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Describe how facts differ from inferences and explain why it is important to avoid confusing the two.
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The person you think of as the ideal friend or the best example of what a friend is like, is your __________ for a friend.
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Your __________ for a first date describes how you and another person are supposed to act on a first date.
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Attributing your strengths and good actions to your personal integrity while attributing your weaknesses and mistakes to external factors beyond your control is known as the __________.
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A __________ consists of beliefs, values, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience that a number of people share.
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A __________ is a belief or opinion that is based on observations, feelings, assumptions, or other phenomena that are not facts.
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__________ is the process of calling behaviors or other phenomena to our attention so that we can observe and regulate them.
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Self-serving bias is the subjective process of creating explanations for what we observe and experience.
a. True
b. False
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Empathy and person-centeredness are the same.
a. True
b. False
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Cultures can be made up of social communities that have their own unique values and practices.
a. True
b. False
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Western cultures emphasize individualism more than other cultures, especially Eastern ones.
a. True
b. False
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Mind reading is useful for good friends who want to communicate sincerely.
a. True
b. False
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A judgment is a deduction that goes beyond what you know or assume to be a fact.
a. True
b. False
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Monitoring is the process of calling behaviors or other phenomena to our attention so that we can observe and regulate them.
a. True
b. False
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Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a person acts a particular way.
a. True
b. False
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Perception consists of these three interrelated processes: __________ , __________ and __________.
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__________ __________ are mental yardsticks that allow us to measure phenomena on bi-polar dimensions.
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The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called __________. [p. 55, II]
a. personal construct theory
b. intelligence
c. visualization
d. intrapersonal perception
e. person-centeredness
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A group of people who are part of an overall society but also distinct from the overall society in that they hold values, understandings, and practices that are not shared by people outside the group is called a __________. [p. 57, II]
a. social community
b. cultural identity
c. isolated culture
d. native culture
e. community theatre
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Catching yourself in the process of self-serving bias is most likely the result of __________. [pp. 6061, III]
a. inference
b. lower cognitive complexity
c. monitoring
d. scripts
e. prototypes
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We passively receive stimuli from around us.
a. True
b. False
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Stereotypes may be accurate generalizations about groups.
a. True
b. False
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Annika says, I didnt get a job offer because the interviewer was biased and it was a nasty day. However, Kathy didnt get an offer because she isnt qualified. This is an example of __________. [p. 49, III]
a. construct differentiation
b. stereotyping
c. self-serving bias
d. internal attributions
e. scripting
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All of the following influence perceptions EXCEPT __________. [pp. 5157, II]
a. social roles
b. cognitive abilities
c. cultural factors
d. expectations
e. all of the above influence perception
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When you are tired, stressed, or sick, you are likely to perceive things more negatively than when you are well rested. This is an example of __________. [p. 51, III]
a. expectations
b. social influences
c. physiological influences
d. self-serving bias
e. attribution
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The technique for imagining ourselves as successful is called __________. [p. 52, I]
a. success reinforcement
b. positive visualization
c. role assumption
d. cognitive reinforcement
e. none of the above
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Three-year-old Elena calls every adult male Daddy because she doesnt yet make cognitive distinctions among men. This is an example of __________. [p. 54, III]
a. a simple cognitive system
b. a complex cognitive system
c. certainty vs. provisionalism
d. focus on abstract constructs
e. reliance on multiple schemata
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According to Wood, the ability to feel with another person is called __________. [p. 56, I]
a. cognitive complexity
b. mind reading
c. empathy
d. inference
e. self-serving bias
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Cultural influences in the United States tend to place high value on which of the following? [p. 57, II]
a. individualism
b. relaxation and a leisurely pace of living
c. collectivist orientation
d. cooperation and deference
e. membership and community
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Which of the following is an example of tentative language? [p. 60, II]
a. Lucy is mean.
b. Rosie is friendly.
c. Christine is neurotic.
d. Lisa is nice.
e. Sheryl may be upset.
