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Chapter 2: Identities, Perceptions, and Communication
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The “onion model” has persisted as what sort of approach to the study of identities,
even though it is not supported by research?
a. Horsesense
b. Sensible
c. No-nonsense
d. Traditional
2. Individualized ways of understanding the world and its contents are known as ______
constructs.
a. social
b. symbolic
c. talking dialectic
d. personal
3. To share narratives with others about our personal identity, we must have the ability
to ______.
a. adapt stories of our identities to a social context
b. tell stories well to all our listeners
c. tell new stories to each new listener we encounter
d. tell stories with consistency despite having many listeners
4. Performing your “self” requires having ______.
a. more money than your audience has
b. an audience
c. a positive self-image
d. material objects that support your performance
5. What does the front region refer to?
a. A place where we perform identity
b. A place where we can perform our informal self
c. An occasion in which we perform our professional, proper self
d. An informal occasion of identity
6. The idea of the performative self indicates that we ______.
a. create narratives of our self according to social norms
b. are guided by social ideals in fulfilling our identity
c. use objects to represent our identity
d. enact different identities in different settings
7. Which of the following can be considered a master identity?
a. Boss
b. Biological sex
c. Professor
d. Happy
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8. The revelation of identity is ______.
a. a simple declaration of facts
b. a direct lead to intimacy
c. rarely a simple progression
d. not connected to intimacy
9. The idea of the symbolic self indicates that we ______.
a. use objects to represent our identity
b. enact different identities in different settings
c. create our self partly in response to social interaction
d. use our communicative behavior to express our inner self
10. Facework has to do with people’s sense of their ______.
a. own master identity
b. back region
c. core self
d. own dignity
11. Culture affects our identity experience because cultural ______.
a. norms can help to shape our identity
b. norms destroy identity
c. heritage is not a part of identity
d. heritage determines identity
12. Narratives are important in establishing your identity because they reveal to others
how ______.
a. effective a storyteller you are
b. interesting a speaker you are
c. you think about the world
d. others think about the world
13. The earliest important influence on a person’s sense of origin and identity is that
person’s ______.
a. best friend
b. spouse
c. work supervisor
d. family
14. The work someone’s communication does to impose, support, or reject identities of
others is which of the following?
a. Forecasting
b. Altercasting
c. Spincasting
d. Othercasting
15. Which of the following calls into question the notion of having a core self?
a. People’s moods are stable, so they always act the same way.
b. People often act differently in different situations.
c. People tend to be evaluated in similar ways by other people.
d. People tend not to care what other people think.
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16. Performative self means that selves are ______.
a. discovered in layers
b. creative performances
c. acting the same in all situations
d. unchanged after we reach adulthood
17. Self-disclosure is most likely to reveal information that is ______.
a. private and confidential
b. private and controversial
c. public and controversial
d. public and not sensitive
18. The openness–closedness dialectic is defined as occurring when people are unsure
______.
a. how connected versus how independent they want to be
b. how others will react to their disclosures
c. how much information to keep public versus private
d. of their own identity
19. Stories you tell are generally organized according to Kenneth Burke’s Pentad. The
element pertaining to the situation or location of the act is the ______.
a. agency
b. agent
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c. scene
d. act
20. Stories you tell are generally organized according to Kenneth Burke’s Pentad. The
element pertaining to what happened is the ______.
a. agency
b. agent
c. scene
d. act
21. Stories you tell are generally organized according to Kenneth Burke’s Pentad. The
element pertaining to how the act was accomplished is the ______.
a. agency
b. agent
c. scene
d. act
22. Stories you tell are generally organized according to Kenneth Burke’s Pentad. The
element pertaining to who performed the act is the ______.
a. agency
b. agent
c. scene
d. act
23. ______ are mental structures that are used to organize information partly by
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clustering associated material.
a. Schemata
b. Personal constructs
c. Prototypes
d. Selective retentions
24. ______are the best-case example of something.
a. Schemata
b. Personal constructs
c. Prototypes
d. Selective retentions
25. ______ are individualized ways of construing or understanding the world and its
contents.
a. Schemata
b. Personal constructs
c. Prototypes
d. Selective retentions
26. ______ explains how people manage the need to maintain privacy by negotiating
boundaries of privacy with others.
a. Standpoint Theory
b. Communication Accommodation Theory
c. Relational Dialectics Theory
d. Communication Privacy Management Theory
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Multiple Response
1. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. People can experience mood swings as a result of
______.
a. bad hair days
b. gluten intolerance
c. hormonal imbalances
d. lack of sunshine
2. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Our beliefs, attitudes, and values impact the selection
process, as explained by which of the following?
a. Selective exposure
b. Selective retention
c. Selective disclosure
d. Selective perception
3. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Narratives can be ______.
a. an epistemology
b. an ontology
c. an individual construction
d. a relational process
4. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Master identities are one way people might argue that a
core self exists because ______.
a. a person is born male or female
b. a person is born a particular race
c. a person is born homosexual or heterosexual
d. a person is born in a particular place
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5. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What are some of the ways in which we organize
information?
a. Personal constructs
b. Front and back regions
c. Schemata
d. Prototype
6. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What are some examples of how multiple experiences
in everyday life call into question having a core self or identity?
a. Different evaluations
b. Different situations
c. Different relationships
d. Different moods
True/False
1. Identity is exclusively self-determined.
2. Identity is variable, is complex, and can change over time.
3. Self-disclosure involves revealing details about yourself that are public and easily
visible to others.
4. It is possible to self-disclose too much information in given situations.
5. Selective exposure refers to people’s likelihood of exposing themselves to what
supports their values and attitudes.
6. Schemata are the ways others reflect on how they view our identities.
7. Symbolic interactionism refers to how broad social forces affect an individual’s view
of self.
8. Cultural heritage is often a part of establishing personal identity.
9. We would never change our mind about someone who was a good and loyal friend.
10. Altercasting is an idea that is about the performance of one’s identity in public, or a
way of presenting one’s self to others that is intended to make the self look good.
11. If not for symbols, there would be no need to talk about people being unique or
enacting particular identities.
12. Stories about you must fit with what your societal audience believes to be coherent
and acceptable.
13. Receiving self-disclosures from another person might cause a listener to feel
uncomfortable.
14. Cultural groups to which you belong inform you about the proper ways to perform
identities.