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The notion that who we are is the result of repeated, patterned human actions describes
which of the following perspectives on identity formation?
A. Performance
B. Perception
C. Interactionism
D. Positionality
Our relationships involve _________ connection and response, as well as some dgree of
interdependence and mutual engagement.
A. Psychological
B. Cultural
C. Sociological
D. Emotional
____________ is a stance or way of relating to others that is informed by a commitment
to working towards genuine understanding.
A. Critical engagement
B. Active participation
C. Critical compassionate listening
D. Dialogical listening
__________ identified patterns he considered to be useful in understanding how small
groups emerge and evolve relationally.
A. Ramani
B. Fassett
C. Tuckman
D. Gersick
Reflexivity is the process of reflecting on what we think/believe and why, as we try to
keep an open mind that others may think/believe differently because of their past
experiences.
a. True
b. False
Words are just symbols, and who is speaking or what is being said matters very little.
a. True
b. False
Stereotypes are inaccurate generalizations about groups.
a. True
b. False
Pete is unsure what to think about a new housing policy being proposed at the
university he attends. Prior to forming his opinion he did research about the proposal
and asked questions about who the policy might benefit and who it might harm. Pete
might be labeled as taking which of the following perspectives as he approached this
issue?
A. Theoretical perspective
B. Intellectual perspective
C. Critical perspective
D. Public perspective
Audiences made up of professors, doctors, and lawyers are often suspicious of _______
as sources in a speech.
A. Academic journals
B. Testimony
C. Wikipedia
D. Experts
Joanna should vary her use of __________ when telling her story to different audiences.
A. Haptics
B. Proxemics
C. Paralanguage
D. None of the above
According to Warren and Fassett, _______ plays a significant role in public
presentations.
A. Kinesics
B. Artifacts
C. Proxemics
D. Haptics
We use _______ to form shape and define our identities.
A. Symbols
B. Myths
C. Stereotypes
D. Rituals
The news media is unbiased.
a. True
b. False
The intent behind a given performative is known as the
A. Illocutionary act
B. Perlocutionary act
C. Locutionary act
D. Speech movement
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?
A. Openness and Closedness
B. Connection and Separation
C. Novelty and Predictability
D. None of the above
______ argues that to survive we must stand up and face the danger of speaking up and
fight for justice for all – silent or defiant, one is always in the face of inequality.
A. hooks
B. Buber
C. Freire
D. Lorde
__________ is produced through communication.
A. Discipline
B. Identity
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
Semiotic approaches of language consider how __________ and __________ help
shape our language use.
A. Norms
B. Actions
C. Rules
D. All of the above
E. Both A & C
A mistake in reasoning is also known as a/an
A. Unethical reasoning
B. Oral assault
C. Logical fallacy
D. Straw person attack
Brazilian educator, ________, was imprisoned and exiled in 1964 for teaching literacy
to people with little power.
A. Peter Ramus
B. Martin Buber
C. Claude Shannon
D. Paulo Freire
The authors’ argue that hearing and listening are the same process.
a. True
b. False
The means of sharing with your audience what it is you hope to accomplish in your
speech is known as
A. Audience
B. Thesis
C. Purpose
D. Voice
Reflection and action in order to transform is also known as
A. Problem-posing
B. Praxis
C. Reflexivity
D. Compassionate critical listening
Dr. Shaw requires that her Public Speaking students practice citing sources accurately
and truthfully. She is asking them to engage in __________.
A. Citationality
B. Academic integrity
C. Plagiarism avoidance
D. Sourcing
Sharon is preparing a speech about the controversy surrounding “gun control” in the
United States. She knows she has a variety of options for this presentation, but given all
the talk about the topic, she wants to talk only about the benefits of gun control. The
best organizational pattern, given her goal, is __________.
A. Topical
B. Problem-Solution
C. Historical
D. None of the above
___________ were the first public speaking teachers.
A. Aristotelians
B. Gorgians
C. Sophists
D. Platonics
_______ represents social knowledge and commonly understood explanations of “how
and why the organization operates the way it does.”
A. Facts
B. Relevant constructs
C. Practices
D. Rites
The differing expectations for men and women (for instance. in ___________that are
stereotypically gendered in the workplace is an example of performance.
A. Professionalism
B. Athleticism
C. Socialism
Modes of listening are simply strategies we develop and deploy on our own.
a. True
b. False
Foucault argued that our bodies remain disciplined in order to achieve what those in
power want us to achieve. This process is known as
A. Embodied learning
B. Epistemological bodies
C. Docile bodies
D. Psychological learning
The development of the self happens naturally.
a. True
b. False
Being a _________ means we make choices about what we believe and how to relate to
the messages you encounter.
A. Feminist scholar
B. Cultural scholar
C. Critical consumer
D. Cultural critic
Aristotle referred to persuasive appeals that establish a speaker’s credibility by which of
the following names?
A. Logos
B. Porthos
C. Pathos
D. Ethos
________ guide which behaviors get repeated and which behaviors do not.
A. Rituals
B. Performances
C. Social Norms
D. Stereotypes
