1. Ritualistic behaviors can be found in which of the following?
A. Education
B. Romantic relationships
2. Interpersonal communication describes the exchange or interaction that occurs between people
who are in a/an __________ relationship.
3. Speakers should meet audience members with __________.
A. Compassion
4. Charlie and Jo spend a lot of time together. On Tuesdays, they work in the library doing
homework, and on Thursdays, they have sorority meetings together. They spend so much time
together that Charlie has started completing Jo’s thoughts, which concerns Jo. Jo thinks she and
Charlie might need to spend time with other friends. Charlie and Jo might be experiencing which
dialectical tension?
A. Openness and Closedness
5. Understanding our selves is important to knowing __________ we form relationships
A. How
6. Brandon and Carly have class Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. So, each Wednesday,
they order pizza in order to spend quality time together during the week. This Wednesday, Carly
decides to study with some of her friends, which interrupts her regularly scheduled “date night”
with Brandon. Brandon is hurt by her decision but tries to understand. Brandon and Carly might
be experiencing which dialectical tension?
A. Openness and Closedness
7. When one’s desire to share personal information is in tension with one’s desire to preserve
some sense of privacy, she or he is experiencing which tension?
8. An I-Thou relational type characterizes the relationship between a subject and a/an
__________.
9. A frame is a __________.
A. Context
10. __________ to an audience is important for letting them know you are interested in dialogic
communication with them.
A. Speaking
11. One of the general characteristics that makes us human is our sense of
A. Others
12. The anthropologist who wrote, “[Wo/]Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance
[s/]he [her/]himself has spun” is
13. Geertz uses the metaphor of __________ to illustrate how culture is not a possession.
14. Geertz is useful to people interested in the study of communication because his way of
understanding and explaining culture is inherently
15. All relational communication occurs in a
16. Sociologist Erving Goffman studied human conduct through a dramaturgical or, a
A. Psychological frame
17. In his book, The Presentations of Self in Everyday Life, _________ explores how what we
think of the self is carefully crafted performance.
A. Buber
18. A______ is the environment or set of circumstances that helps you understand how to
process or interpret an instance of communication.
19. Communication about communication is also known as
20. ______ enable social actors to frame, negotiate, and articulate their existences as social
cultural, and moral beings.
A. Frames
21. _______ is one of the most ritualistic of all institutional contexts.
22. Revealing information about yourself another person would not readily know about you is
also known as
23. ____ characterizes a relationship between a subject and the object.
24. Our relationships involve _________ connection and response, as well as some dgree of
interdependence and mutual engagement.
25. ________ is about meeting your audience in the moment, in the active and engaged spirit of
dialogue.
26. Understanding an audience’s cultural frame is not necessary when preparing a public
presentation; simply focus on the content of the message to reach an audience.
27. Relationships are predictable and unchanging.
28. A certain amount of self-disclosure is important in relationships.
29. Conflict in relationships is natural and inevitable.
30. The development of the self happens naturally.
31. Social networking sites (SNS. have made in nearly impossible for friends who live a distance
to stay in contact.
32. Goffman’s interest in context has had a lasting impact on how we think about the
significance of interpersonal relationships in our lives.
33. All communication relies on patterns.
Type: E
34. Martin Buber introduced us to the idea of the I-It and I-Thou relationships. Explain both
concepts (comparing and contrasting). Provide a concrete example of both the I-It and the I-
Thou.
Type: E
35. Baxter and Montgomery present three relational dialects. Define relational dialects. List and
explain the three relational dialectics presented in your textbook. Provide a concrete example of
each dialectic.