Multiple Choice Questions

The effect of an attractive room on the people working in it is an example of which type of nonverbal communication?
  • environment
  • third culture
  • pragmatic
  • narratives
which is true of communication
  • everyone does it
  • touch increases compliance
  • much communication is unintentional
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
empathy consists of_____
  • perspective takingemotional contagionconcern
  • reflected appraisal and social comparison
  • rids the body of chemicals caused by stress
  • rate and pitchdisfluencies and pausestone and volume
perceptual schema includes which constructs
  • physical and roleinteractionpsychological
  • being influenced by the obvious
  • bases a belief on a limited amount of evidence
  • more than one commonly accepted definition
the fallacy of overgeneralization___________
  • being influenced by the obvious
  • whose evaluations are especially influential to us
  • to change our feelings we need to change our beliefs
  • bases a belief on a limited amount of evidence
problems that arise when we speak too generally are solved by
  • making behavioral descriptions
  • pragmatic
  • paralanguage
  • rate and pitchdisfluencies and pausestone and volume
Which of the following are nonverbal signals that indicate a speaker has finished talking and is ready to yield to a listener?
  • everyone does it
  • physiological influences
  • more than one commonly accepted definition
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
significant others are those people______
  • whose evaluations are especially influential to us
  • perspective takingemotional contagionconcern
  • being influenced by the obvious
  • being able to set aside your beliefs and consider those of someone else
we notice a dripping faucet because of which factor of attention
  • abstracting
  • True
  • environment
  • repetition
being open-minded means_____
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
  • being able to set aside your beliefs and consider those of someone else
  • intentional or not intentionalimpossible not to communicateirreversibleunrepeatable
  • let's meet for lunch tomorrow
To solve confusion that surrounds e-mail messages, correspondents have developed _________ that simulate the nonverbal dimensions of a message.
  • cognitive conservation
  • more than one commonly accepted definition
  • emoticons and smileys
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
social scientists generally agree that _____ are components of emotions
  • physical and roleinteractionpsychological
  • True
  • physiological changes, non verbal reactions, cognitive interpretations, and verbal expression
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
culture is______
  • what can we do to make things better
  • perspective takingemotional contagionconcern
  • pleasant words substituted for blunt ones
  • a matter of perspective and definitionthe language, values, and beliefs people share and learnthe traditions and customs people share and learn
in which culture are people more likely to avoid saying "no"?
  • narratives
  • japanese
  • False
  • repetition
according to the rational-emotive approach______
  • whose evaluations are especially influential to us
  • to change our feelings we need to change our beliefs
  • rate and pitchdisfluencies and pausestone and volume
  • bases a belief on a limited amount of evidence
post-WWII americans attend _____ club meetings, family dinners, and social gatherings with friends than pre-WWII americans
  • fewer
  • attire
  • False
  • True
which of the following is not true about identity management in computer-mediated communication
  • being able to set aside your beliefs and consider those of someone else
  • personal space bubbles vary in size according to the person we're with
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
the term fred casmir uses to refer to "a unique relationship shard by two or more people" when some degree of personal contact has been established is
  • narratives
  • third culture
  • talk louder
  • pragmatic
which of the following is an accurate statement about communication
  • paralanguage
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
  • what can we do to make things better
  • much communication is unintentional
what we choose to pay attention to is influenced by_______
  • repetition
  • the intensity of the stimuluscontrast or change in the stimulusour motivesour emotional state
  • rate and pitchdisfluencies and pausestone and volume
  • what can we do to make things better
statements that have the effect of canceling the thought that precedes them are
  • "but" statements
  • abstracting
  • paralanguage
  • what can we do to make things better
euphemisms are
  • pleasant words substituted for blunt ones
  • let's meet for lunch tomorrow
  • physical and roleinteractionpsychological
  • what can we do to make things better
arguments often result when we label out inferences as________
  • False
  • facts
  • True
  • fewer
a discernible response to a message is
  • False
  • rids the body of chemicals caused by stress
  • everyone does it
  • feedback
tendencies that distort perceptions include
  • being influenced by the obvious
  • being able to set aside your beliefs and consider those of someone else
  • cognitive conservation
  • touch increases compliance
communication is more effective when the communicator_______
  • takes responsibility for making the message clearly useful to the listener
  • more than one commonly accepted definition
  • the intensity of the stimuluscontrast or change in the stimulusour motivesour emotional state
  • rate and pitchdisfluencies and pausestone and volume
which of the following characterizes transactional communication
  • -communication must be sent through a channel-communication involves communicators' occupying different but overlapping environments-we may be receiving and responding to messages from another person at the same time that she or he is receiving and responding to us-noise may be both physical and psychological
  • intentional or not intentionalimpossible not to communicateirreversibleunrepeatable
  • the intensity of the stimuluscontrast or change in the stimulusour motivesour emotional state
  • touch increases compliance
Which of the following is not included in the term kinesics?
  • paralanguage
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
  • everyone does it
  • pragmatic
The conclusion that can be drawn from the study of comfortable conversation distance, which found that happily married couples stood 28.5 cm apart and unhappy ones stood 37 cm apart, is _____________.
  • personal space bubbles vary in size according to the person we're with
  • bases a belief on a limited amount of evidence
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
  • intentional or not intentionalimpossible not to communicateirreversibleunrepeatable
high context cultures tend to
  • intentional or not intentionalimpossible not to communicateirreversibleunrepeatable
  • being able to set aside your beliefs and consider those of someone else
  • if we are superior or inferior to othersif we are the same of different from others
  • value and emphasize subtle, often nonverbal cutes to maintain social harmony
in the statement, 'mekelle is a good student' the word that is troublesome due to static evaluation is
  • True
  • False
  • is
  • attire
When Russ gives Joel 'the finger', he is using a nonverbal cue known as a(n) ____________.
  • False
  • fewer
  • True
  • emblem
Which of the following conclusions can be reached from the study showing those touched lightly on the arm were 70 per cent more likely to sign a petition?
  • paralanguage
  • touch increases compliance
  • physiological influences
  • a drop in vocal pitch or loudness
which characteristics apply to interpersonal communication
  • cmc is not as effective for identity management as face-to-face communication
  • to change our feelings we need to change our beliefs
  • intentional or not intentionalimpossible not to communicateirreversibleunrepeatable
  • physiological changes, non verbal reactions, cognitive interpretations, and verbal expression
seeking information that conforms to an existing self-concept is called______
  • abstracting
  • cognitive conservation
  • making behavioral descriptions
  • more than one commonly accepted definition
kim thinks her roommate julie's constant cleaning is obsessive, and julie thinks that kim is a slob. kim and julie are experiencing a clashing of
  • narratives
  • talk louder
  • environment
  • third culture
which statement dos not contain powerless language
  • much communication is unintentional
  • touch increases compliance
  • let's meet for lunch tomorrow
  • bases a belief on a limited amount of evidence
empathy requires_____
  • value and emphasize subtle, often nonverbal cutes to maintain social harmony
  • perspective takingemotional contagionconcern
  • physical and roleinteractionpsychological
  • open-mindednessimaginationcommitment
saying 'you look nice' instead of 'that color of dress looks good on you' is an example of_________
  • True
  • abstracting
  • repetition
  • "but" statements
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