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Mike arrives at his class after the students and teacher have already begun discussing the topic for the day. Mike doesnt make any contributions during discussion. Based on what you know, which of the following is (are) inferences about Mike? [pp. 5960, III]
a. He was late getting to class.
b. He hadnt read the assignment so he couldnt contribute.
c. Jed didnt contribute to class discussion, either.
d. Class began before Jed arrived.
e. Both B and C are inferences
Q:
A deduction that goes beyond what you know or assume to be a fact is known as __________. [p. 59, I]
a. inference
b. culture
c. empathy
d. judgment
e. expectancy violation theory
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The number of personal constructs used, how abstract they are, and how elaborately they interact to shape perceptions is called __________. [pp. 5354, II]
a. interpersonal communication
b. cognitive depression
c. cognitive complexity
d. schemata theory
e. reified perception theory
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Which of the following is a prototype? [pp. 4546, III]
a. the dictionary definition of a co-worker
b. how a co-worker measures up on the dimension of intelligent-unintelligent
c. the person who is the best example of a co-worker to you
d. your idea about how you should act in specific situations with a co-worker
e. your expectation of how a co-worker will behave
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Which of the following is a script? [p. 48, III]
a. the dictionary definition of a co-worker
b. how a co-worker measures up on the dimension of intelligent-unintelligent
c. the person who is the best example of a co-worker to you
d. your idea about how you should act in specific situations with a co-worker
e. your expectation of how a co-worker will behave
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__________ __________ aims to understand how particular texts work.
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__________ communication is communication between people.
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Studying __________ communication increases our insight into different cultures communication styles and meanings.
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__________ are arbitrary, ambiguous, and abstract representations of other phenomena.
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Studying phenomena in multiple ways is called __________.
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Some organizations think of themselves as family. This is a reflection of their __________ __________.
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Discuss the three main types of communication research. Give specific examples of each type of research and discuss why each of the three types of research is important.
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According to the textbook, the field of communication is quite broad. As fully as you can, describe five of the areas of study and teaching in modern communication. Explain what topics each field focused on and give examples.
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Explain how symbolic activities can be seen at the heart of interpersonal, public, small group, and mass media areas of communication.
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The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people, objects, events, situations, and activities is known as __________
a. prototypes
b. perception
c. self-serving bias
d. empathy
e. cognitive schemata
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Don goes to class on Friday but the instructor is not present. The teaching assistant announces that the instructor is ill and there will be no class that day. When Don comes to class on Monday, he notices that students are handing in an assignment to the instructor. He discovers that the TA told students that even though there was no class Friday, they had a homework assignment to complete. Dons failure to attend to that part of the TAs message reflects which aspect of the perception process? [p. 44, III]
a. selection
b. organization
c. personal constructs
d. stereotypes
e. interpretation
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Which of the following is a personal construct? [p. 46, III]
a. the dictionary definition of a co-worker
b. how a co-worker measures up on the dimension of intelligent-unintelligent
c. the person who is the best example of a co-worker to you
d. your idea about how you should act in specific situations with a co-worker
e. your expectation of how a co-worker will behave
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Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT __________. [p. 45, III]
a. abstractions
b. stereotypes
c. scripts
d. personal constructs
e. prototypes
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Three themes that unify diverse areas in the field of communication are __________, __________, and __________.
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Communication is a relatively new area of academic study.
a. True
b. False
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Sophists were known for their extraordinary concern for the ethical character of argument.
a. True
b. False
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Pathos is the proof that appeals to listeners emotions.
a. True
b. False
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Ethos is proof based on logic and reasoning.
a. True
b. False
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John wants to understand more about how communication influenced and was impacted by the Civil Rights Movement. He decides to study Martin Luther King, Jrs I have a dream speech. This is known as ethnographic research.
a. True
b. False
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Critical scholars attempt to identify and challenge communication practices that oppress, marginalize, or otherwise harm individuals or social groups.
a. True
b. False
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Researchers in the field of organizational communication sometimes study personal relationships people have in professional settings.
a. True
b. False
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The study of movies and films is not a part of any of the fields of communication study.
a. True
b. False
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Media sometimes reinforce cultural stereotypes about race and ethnicity.
a. True
b. False
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Effective communication principles are the same across all cultures.
a. True
b. False
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__________ were teachers of rhetoric who boasted they could teach people how to win arguments by using gimmicks.
