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Kate tells her friend Meagan that she likes cats. Her use of the word “cats” is an
example of a signifier.
a. True
b. False
According to the authors, finding out more about the author of the information you
want to include in your speech is one way to assess source
A. Credibility
B. Integrity
C. Expertise
D. Fallibility
Jane is interviewing a candidate to be her new assistant. She should arrive to the
interview at least 15 minutes early to meet with the candidate.
a. True
b. False
Suggestions for variety in citational practice can be found in citation format manuals.
a. True
b. False
Communication ___________ who are members and who are not members of the
group.
A. Notes
B. Demarcates
C. Reminds
D. Influences
An ethical respectful engagement between two people who must consider the other’s
perspectives carefully, but not necessarily agree is known as
A. I-You
B. I-I
C. I-It
D. I-Thou
A _______ is temporary in that it is always subject to response from those in power.
A. Tactic
B. Co-Constitution
C. Strategy
D. Representation
_________ is engaging the public through careful, thoughtful, and responsible
communication toward an end that seeks a better world for our communities and our
families.
A. Reflexivity
B. Public Advocacy
C. Praxis
D. Problem-posing
Women and men have different standpoints.
a. True
b. False
_______ is the researcher known for introducing a popular example regarding the
number of “Eskimo” words for snow to illustrate how language can be used to
understand central aspects of everyday language.
A. Conquergood
B. Pelias
C. Freire
D. Whorf
Sam prepares a speech about taking responsibility for one’s education, and in it she
talks about her roommate failing out of college; she is using the __________ fallacy.
A. Ad hominem
B. Strawperson
C. Slippery slope
D. Non sequitur
The meaning we associate with a word is the
A. Signified
B. Sign
C. Signifier
D. Signer
In this text, a system of shared meanings and assumptions that draw people together
within a social context of shared power refers to which of the following terms?
A. Power
B. Culture
C. Process
D. Communication
Citationality allows a speaker to __________ a line or an idea without having to
account for the entire resource.
A. Quote
B. Paraphrase
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
Dwight Conquergood argues that dialogical performance is
A. “stance or way of relating to others”
B. “a mode of listening that helps us understand”
C. “a discursive configuration in which we live”
D. “one path to genuine understanding of others”
In his book, The Presentations of Self in Everyday Life, _________ explores how what
we think of the self is carefully crafted performance.
A. Buber
B. Geertz
C. Frankenberg
D. Goffman
Speakers and listeners are accountable for engaging communication critically.
a. True
b. False
Women and men have different relationships to power and touch.
a. True
b. False
The amount of eye contact a person uses in the U.S. is appreciated the same as it is in
all countries.
a. True
b. False
Asking what the agenda and ideology is represented by a national news station is a way
of engaging in
A. Advocacy
B. Rhetorical analysis
C. Critical literacy
D. Reflexivity
College libraries are places where students might go to study or have small group
meetings. With the introduction of laptop computers, libraries have changed and
introduced wireless Internet and more electrical outlets. According to Fassett and
Warren, this is an example of
A. Perceptual agency
B. Cultural location
C. Double articulation
D. Dialogical performance
The semiotic perspective that describes language as __________ assumes that a word
may represent a wide variety of meanings.
A. Arbitrary
B. Abstract
C. Ambiguous
D. Absolute
__________ and ___________ studied language across cultures and were able to
discern that language had a significant role in shaping people’s understandings of their
experience.
A. Freire and Boal
B. Sapir and Whorf
C. Fassett and Warren
D. Chavez and Austin
_________ is the risk of slipping from “your position in this system influences who you
are and how you see the world” into “your position in this system determines who you
are and how you see the world.”
A. Stereotyping
B. Identifying
C. Positioning
D. Ritualizing
A compilation of your experiences as influenced by the social, political, and cultural
factors that frame and mark those experiences describes which of the following terms?
A. Reasonableness
B. Identity
C. Perception
D. Performativity
______ helps us make shortcuts in our meaning making.
A. Political correctness
B. Citationality
C. Testimony
D. Colorblindness
To say that communication is defined, in part, by people struggling and working to
create common understandings, beliefs, and social systems is to say that communication
is which of the following?
A. Critical
B. Intentional
C. Practical
D. Collaborative
Which of the following is/are media that helps to develop and shape our perceptions,
ideas, desires, and beliefs?
A. Television
B. Magazines
C. Music
D. All of the above
For _______ (2008), dialogue is about people working together to name their world.
A. Freire
B. Anzaldua
C. Ramani
D. Carillo Rowe
A useful approach for thinking through the logic in your reasoning is
A. The Toulmin Model
B. The Standpoint Theory
C. Deductive reasoning
D. Inductive reasoning
Repeated patterns of human action, enacted in verbal and nonverbal communication,
are often described by which of the following terms?
A. Impressions
B. Identities
C. Rituals
D. Interactions
In our willingness to learn, we have to remember that ________ is on of the quickest
ways to learn.
A. Talking
B. engaging in dialogue
C. Asking questions
D. Lisetning
Relationships are predictable and unchanging.
a. True
b. False
The study of knowing is called
A. Paralinguistics
B. Epistemology
C. Psychology
D. Sociology
