SPC1017 Midterm Study Guide, Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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SPC1017 Midterm Study Guide, Chapters 1,
2, 5, 6 and 7. Exam Questions With Correct
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Which type of communication involves preparing and delivering a message to an audience to
achieve a specific purpose? - answerPublic communication
Communication competence consists of appropriateness, e...
SPC1017 Midterm Study Guide, Chapters 1,
2, 5, 6 and 7. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Which type of communication involves preparing and delivering a message to an audience to
achieve a specific purpose? - answer✔✔Public communication
Communication competence consists of appropriateness, effectiveness, and ethics. -
answer✔✔True
Chris is trying to arrange a meeting with his partner of five years to discuss how he can terminate
their relationship. What communication goal is he seeking? - answer✔✔Relationship
If your group leader focuses on accomplishing the task while simultaneously disregarding how
and where information is obtained, she is ignoring what component of competent
communication? - answer✔✔Ethics
Who was the first to teach about the value of a speaker's credibility? - answer✔✔Aristotle
High self-monitors prefer situations in which clear expectations exist regarding how they're
supposed to communicate. - answer✔✔True
What type of communication goals are designed to make a communicator be perceived in a
particular way? - answer✔✔Self-presentation
Both the linear and interactive communication models - answer✔✔describe senders as active and
receivers as passive.
When communication matches expectations of how people should communicate, it is considered
- answer✔✔appropriate.
Texting, Skyping, and tweeting are all examples of mediated communication. - answer✔✔True
Stereotyping can only result in negative generalizations about other groups. - answer✔✔False
Which of these refers to your ability to perceive yourself as a unique person and to reflect upon
your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? - answer✔✔Self-awareness
After reading that your favorite singer has been fighting, drinking, and antagonizing the media,
you allow this negative information to overshadow your positive impressions. This an example
of (the) - answer✔✔algebraic impressions.
In which stage of the perception process do you assign meaning to information you have
selected? - answer✔✔Interpretation
Which of the following perceptual errors results from the tendency to make external attributions
for your own behaviors? - answer✔✔Actor-observer effect
Forming attributions is the process of - answer✔✔assigning meaning and understanding to
others' behavior.
The positive self you actively create and present through your communication is called (the) -
answer✔✔face
Which of these influences your self-concept? - answer✔✔All of the options are correct.
In individualistic cultures, your self and your needs take precedence over the needs and interests
of the group or collective. - answer✔✔True
According to Self-Verification Theory, people - answer✔✔select those who most accurately
support their self-concept
Listeners who attend to what others say only to attack or ambush them are engaged in -
answer✔✔aggressive listening.
Using verbal and nonverbal messages to show you are not paying attention or understanding is -
answer✔✔negative feedback.
Which listening styles are generally preferred by people in individualistic cultures? -
answer✔✔Action- and time-oriented listening *MAYBE?*
Men are more likely to use content-oriented listening. - answer✔✔False
Women tend to favor people-oriented listening. - answer✔✔True
Which of these communication skills transcends communication type and context? -
answer✔✔Listening
Which communication model is illustrated by text messaging and email? - answer✔✔Linear
Which component of competent communication pertains to achieving your goals? -
answer✔✔Effectiveness
Which was the first communication model to incorporate feedback and fields of experience? -
answer✔✔Interactive
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