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Question 1 (Mandatory) (1 point) 
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Which term best describes the process by which signs, symbols, and behaviors are used to exchange information and create meaning?

Question 1 options:

Interaction

Communication

Talking

Feedback

Question 2 (Mandatory) (1 point) 
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Which answer best describes the needs we look for in our interactions with others?

Question 2 options:

Relational

Spiritual

Instrumental

Physical

Question 3 (Mandatory) (1 point) 
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Kyle enjoys having philosophical discussions about the meaning of life, in which he often touches upon his own sense of purpose. These discussions meet what needs for Kyle?

Question 3 options:

Physical needs

Instrumental needs

Relational needs
 

Spiritual needs

Question 4 (Mandatory) (1 point) 
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Most of the communication we engage in daily is routine and not emotionally charged, thus helping us to achieve _______________ needs.

Question 4 options:

physical

relational

instrumental

spiritual
 

Question 5 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following is NOT a model of communication?

Question 5 options:

Interaction

Action

Reaction

Transaction

Question 6 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following is NOT a component of the action model of communication?

Question 6 options:

Source
 

Receiver
 

Noise

Feedback

Question 7 (Mandatory) (1 point) 
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When you put your idea in the form of language or a gesture that the receiver can understand, you are ____________ the message. 
 

Question 7 options:

decoding

channeling

encoding

interpreting

Question 8 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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The ____________ model of communication maintains that both people in a conversation are simultaneously sources and receivers.

Question 8 options:

Action

Transaction
 

Reaction

Interaction

Question 9 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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What do we call it when we communicate about how we communicate?

Question 9 options:

Higher communication

 

Metacommunication

 

Intercommunication

 

Interpersonal communication

Question 10 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Stan mentally rehearses what he will say to break up with his girlfriend later in the day. Stan is engaging in what kind of communication?

Question 10 options:

Intrapersonal

 

Interpersonal

 

Romantic

Dyadic

Question 11 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Lynn likes interacting with the members of her soccer team, especially engaging with them to make decisions and working together to win. What type of communication does Lynn seem to most enjoy?

Question 11 options:

Interpersonal

 

Public

 

Small group

 

Mass

Question 12 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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What is the most common form of communication we engage in?

 

Question 12 options:

Intrapersonal

 

Interpersonal

 

Small group

 

 

Public

 

Question 13 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Jeremiah has a speech to deliver in two weeks. He spends a lot of time researching and organizing his presentation. He asks his friends to listen as he practices the speech. Jeremiah may be spending so much time preparing and practicing his remarks because he is anticipating engaging in what type of communication?

 

Question 13 options:

Mass

 

Interpersonal

 

Public

 

 

Small group

 

Question 14 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Because its audience is so large, which type of communication works well for distributing news, commentary, and entertainment?

Question 14 options:

Public

Mass

Small group

Electronic

Question 15 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Fred does not notice that he tends to dominate conversations because he is a __________ self-monitor.

Question 15 options:

poor

high

low

average

Question 16 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following can make someone a more competent communicator by enabling that person to see how his or her behavior fits, or doesn’t fit in a given social situation?

Question 16 options:

Self-monitoring

 

Adaptation

 

Empathy

Cognitive complexity

Question 17 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following is the process of making meaning from what we experience in the world around us?

Question 17 options:

Selection

Perception

Interpretation
 

Organization

Question 18 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which statement is most accurate with regard to the perceptual process? 
 

Question 18 options:

The perceptual process is linear.

The three stages of the perceptual process overlap.

The three stages of the perceptual process always follow the same order.

The perceptual process follows a specific sequence.

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A ________________ is a generalization about a group or category of people that can have a powerful influence on how we perceive other people and their communicative behavior.

Question 19 options:

stereotype

perceptual set

construct

characteristic

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We have a tendency to remember information that supports our stereotypes while forgetting information that doesn’t. Which of the following best describes this tendency?

Question 20 options:

Self-serving bias

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Selective memory bias

Fundamental attribution error

Question 21 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Our first impressions of someone’s communicative behaviors seem to stick in our minds more than second or third impressions because of what principle?

Question 21 options:

Recency

Constructs

Stereotype
 

Primacy

Question 22 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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A stand-up comedian’s last joke is one of the most important jokes because of which principle?

Question 22 options:

Perceptual effect

Recency effect

Primary effect

Construct effect

Question 23 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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You notice your cousin ignoring her fiancé. When you begin to wonder why she is behaving the ways she is, you are looking for what in relation to her behavior?

Question 23 options:

Context

Interpretation

Attribution

Perceptual set

Question 24 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Your _______________ is composed of stable ideas about who you are that aren’t influenced by moment-to-moment events.

Question 24 options:

perception

 

Johari window

stability

 

self-concept

Question 25 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Lissa hates public speaking. She knows she will not do well in her speech class. As her first speech assignment approaches, Lissa doesn’t really work on it, as she believes she won’t do well on it anyway. When she receives a “D” on the speech, Lissa tells her father, “See? I told you I wasn’t good at this!” Which phenomenon is Lissa experiencing?

Question 25 options:

Self-fulfilling prophecy

 

Self-monitoring

 

Self-esteem

Self-concept

Question 26 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Sociologist Erving Goffman coined what term to describe the behaviors we use to project our desired public image to others?

