Beebe/Beebe/Ivy Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, 6e Test Bank
TB_Q7.37 The Johari window is a model that explains how self-disclosure _____.
a.
stays relatively consistent for most people in most relationships
b.
differs from person to person from relationship to relationship, but stays the same for
the duration of that relationship
c.
varies from relationship to relationship, and reflects various stages of relational
development
d.
only changes during the later stages of a relationship
Answer: c
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.38 What are the three properties of self-disclosure?
a.
Reciprocity, appropriateness, risk
b.
Speaking, hearing, listening
c.
Commonality, personality, viability
d.
Equality, self-talk, mannerisms
Answer: a
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.39 Which of the following explains the unknown quadrant found in the
Johari window?
a.
It is hypothetical but probably nonexistent for most people.
b.
It is fairly large for people who are introspective.
c.
It represents that part of yourself that others are aware of but you are not.
d.
It represents information about yourself that you and others have yet to discover.
Answer: d
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.40 In the Johari window, the part of you that you know and have revealed
to another person is called the ___ quadrant.
a.
unknown
b.
hidden
c.
blind
d.
open
Answer: d
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Beebe/Beebe/Ivy Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, 6e Test Bank
7.2 True/False
TB_Q7.41 Your book recommends that the best definition of interpersonal
communication is simply face-to-face interaction between two people.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Define interpersonal communication and discuss its three
unique attributes.
Topic: What Is Interpersonal Communication?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
TB_Q7.42 When we respond to the cashier at the local market by his or her role
rather than as a unique human being, we are engaging in impersonal
communication.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Define interpersonal communication and discuss its three
unique attributes.
Topic: What Is Interpersonal Communication?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.43 Impersonal communication occurs not just when we interact with
someone, but when we treat the other as a unique human being.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Define interpersonal communication and discuss its three
unique attributes.
Topic: What Is Interpersonal Communication?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.44 The notion of “quality” of our communication implies that we treat the
other person as a unique human being rather than as a role.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Define interpersonal communication and discuss its three
unique attributes.
Topic: What Is Interpersonal Communication?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.45 Laura and Susan are sisters. This relationship is a relationship of
circumstance.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q7.46 You may be physically attracted to someone but not be sexually
attracted to them.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.47 We are less likely to be attracted to people who are far away from us
physically and geographically.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.48 Interpersonal attraction is the degree to which you desire to form and
possibly maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.49 A person’s hairstyle can be a form of physical attraction.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.50 According to the matching hypothesis, an average-looking man is more
likely to seek an extremely good-looking woman when considering marriage.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.51 Complementarity refers to the likelihood of being attracted to people
who are physically close rather than to those who are farther away.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.52 Communicating directly with a person in order to reduce our
uncertainty is an interactive strategy.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.53 Narcissistic communicators converse mostly about their conversational
partners and typically provide less detail in their narratives than their partner
might like.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.54 Conversational narcissism can be a personality trait or a temporary
style.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.55 Reciprocity in self-disclosure is the tendency to reveal only superficial
information in relationships that are not intimate.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.56 When we self-disclose, we make ourselves vulnerable and forfeit
control of information.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.57 Gender is not an issue in the area of self-disclosure.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.58 The Johari window is a model used to discuss self-disclosure.
Answer: true
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.59 The unknown quadrant in the Johari window represents information
that others know about us that we do not know.
Answer: false
Learning Objective: LO 7.3 Explain the roles of self-disclosure and emotional expression
in maintaining face-to-face and online relationships.
Topic: Maintaining Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
7.3 Short Answer
TB_Q7.60 Explain impersonal communication and provide an example.
Answer: Impersonal communication occurs when we treat people as objects or respond
to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people. When we speak to a food
server in terms of him or her being a server and NOT a unique individual, we are
engaging in impersonal communication.
Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Define interpersonal communication and discuss its three
unique attributes.
Topic: What Is Interpersonal Communication?
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.61 What is the difference between a relationship of circumstance and a
relationship of choice? Give a few examples of each.
Answer: Relationships of circumstance are unintentional and are formed simply
because some part of our life overlaps with a part of another’s. Often, the teachers,
coworkers, and classmates a person meets are the product of circumstance.
Relationships of choice are ones we deliberately seek out. Our friends, spouses, and
even counselors fall within this category.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
TB_Q7.62 What is interpersonal attraction?
Answer: Interpersonal attraction is the degree to which one desires to form and possibly
maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person. It includes positive regard for
that person; feelings of attraction change during different stages of a relationship.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.63 Demonstrate the difference between a relationship of circumstance and
a relationship of choice.
Answer: A relationship of circumstance occurs because our lives overlap with someone
because a situation brings us into contact. For example our relationships with our
families. A relationship of choice is one that is sought out and intentionally developed
such as relationships between friends or spouses.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
TB_Q7.64 Explain the matching hypothesis.
Answer: The matching hypothesis is a nonverbal communication concept noting that
people tend to seek out relationships with others who are similar to them in their level of
physical attractiveness.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.65 Explain the concept of similarity.
Answer: Similarity refers to the degree to which one’s characteristics, values, attitudes,
interests, or personality traits are like those of another person.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.66 Briefly explain immediacy.
Answer: Immediacy is based on nonverbal cues that communicate liking, pleasure, or
closeness. Immediacy behaviors work to reduce the physical and psychological distance
between people.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.67 Explain uncertainty reduction theory. How might we go about reducing
our uncertainty?
Answer: Uncertainty reduction theory is based upon the assumption that people use
communication to reduce uncertainty about other people. We are motivated to do this in
order to be able to predict and explain the other person’s behaviors under specific
circumstances. We can reduce our uncertainty through passive strategies of awareness
and observation, active strategies that involve perception checking or getting information
from a third party, or interactive methods where we go directly to the source to reduce
our uncertainty.
Learning Objective: LO 7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing
interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.
Topic: Initiating Relationships
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
TB_Q7.68 Briefly describe and explain the social penetration model.
Answer: The social penetration model is a unique way of describing each individual
relationship we may have by examining the breadth and depth of information that is
disclosed in each interpersonal relationship. The breadth of information represents the
wide range of topics you could discuss about yourself. While you may have a lot of
breadth, intimacy is not achieved without depth. Depth has to do with discussing topics