Deck 1: Interpersonal Communication: A First Look

Question 1

Whenever cultural variability influences the nature and outcomes of interpersonal communication, _____________ is having an effect.

A) Family
B) Knowledge
C) Environment
D) Culture

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If we agree that communication is about more than the participants involved, which characteristic of interpersonal communication would we use to explain that idea?

A) Interpersonal communication is unrepeatable
B) Interpersonal communication is learned
C) Interpersonal communication is characterized by wholeness and nonsummativity
D) Interpersonal communication is irreversible

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Interpersonal communication serves many functions in our lives; which is NOT a function it typically serves?

A) Psychological
B) Social
C) Influence
D) Location

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Watzlawick, Beavin, and Jackson categorize relationships as either _____________ or ____________.

A) Good, bad
B) Complementary, supplementary
C) Complementary, symmetrical
D) Low intensity, high intensity
E) None of the above

Question 5

In a(n) ________________ culture, you are responsible for yourself and maybe your immediate family.

A) High context
B) Individual
C) Low context
D) Collective

Question 6

Identifiable behavioral patterns and motivations explain which of the features of interpersonal contact?

A) Key characteristics
B) Core communication principles
C) Axioms
D) Sense of belonging

Question 7

Which communication group seems to be most confrontational?

A) Low context
B) High context
C) Collective
D) Individual
E) Dominant

Question 8

Every contact changes us in some way, and every experience, no matter how hard we may try, can never be recaptured in exactly the same way. This describes which characteristic of interpersonal communication?

A) Interpersonal communication is unrepeatable
B) Interpersonal communication is learned
C) Interpersonal communication is irreversible
D) Interpersonal communication is a dynamic process

Question 9

This kind of feedback enhances behavior in progress and serves as a reinforcing function, causing us to continue our behavior.

A) Negative
B) Positive
C) Internal
D) External

Question 10

If cultural anthropologist Edward T. Hall is right in saying that culture is _______________ and __________________ is culture, then culture guides behavior, and we must make the effort to understand someone's culture if we are to understand the person.

A) Reality, family
B) Family, reality
C) Assumed, knowledge
D) Interactive, interactivity
E) Communication, communication

Question 11

What fraction of young adults sends more than 100 texts each day?

A) 1/2
B) 1/3
C) 1/10
D) None

Question 12

The ability to communicate effectively is known as

A) Interpersonal communication
B) Intrapersonal communication
C) Interpersonal competence
D) Having a conversation

Question 13

Interpersonal communication is helpful to us because it does which of the following?

A) Fulfills our need to be friended and to friend
B) Alleviates our feelings of isolation
C) Fulfills our desire to feel needed, loved, wanted, and capable
D) All of the above

Question 14

When we carefully craft a response designed to serve a particular purpose, we are offering what type of feedback?

A) Low monitored
B) Immediate
C) Delayed
D) High monitored

Question 15

Individualist cultures promote _____________, collectivist ones stress _____________.

A) Cooperation, competition
B) Solidarity, uniformity
C) Loners, group membership
D) Competition, cooperation
E) Individuality, collectivism

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of verbal communication?

A) Phone conversation
B) Nodding your head
C) Responding to a text
D) Slumping in your chair

Question 17

Although we can usually control what we say or write, it is often more difficult to control the _____________ _________ we emit.

A) Verbal cues
B) Measured outcomes
C) Nonverbal cues
D) Social interaction

Question 18

________________ is a social creation that imposes a sense of social order by reflecting the societal characteristics associated with the biological categories of male and female.

A) Class
B) Culture
C) Race
D) Ethnicity
E) Gender

Question 19

If the color of a room is not appealing to you, which of the elements of communication would be affected the most?

A) Message
B) People
C) Context
D) Noise

Question 20

Interpersonal communication involves understanding patterns of behavior, ___________ what others will do, and ______________ _______ for their actions as well as our own.

A) Predicting, providing reasons
B) Knowing, providing reasons
C) Understanding, predicting outcomes
D) None of the above

Question 21

It is impossible to use multiple channels at the same time-and only communicate a single message.

Question 22

Communication is not very complex; for this reason, one single cause may explain how you interpret or make sense of experience.

Question 23

In the United States, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, and the elderly are examples of what kinds of cultures?

Question 24

Effective interpersonal communicators often do not treat others as they would like to be treated, but they do not intentionally harm anyone.

Question 25

Interpersonal communication occurs between two people who form a dyad; no other individuals are involved.

Question 26

We call the dividing of communication into segments ________________.

Question 27

Axioms are locally accepted principles that enable us to more fully understand interpersonal interactions.

Question 28

Intrapersonal communication occurs when you think or talk to yourself; it requires only a single communicator.

Question 29

"Symmetrical escalation" often occurs when both parties in a relationship believe they are equal in all situations.

Question 30

During interpersonal contacts as we share information, we reduce the amount of uncertainty in our lives.

Question 31

Everything we do when interacting with another person has potential message value even if the other person is not observant and does not give meaning to our behavior.

Question 32

True or False A textbook cover, preface, or introduction serves as an example of a kind of feedback called "feedforward."

Question 33

Once you have said something, or posted something on the Internet, no matter how hard you try, you cannot erase it; you cannot take it back.

Question 34

To the extent that we can predict the behavior of a particular teacher or a specific romantic interest, and account for that behavior, what we term retrospective sense making, then we understand that individual more than we might understand other professors, or other dates.

Question 35

Communication is an activity that we do on our own; no one else need influence us.

Question 36

This kind of culture nurtures individual initiative and achievement.

Question 37

When we interact with others, each manner of delivery suggests a different kind of relationship.

Question 38

Sending and receiving messages involve the use of the five senses.

Question 39

How you present yourself and perceive others impact your interactions with friends, family members, and coworkers.

Question 40

To be an effective communicator, it is important to notice the impact our words and actions have on others, and react or change our behavior accordingly.

Question 41

According to a report issued by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, we now communicate more often via ________________.

Question 42

The more personal a relationship becomes, the more ___________________ the two people become, sharing thoughts and feelings with each other.

Question 43

Explain how interpersonal communication enhances our lives. List three functions this kind of communication serves, and explain two in detail.

Question 44

Explain the differences between these three models of communication: linear, transactional, and interaction. Which do you think would be most helpful to you as you improve your own communication skills?

Question 45

Choose one axiom of communication, and explain it in your own words.

Question 46

How can cultural differences interfere with the ability to communicate effectively?

Question 47

_______________ sense making means making sense of our own behavior once it has occurred.

Question 48

______________________ is the ongoing, ever-changing process that occurs when you interact with another person forming a dyad.

Question 49

Whenever you observe or give meaning to behavior, _______________ is taking place.

Question 50

Explain at least two models of interpersonal communication-and, in your own words, explain how you would utilize each to improve or enhance your own communication with others.

Question 51

There is a direct link between how good we are at communicating, and how satisfying we ________ ________

Question 52

Our _____________ experiences are influencing our real-life experiences and relationships, and this reality is often sexier or more violent than real life.

Question 53

Think about communication between your parents' friends and your own friends. How has communication changed from one generation to the next? What happens in your parents' generation that seems to rarely happen in your own generation? What differences do you see?

Question 54

No matter how hard we resist, we cannot ____ ___________________.

Question 55

Interpersonal communication fulfills psychological functions by enhancing __________ ___________________.

Question 56

Every interaction has a content and a ________________ dimension