Question 26 options:

Impression management

Context

Facework

Identity

Question 27 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Margaret is angry that her mother insists on doing everything for her, though she began college a few months ago. Her mother makes her doctors’ appointments for her, tells her when her car needs to be taken in for maintenance and even insists on going shopping with Margaret for new clothes. Her mother also must see all of Margaret’s grades and feedback from her professors. Margaret is having which face need imposed upon?

Question 27 options:

Autonomy

Competence

Fellowship

Relational

Question 28 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following could be described as a structured system of symbols used for communicating meaning?

Question 28 options:

Communication

Nonverbal communication

Paralanguage

Language

Question 29 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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When you learn a new language, you must also learn new ____________ rules, so you know the correct pronunciation of words.

Question 29 options:

semantic

syntactic

phonological

pragmatic

Question 30 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Ross and Emma have been dating for a few months. One evening, Ross tells Emma he loves her, by which he means he likes spending time with her and enjoys her company. Emma understands this word to mean Ross is going to stay with her forever and she can plan on a long-term commitment. Which term refers to a difference in meaning, like that of the word love?

Question 30 options:

Definition

 

Arbitrary

 

Denotative

 

Connotative

Question 31 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word persuasion as “an opinion held with complete assurance.” This is the _____________ meaning of the word.

Question 31 options:

arbitrary

 

denotative

connotative

fixed

Question 32 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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The Ashanti tribe in Africa has a proverb that says “The poor man and the rich man do not play together.” This proverb not only influences the ways tribal members see the world, but also reflects the attitudes and behaviors of the tribe’s people. This example illustrates what concept?

Question 32 options:

Ladder of abstraction

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Ambiguity of language

Complexity of language

Question 33 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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_____________ is the extent to which others perceive us to be competent and trustworthy.

Question 33 options:

Relativity

 

Likability

 

Ambiguity

 

Credibility

Question 34 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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_____________ is language that distinguishes a speaker’s true intentions through strategic ambiguity.

Question 34 options:

Dialect

Equivocation

Weasel language

Ambiguity

Question 35 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Your mother asks you if she looks good in a particular outfit and you know it is not a flattering dress on her. You don’t want to hurt her feelings, so you use _______________ by saying, “I like the cut of the dress, but isn’t that a color you don’t like wearing?”

Question 35 options:

weasel words

concrete words
 

equivocation

equalization

Question 36 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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“Money doesn’t grow on trees” is an example of what?

Question 36 options:

Cliché

Dialect
 

Weasel word

Slang phrase

Question 37 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Every time we watch a television commercial, read a pop-up ad on the Internet or listen to a political speech, someone is trying to influence what we believe or how we will behave through what method?

Question 37 options:

Coercion

Slogans

 

Persuasion

Gossip

Question 38 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Celine asks her professor if she can give a speech on “friends with benefits.” The professor agrees, thinking the topic will be on the benefits of friendship. Much to the professor’s surprise, the speech is about friends that engage in sexual behavior with one another. Celine’s professor did not realize that Celine was using a ______________ to make the topic sounds less explicit.

Question 38 options:

euphemism

slang word

jargon term

metaphor

Question 39 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which term expresses a personal judgment or preference that we could agree or disagree with, but that is not true or false in an absolute sense.

Question 39 options:

Fact

Evidentiary statement

Opinion

Inference

Question 40 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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In a discussion with classmates, Helen proclaims “Abortion should be illegal in the United States.” A classmate points out that her statement is not a fact, which angers Helen. She is convinced that abortion should, in fact, be illegal and says she can prove that many people agree. Having expressed an evaluation of what “should be,” Helen is unable to see that she has made what kind of statement?

Question 40 options:

Opinion

Inference
 

Identity

Value

Question 41 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a nonverbal channel? 
 

Question 41 options:

Hearing

Facial expressions

Vocal characteristics

Touch

Question 42 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Out of all forms of communication, research shows that _____________________ of our most basic emotions are interpreted similarly around the world.

Question 42 options:

gestures

facial expressions

movement

vocal expression

Question 43 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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What type of nonverbal communication is our primary means of communicating emotion?

Question 43 options:

Gestures

Movement

Facial behavior

Proxemics

Question 44 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Because the eyes communicate more than any other part of the face, scholars study _________ as a separate nonverbal channel from facial behavior.

Question 44 options:

oculesics
 

kinesics

optometrics

proxemics

Question 45 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Holding up two fingers in a “peace” symbol at an anti-war rally is an example of what type of nonverbal behavior?

Question 45 options:

Kinesics

Gesticulation
 

Haptics

Proxemics

Question 46 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Sandy has a job interview with a top company in her field. She makes sure to walk into the room confidently, with her head held high. When she sits down for the interview, she makes sure to keep her posture strong and her body still. Which of the following is Sandy paying special attention to?

Question 46 options:

Proxemics

 

Gesticulation

 

Kinesics

 

Haptics

Question 47 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Since touch is the only sense without which we cannot survive, _____________ is a particularly important field of study in nonverbal communication.

Question 47 options:

proxemics

haptics

kinesics

gesticulation

Question 48 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following is the scientific study of spatial use.

Question 48 options:

Olfactics

Haptics

Proxemics

Kinesics

Question 49 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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Which of the following terms refers to the way we use time?

Question 49 options:

Chronemics

Proxemics

 

Kinesics

Olfactics

Question 50 (Mandatory) (1 point)

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The triangle of meaning

Question 50 options:

suggests that meaning exists in words, not in people

 

occurs only during interpersonal communication

suggests that people of different cultures can never really communicate