. These people are in daniel's
  • Intimate Space
  • Social distance
  • Selective retention
  • laissez faire
during an interview for a waitress job, the interviewer asks kelly if she is married or has any children. this is a violation of
  • emotional labor can decrease turnover
  • The receiver responds with a return message
  • bona fide occupational qualifications
  • organizational communication
After arriving in the united states, Shoko fit into new surroundings by dressing like classmates and developing similar interests. Which type of goal is she trying to achieve with his behavior as a member of a marginalized group?
  • Exploration
  • Ad populum
  • Subjective
  • Assimilation
Which SMCRE variable does the speaker have the most control over?
  • Message
  • referent power
  • Individuals' educational background
  • Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries
a non profit hospital is what type of organization
  • is the supporting material personal
  • Amoral communication
  • via webcourses mail
  • economic production
not a function of a speech introduction
  • The meaning of a word does not change once it is included in the dictionary
  • audiences are mercifully slow in deciding a speaker's status or source credibility
  • to state a brief summary of the main arguments you will be presenting
  • a cafeteria worker, a student, testifies about conditions in the cafeteria kitchen
In his famous speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. repeated the phrase "I have a dream". Using the same work or phrase repeatedly throughout the speech to emphasize the essential point is known as
  • Relevance
  • The Rev. William Spooner
  • You tell the person that you meet that your parents were originally from Mississippi
  • Repetition
research by ericson and gardner found what percentage of high apprehension college students failed to graduate
  • 40%
  • 50%
  • 250%
  • 25%
Lisa and laura were at a cafe having lunch and saw a woman and her child walk by. Lisa only saw a happy child and her happy mother, while Laura saw unhappy child and mother. What type of perception is this?
  • testimony
  • Proxemics?
  • Flexibility
  • Subjective
Which of the following would be a good example of self disclosure?
  • She is shy, and he likes to speak for both of them
  • Begging the question
  • You tell the person that you meet that your parents were originally from Mississippi
  • A metaphor about a hungry snake suffocating on its food
angela tells richard that he will not receive a raise unless he gives her a massage
  • quid pro quo
  • Western Europe
  • Social distance
  • communibiology
Assif Mandvi's imitation of an American answering a call for "tech support" was an example of
  • expert testimony
  • Stereotyping
  • Subjective
  • Affection
Mr. Young, I studied my notes and the chapters for 18 hours before taking this exam and all I got was a C. I deserve a higher grade. This argument fails the standard of
  • Ethos
  • Political
  • Relevance
  • Implicit rule culture
The idea that our past experiences lead u to see the world in a particular way that is difficult to change is called
  • Selective exposure
  • Common ground
  • Perceptual constancy
  • Inferior
informal role
  • kathleen's role of taskmaster because of her ability to focus and not be sidetracked
  • audiences are mercifully slow in deciding a speaker's status or source credibility
  • the leader has a very large vocab so she practically needs an interpreter for others to understand her
  • Increases in technology are reducing the need for skills to communication interculturally with others
acme inc. has a mission statement that is open to interpretation. many stakeholders identify with it. their mission statement is
  • ambiguous
  • Perceptual constancy
  • Proxemics?
  • horizontal
never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
  • hanlon's razor
  • Alliteration
  • communibiology
  • horizontal
According to doug williams, a polygraph can be confused by
  • meisnerian organization???
  • Tightening one's anal sphincter
  • Your language shapes your perception
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
In the middle east, a traditional arab woman knows one of the rules of her culture is that she is to walk a few paces behind her husband. What type of culture is this?
  • Repetition
  • Ethos
  • Implicit rule culture
  • Understand another person and his message more accurately
According to Hiscock-Anisman, an honest person
  • tends to add about 30% more details to verbal recollections than a deceiving person
  • Tightening one's anal sphincter
  • Do not use ambiguous words
  • Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries
definition of dynamism is that the speaker is perceived as
  • Culture
  • bold, energetic, active, and assertive
  • is the supporting material personal
  • beginning before the beginning
What type of information includes general audience characteristics such as age, gender, and education?
  • Demographic
  • Ethos
  • Relevance
  • Slepper effect
When you remember how wonderful your mother was but forget how often she made you feel inadequate, then you are exhibiting the perception concept called
  • Poor articulation
  • referent power
  • Selective retention
  • Flexibility
Study of the origin or language
  • Exploration
  • Western Europe
  • emotional labor can decrease turnover
  • Glottology
which of the following statements regarding gender and group interactions is true
  • women prefer more formal speech forms
  • The antacids hit the water: plop, plop, fizz, fizz
  • be prepared to discuss salary at your interview
  • Adopt an ethnocentric perspective
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