Fall 2004 Midterm ExamD. ordering a pizza over the phoneA. Interpersonal communication is linear.B. Interpersonal communication is a monologue.C. Interpersonal communication involves responding to people’s roles.D. Interpersonal communication involves mutual influence.A. unconscious incompetenceB. conscious incompetenceC. conscious competenceD. unconscious competenceA. self-conceptB. self-imageC. self-expectationsD. self-fulfilling prophecyA. material selfB. social selfC. spiritual selfD. emotional selfC. roles we assumeA. our voiceD. our postureA. meaning of our messagesA. to repeatB. gesturesB. low contactB. selecting, attending, understanding, remembering, and respondingC. selecting, acknowledging, and comprehendingB. emotional noiseB. Weak uncertainty avoidersA. high-contextA. reciprocityC. assessmentA. great depth but little depth.A. affection.A. Social penetrationA. immediacy.True/False Questions44. ”Vote for Bush or pay more taxes!” is an example of polarization. TDO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAMHuman Communication 100Fall 2004 Midterm ExamMultiple Choice: Choose only one answer and mark the corresponding letter on your scantron. Each question is worth 2 points.1. Another word for decoding is __________.A. interpretationB. speakingC. creatingD. noise2. Imagine that you are listening to a speech about AIDS and HIV. One of the speaker’s main points describes ways to respond to the devastating news that you or someone in your family is HIV Negative. You are confused by this, because you know that HIV Negative means that someone isn’t infected with the virus that leads to AIDS. What is happening in this situation?A. The speaker obviously plagiarized the speech, because he/she doesn’t know the correct terms.B. The channel of the message is faulty, or else the correct term would be sent and received.C. The speaker’s encoding and the listener’s decoding are interfering with communication.D. External noise is keeping the message from being sent and received accurately.3. The terms feedback and context are introduced in which of the communication models?A. communication as actionB. communication as interactionC. communication as reactionD. communication as transaction4. Which of the following is an example of intrapersonal communication?A. talking to friend about biology classB. telling your roommate about a personal problemC. mentally rehearsing what you have to do that dayD. ordering a pizza over the phone5. Which of the following is an attribute of interpersonal communication?A. Interpersonal communication is linear.B. Interpersonal communication is a monologue.C. Interpersonal communication involves responding to people’s roles.D. Interpersonal communication involves mutual influence.DO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAM6. According to Maslow’s framework on the process of becoming self-aware, a person whose communication skills are effective and are second nature is working at which level?A. unconscious incompetenceB. conscious incompetenceC. conscious competenceD. unconscious competence7. Danielle consistently describes herself as a confident, outgoing woman. Her description coincides with which of the following terms?A. self-conceptB. self-imageC. self-expectationsD. self-fulfilling prophecy8. Jason spends hours every day working at the gym. He also takes great care in keeping his sports car well maintained and spotless. According to James’ theory of the self, Jason is taking care of his ____________________.A. material selfB. social selfC. spiritual selfD. emotional self9. José was raised in a Cuban-American community. Although he had many college friends from other co-cultures, he proudly maintained his Cuban roots by sprinkling his speech with Spanish phrases. In addition, he enjoyed sharing examples of cultural norms from his family and neighborhood in his communication class. These examples show which kind of influenceon José’s self-concept? A. communication with othersB. association with groupsC. roles we assumeD. self-fulfilling prophecy10. The stage of perception in which we put information into patterns is called _____________.A. attentionB. reframingC. interpretationD. organization11. Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning stereotypes?A. All stereotypes are negative.B. We stereotype people because of our nature to simplify and categorize.DO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAMC. People who use stereotypes are usually doing so intentionally.D. It is fairly easy to rid ourselves of harmful stereotypes.12. When asked to describe himself, Bernard talks about his sports car, career, and home. Bernard’s response demonstrates which of the following?A. other-oriented communicationB. ascription orientationC. achievement orientationD. ethnocentric communication 13. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis suggests which of the following?A. Language and thought are exclusive of one another.B. People regularly conceive of ideas for which they have no word.C. Language is controlled by thought.D. Language does not impact our worldview.14. When Carol and Marcia talked about going home for spring break, Carol thought of home-cooked meals, free laundry, and time to spend with old friends. Marcia thought only of the bickering and fussing between her parents. Which of the following statements describes this situation?A. Carol and Marcia are bypassing when they discuss where they are going to spend their vacations.B. Carol and Marcia have different denotations for the word “home.”C. Carol and Marcia have different connotations for the world “home.”D. Carol and Marcia are polarizing the word “home.”15. Tommy went to Taiwan for a vacation. Since he couldn’t read the restaurant menu, he asked the waiter to bring him a traditional Taiwanese meal. It was delicious. When he was done he asked the waiter what the meat was, because he hadn’t tasted anything like it before. The waiter told him it was dog meat. Tommy became sick to his stomach, and rushed to the bathroom. Tommy’s reaction reflects the power of words to ______________.A. make and break relationshipsB. affect and reflect cultureC. affect thoughts and actionsD. build barriers16. When words reflect unqualified, often untrue generalizations that deny individual differencesamong people, they become the language barrier of ____________.A. bypassingB. polarizationC. allnessDO NOT WRITE ON THIS EXAMD. denotation17. Jack announces at the fraternity meeting that there will be a dance next weekend, and everyone is
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