SECTION THREE
SELF ASSESSMENT SCALES
To the student: Filling out these scales will help you identify which concepts in each chapter you have
mastered and which concepts need further attention.
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 1 Communication: The Starting Line
1. I can define communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can assess my own effectiveness as a communicator.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can list and explain the essential elements of communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can provide examples of representative models of communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can create and explain an original model of communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can describe the characteristics of communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can explain how to improve my own effectiveness as a communicator.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 2 Communicating in a Multicultural
Society and World
1. I can assess my ability to communicate effectively with people of different cultures.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can discuss the kinds of problems that face the culturally-confused.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can develop my ability to respond to varied communication styles.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can define intercultural communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can explain the lessons that my culture has taught me.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can compare and contrast ethnocentrism and cultural pluralism.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can compare and contrast individualism and collectivism.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can compare and contrast high-context-communication cultures and
low-context-communication cultures.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 3 The “I” Behind the Eye: Perception
and the self
1. I can define self-concept.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can describe role taking as a factor in the development of the self-concept.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can identify dimensions of myself that I had not recognized before working on this chapter.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can explain how popular culture helps shape one’s self-concept.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can define the term self-fulfilling prophecy.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can explain how the self-fulfilling prophecy can influence behavior.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can identify factors that contribute to the development of a positive or negative self-concept.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can describe my own assets and liabilities.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
9. I can identify the purposes and functions of the Johari window as a model of self-disclosure.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
10. I can provide examples of the types of information contained in the open, blind, hidden, and unknown
areas of the self.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
11. I can describe how I see myself and how I think others see me.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
12. I can explain why a person is “more than a camera.”
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
13. I can demonstrate how angle of vision, or perspective, affects perception.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
14. I can demonstrate how we limit what we perceive.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
15. I can provide examples of how perceptions are personally based.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
16. I can demonstrate how people’s sensory capabilities affect perception.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
17. I can define perception.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 4 Language and Meaning: Helping
Minds Meet
1. I can define language.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can describe and explain the “triangle of meaning.”
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can identify a “word barrier.”
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can explain how time, place, and experience affect meaning.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can distinguish between connotative and denotative meaning.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can provide examples of bypassing.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can distinguish between concrete and abstract language.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can identify evasive and emotive language.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
9. I can provide examples of how culture, gender, and technology influence language use.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
10. I can identify factors that contribute to my own effective or ineffective use of language.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 5 Nonverbal Communication: Silent
Language Speaks
1. I can define nonverbal communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can define kinesics.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can explain why the face is an important source of information.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can explain the functions of nonverbal communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can explain the facial management techniques.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can identify the types of messages communicated by the presence and absence of eye
contact.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can provide examples of the kinds of messages communicated by posture.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can provide examples of the kinds of messages communicated by gestures.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
9. I can explain how clothing can affect communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
10. I can define paralanguage.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
11. I can explain how pitch, volume, rate, and pause affect communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
12. I can identify stereotypes associated with particular vocal cues.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
13. I can define atifactual communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
14. I can distinguish among intimate distance, personal distance, social distance, and public
distance.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
15. I can provide examples of the uses of fixed-feature and semifixed-feature space.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
16. I can explain why territoriality is an important concept in communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
17. I can describe how color can be used to communicate.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
18. I can provide examples of how time communicates.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
19. I can explain the types of messages communicated by touch.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
20. I can identify guidelines for improving my ability to read nonverbal cues.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 6 Listening, Feedback and Critical
Thinking
1. I can explain the listening process.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can explain the nature of serial communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can identify reasons why I listen.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can describe the effects of helpful and harmful listening habits.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can distinguish between hearing and listening.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can explain the Hurier model.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can explain the feedback process.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can describe how feedback affects communication.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
9. I know how to use the following types of evaluative feedback:
Positive No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
Negative No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
Formative No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
10. I know how to use the following types of no evaluative feedback:
Probing No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
Understanding No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
Supporting No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
“I” Messages No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
11. I can focus my attention while listening.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
12. I can listen to understand ideas.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
13. I can listen to retain information.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
14. I can listen to evaluate and analyze content.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
15. I can listen empathically.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on:
SELF-ASSESSMENT SCALES FOR CHAPTER 7 Understanding Relationships
1. I can explain the reasons behind our need for person-to-person contacts.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
2. I can define inclusion, control, and affection.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
3. I can discuss what can happen when our need for inclusion, control, or affection is not met.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
4. I can explain the theory of social penetration.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
5. I can discuss and distinguish among the 10 stages of relationships.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
6. I can explain cost-benefit/social exchange theory.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
7. I can identify ways to enhance my satisfaction with my relationships.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
8. I can explain communication privacy management theory.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
9. I can explain relational dialectics theory.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
10. I can compare and contrast how deception and trust affect relationships.
No 1 2 3 4 5 Yes
At this point, I believe I have mastered:
At this point, I believe I still need to work on: