Women listening to a story or explanation tend to
A.avoid eye contact so as not to embarrass the speaker.
B.offer head nods.
C.avoid putting themselves in a submissive stance.
D.Both “avoid eye contact so as not to embarrass the speaker” and “offer head nods”
If one person is sending one-up messages, then the communication is said to be
A.symmetrical.
B.complementary.
C.transitory.
D.could be any of the above.
The most dramatic, widespread, and enduring attitudinal changes involve
A.reference groups with differing values.
B.interpersonal dyadic relationships with similar values.
C.cultural groups with similar values.
D.intense intrapersonal struggle.
When a communicator’s group identities are judged as different from the other person
and seen as salient, which response is likely to occur?
A.accommodation.
B.convergence.
C.divergence.
D.overconvergence.
Membership in a group with a known stand is an indication of
A.high ego-involvement.
B.low ego-involvement.
C.large latitude of non-commitment.
D.small latitude of rejection.
Deetz’s communication model emphasizes
A.Shannon and Weaver’s theory that communication is the transmission of information.
B.language’s role in shaping social reality.
C.gender and ethnic aspects of managerialism.
D.nonverbal elements of corporate culture.
Some feminist scholars worry that standpoint theory
A.is too narrowly focused on influence and power.
B.cannot lead to productive communication research.
C.cannot be applied to other marginalized voices, particularly African Americans, gays,
and lesbians.
D.underestimates the role of language in expressing one’s standpoint.
Which of the following is not a part of Burke’s pentad?
A.actor
B.act
C.agent
D.agency
To persuade a person who has high ego-involvement, advocate
A.large shifts in position inside their latitude of rejection.
B.small shifts in position inside their latitude of rejection.
C.small shifts in position inside their latitude of non-commitment.
D.None of the answers are correct
Heavy television viewers usually label themselves
A.blue collar.
B.politically conservative.
C.middle class.
D.politically liberal.
Which of the following describes an added benefit of non-synchronous messages when
compared to face-to-face interactions?
A.Messages can be sent quicker and are more sincere
B.Messages are less distorted or affected by noise
C.Messages are more believable and trusted more
D.Messages can be planned, contemplated and edited to be more mindful and deliberate
Which of the following is one of the assumptions of the narrative paradigm?
A.We make decisions on the basis of good reasons.
B.People are essentially rational.
C.The type of speaker determines the course of the argument.
D.All of the answers are correct
Information theory stems from Claude Shannon’s
A.mathematical model of signal transmission.
B.semantic model of interpersonal communication.
C.pragmatic theory of interpersonal communication.
D.linguistic model of verbal communication.
Within the culture of the Nacirema,
A.honor is a code that grants worth to an individual on the basis of adherence to
community values.
B.a man’s social identity is strongly affected by the women he’s related to by blood or
marriage.
C.a verbalized code of dignity holds sway.
D.None of the answers are correct
Fisher believes that stories can be evaluated using the twin tests of narrative
A.accuracy and unity.
B.emphasis and intensity.
C.coherence and fidelity.
D.reason and passion.
Which of the following criteria for a good theory is most problematic for CAT?
A.explanation of data
B.practical utility
C.prediction of the future
D.testable hypotheses
Barthes claimed that every ideological sign is the result of two interconnected sign
systems in which the first system
A.becomes the signified.
B.retains its entire denotative meaning.
C.becomes the connotative system.
D.is strictly descriptive.