Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The meaning or significance that an experience has
for us comes from:

____ 2. Bart tries to concentrate during a particularly
difficult lecture, but finds that he is more focused on the instructor’s unique
dialect and delivery style. This is an example of:

____ 3. Which of the models of communication reflects that
way communication can change as a result of what happens between people over
time?

____ 4. Textual analysis is an example of which type of
research approach:

____ 5. Gary is conducting an organizational communication
study by using two different methodologies. He is giving the employees a
questionnaire and he is also reviewing the minutes of the company’s Board
meetings over the past three years. Gary’s research approach is a good example
of:

____ 6. The study of social and personal importance of
storytelling is the focus of which communication the field?

____ 7. Don goes to class on Friday but the instructor is
not present. The teaching assistant announces that the instructor is ill and
there will be no class that day. When Don comes to class on Monday, he notices that
students are handing in an assignment to the instructor. He discovers that the
TA told students that even though there was no class Friday, they had a
homework assignment to complete. Don’s failure to attend to that part of the
TA’s message is an example of:

____ 8. Which of the following is a construct?

____ 9. When you are tired, stressed, or sick, you are
likely to perceive things more negatively than when you are well rested. This
is an example of:

____ 10. Three-year-old Elena calls every adult male
“Daddy” because she doesn’t yet make cognitive distinctions among
men. This is an example of:

____ 11. Catching yourself in the process of self-serving
bias is most likely the result of:

____ 12. Nathan laughs when his grandfather describes him as
a “cool cat.” “That’s how we used to describe someone who is
neat, pleasing, good,” his grandfather says. “Not anymore,”
Nathan replies. This exchange reminds us that language is:

____ 13. Institutional facts are the meanings we attach to
brute facts based on:

____ 14. Rachel is surprised when her friend Sarah
consistently interrupts her while she is speaking. Rachel believes her friend
should not continually disrupt her. Rachel’s perception of her friend’s
behavior is based on a:

____ 15. Suzy is really upset and she feels like throwing a
temper tantrum, even though she’s 20 years old. Disregarding the social
inappropriateness of her behavior, Suzy beats a door and then kicks it while in
a public area. In this instance, Suzy’s behavior was motivated by which aspect
of herself?

____ 16. A technique developed by communication scholars to
remind us that our evaluations apply only to specific times and circumstances
refers to which of the following?

____ 17. Primary functions of nonverbal behavior include:

____ 18. The study of physical touch is known as:

____ 19. When a close friend she hasn’t seen in a long time
visits Beth in her dormitory room, Beth closes the door to the hallway, turns
off the radio and shuts the window. By doing so Beth is reducing the
potential____ so she can effectively listen to her friend:

____ 20. When Robert says to Nathan that he is having a
difficult time with his girlfriend, Nathan’s first response is launch into an
extended description of the problems he is having with his girlfriend. By doing
so, Nathan is engaging in a faulty listening practice known as:

____ 21. Meghan is mad at her boyfriend because she suspects
that he went out drinking last night instead of studying. She decides to ask
him how his studying went. When he cannot answer her questions, she will let
him have it. Meghan’s strategy is an example of:

____ 22. Preparing for a geography quiz, Brendan makes up
the nonsensical phrase ” No one notices the Queen not liking the pie”
as a tool to help him recall the Eastern Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia,
Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward
Island. In doing so, Brendan is employing a tool known as:

____ 23. The emotional tone of a relationship between people
who are interacting is known as the communication:

____ 24. According to the textbook, the most basic form of
interpersonal confirmation is:

____ 25. Recognizing that people from different cultures
differ in thoughts, actions, and values is known as:

____ 26. Which of the following statement(s) is (are)
accurate about conflict between people in relationships?

____ 27. Megahn is annoyed that Holly left the kitchen in a
mess. Meghan then plays the stereo loudly when Holly is trying to sleep. This
is an example of:

____ 28. The openness of a system is:

____ 29. The social, symbolic, and material practices of a
social group that shape its members perspectives and communication processes
are known as:

____ 30. Which of the communication cultures or co-cultures
below tends to favor competitiveness in interaction, limited emotional
responsiveness, and a focus on accomplishing instrumental goals?

____ 31. Phil attends a party being held in honor of a
visitor from Great Britain. Phil notices that the visitor doesn’t stand very
close to those who are talking to her. Phil doesn’t assume that the visitor is
being rude or unfriendly, instead he wonders how personal space preferences in
Great Britain differ from those in the United States. Phil is practicing:

____ 32. Specific people such as mothers, fathers, siblings,
peers, and other care givers that are significant to us are known as:

____ 33. “You are a very smart girl,” Beth tells
her daughter. Beth’s statement is an example of:

____ 34. The first stage in a romantic relationship is:

____ 35. In negotiating safer sex with your partner, which
of the following would be considered a more constructive approach?

____ 36. Three or more people who interact over time, depend
on one another, and follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal are
known as:

____ 37. A marketing research firm employs a number of
interviewers at the Carousel Mall to gather selected shoppers in a group and
question them on how they feel about a new candy product that may shortly be
introduced. The subjects being questioned are part of a:

____ 38. Next, Shiv says, “That’s not how I see it. I
think the research indicates that the market is pretty stable, but there are
new competing products.” Shiv’s comment is which type of contribution?

____ 39. Lucinda sighs, “I’m sick of talking about
markets and products. I feel frustrated with the drudgery of this group.”
Lucinda’s comment is which type of contribution?

____ 40. On Tara’s first day on the job, a co-worker tells
her, “Ryan is a real stickler for rules, so dot every ‘i’ and cross every
‘t’ for him.” The co-worker’s comment is an example of a(n):

____ 41. Which of the following would most likely be an
example of a speech designed to persuade?

____ 42. What a speaker exactly wants to accomplish with the
audience is:

____ 43. Communication anxiety:

____ 44. Four methods of reducing communication apprehension
include:

____ 45. Which of the following is true about mass
communication today?

____ 46. Consumers select mass communication to gratify
themselves and their desires. This view of how mass communication operates
represents:

____ 47. The idea that television creates homogenized and
stable portrayals of society is called:

____ 48. The idea that the world is a dangerous place,
filled with mean and dangerous people who want to harm us is called:

____ 49. An disadvantage of written communication is that
it:

____ 50. The ability to conduct meetings while being
geographically separated is known as: