Deck 1: B: Communication: Essential Human Behavior

Question 1

The Amish, African Americans, Catholics, and hipsters are all groups we might refer to as members of a(n)

A) enclave.
B) student group.
C) co-culture.
D) code-community.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Although music and sports are your favorite topics to discuss, you are able to converse about other topics that are more interesting to others or that are more appropriate in particular situations. This is an example of

A) culture.
B) interdependence.
C) behavioral flexibility.
D) affiliation.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The ____________ model of communication presents a transactional perspective, in which individuals simultaneously send and receive messages within a relational, situational, and cultural context.

A) linear
B) interaction
C) competent communication
D) cultural

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The word "dog" is a ___________, which arbitrarily refers to the canine companion that sleeps at the foot of your bed.

A) code
B) channel
C) symbol
D) behavior

Question 5

The ability of one person, group, or organization to influence others and the manner in which their relationships are conducted is called

A) control.
B) affiliation.
C) interdependence.
D) goal achievement.

Question 6

In the interaction model of communication, we refer to the receiver's responses as

A) noise.
B) message.
C) feedback.
D) code.

Question 7

_____________ refers to the study of morals, specifically the moral choices individuals make in their relationships with others.

A) Religion
B) Culture
C) Communication
D) Ethics

Question 8

While on a first date, you notice your date leaning in toward you, meeting your gaze, smiling when you make eye contact, and laughing at your jokes-you infer from this behavior that your date likes you. This scenario best represents the use of communication to express

A) control.
B) affiliation.
C) goal achievement.
D) influence over another person.

Question 9

In which model of communication does a sender originate a message and send it through a channel to a receiver without taking any kind of feedback into consideration?

A) interaction model
B) linear model
C) transactional model
D) competent communication model

Question 10

Communicators who can consider multiple scenarios, formulate multiple theories, and make multiple interpretations when encoding and decoding messages are said to have a high degree of

A) cognitive complexity.
B) behavioral flexibility.
C) communication competence.
D) intelligence.
Answer Key

Question 11

_____________ is the process by which we use symbols and behaviors to exchange information.

A) Encoding
B) Decoding
C) Communication
D) Perception

Question 12

A(n) _____________ perspective on communication examines how communication behaviors work (or don't work) to accomplish our goals in personal, group, organizational, public, or technologically mediated situations.

A) interdependent
B) interdisciplinary
C) interpersonal
D) functional

Question 13

After looking in your book bag and realizing you forgot to grab a pen, you lean over to one of your classmates and you say, "Do you have a pen I can borrow for class today?" You have just engaged in what mental process as you constructed your message?

A) encoding
B) decoding
C) coding
D) symbolizing

Question 14

The best definition of interdependence from the following list is

A) what we do affects others, and what they do affects us.
B) a person's self-esteem is dependent on whether another person needs him or her.
C) being able to communicate effectively to meet one's needs.
D) a reluctance to communicate with others.

Question 15

The shared beliefs, values, and practices of a group of people is their

A) communication relationship.
B) culture.
C) norms.
D) co-culture.

Question 16

The process of interpreting and assigning meaning to a message that is received is referred to as

A) encoding.
B) decoding.
C) translating.
D) inquiring.

Question 17

All of the following are identified in the text as the primary functions of communication except for which one?

A) to express affiliation
B) to exchange information
C) to manage relationships
D) to influence others

Question 18

________________ are the thoughts a communicator has about himself or herself and others.

A) Feelings
B) Cognitions
C) Emotions
D) Behaviors

Question 19

Because communication involves two or more people acting in both sender and receiver roles and because their messages are dependent on and influenced by those of their partner means that communication is

A) symbolic.
B) cultural.
C) transactional.
D) interdependent.

Question 20

When communication is appropriate, it

A) helps you meet your goals.
B) meets the demands of the situation, as well as the expectations of others present physically or virtually.
C) has little or no potential for being misunderstood.
D) produces some kind of product as a result of the exchange between the communicators.