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__________ is a type of quantitative research in which researchers control the context and what happens in it.
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Communication with ourselves, or self-talk, is called __________.
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Rhetorical criticism is __________.
a. the process of examining a text to see how it works communicatively
b. the study of the history of the field of communication
c. unwanted critical feedback
d. the study of persuasive nonverbal communication
e. quantitative research
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Aisha wanted to understand what lawyers looked for when they selected juries. She spent hours observing attorneys question potential jurors for upcoming trials to see if she could identify patterns. This type of research is called __________.
a. quantitative
b. textual analysis
c. historical
d. critical
e. triangulation
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Cell phones, Face Book, My Space, and Twitter have helped transform how we think and process information. This reflects a primary area of the modern communication discipline referred to as __________.
a. intrapersonal interaction
b. group and team discussion
c. intercultural Phenomena
d. mass communication
e. mediated communication
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Louise has prepared a brief questionnaire to find out how satisfied her clients are with the service she has been providing them. She is engaging in which kind of quantitative research method?
a. experiment
b. survey
c. textual analysis
d. historical analysis
e. descriptive statistics
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Independent and dependent variables are components of which type of quantitative research method?
a. experiment
b. survey
c. textual analysis
d. historical analysis
e. descriptive statistics
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Textual analysis is an example of which type of research approach?
a. qualitative
b. survey
c. critical
d. quantitative
e. historical
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Gary is conducting an organizational communication study by using two different methodologies. He is giving the employees a questionnaire and he is also reviewing the minutes of the companys Board meetings over the past three years. Garys research approach is a good example of:
a. distributive methodology
b. quantitative research
c. triangulation
d. qualitative research
e. hybrid methodology
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Which of the following is an area of study in the discipline of communication?
a. interpersonal communication
b. public communication
c. organizational communication
d. mass communication
e. all of the above are areas of study in the field of communication
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Organizational culture can best be defined as __________.
a. understanding of the power hierarchy within an organization
b. understanding personal relationships on the job
c. understanding how to better productivity in an organization
d. understanding an organizations identity and codes of thought and action
e. all of the above are definitions of organizational culture
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Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of communication study?
a. Organizational Communication Studies
b. Mass Communication Studies
c. Performance Studies
d. Public Communication Studies
e. Intercultural Communication Studies
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The early 20th century philosopher John Dewey taught that communication was important __________.
a. to communicate wants and desires
b. to create good systems of mass media
c. to train reporters to ask the right type of questions
d. to protect the first amendment rights of Americans
e. to express progressive thought through citizen participation
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Qualitative research methods __________.
a. often use statistics to measure effects
b. focus on media ratings
c. are the best form of audience measurement
d. provides non-numerical knowledge about communication
e. all of the above
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Scholars identify and challenge communication practices that oppress, marginalize, or otherwise harm individuals and social groups in __________ research.
a. quantitative
b. critical
c. organizational
d. operational
e. interpersonal
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Why was Plato suspicious of rhetoric?
a. The possibility of its misuse to manipulate and deceive.
b. All citizens might learn how to speak persuasively.
c. It would be the demise of the Academy.
d. It was too difficult for the average person to learn.
e. He was suspicious for all of the above reasons.
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The first known theorists and teachers of rhetoric or persuasive speaking were __________.
a. Corax and Isocrates
b. Isocrates and Plato
c. Corax and Tisias
d. Isocrates and Tisias
e. Plato and Tisias
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According to Aristotle, with of the following is NOT a persuasive proof?
a. logos
b. pathos
c. ethos
d. tanthos
e. all of the above are proofs
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Stuart has just started preparing a speech for his communication class. He has selected a topic and is thinking about the kind of arguments, reasoning and evidence he might use in his speech. Stuart is focusing on which canon of public speaking?
a. logos
b. organization
c. pathos
d. ethos
e. delivery
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The study of communication, power, and empowerment, especially as it relates to the issue of who is and who is not allowed to speak in a society, is strongly influenced by which philosopher?
a. John Dewey
b. Plato
c. George Herbert Mead
d. Michel Foucault
e. Kenneth Burke