PURDUE COM 212: FINAL

Which of the following is best defined as: telling another person about your characteristics, experiences, feeling and attitudes?

Self-Disclosure

Which of the following is the first "step" in Knapps model of relationship development?

Initiating

Which of the following inputs does not belong in the "Investment Model" of relational commitment?

Available social support from friends or family

A family is deciding on where to go on vacation. Everyone throws out ideas, but ultimately 'Mom' decides that they are going to go the beach. What communication pattern would this family most accurately represent?

Consensual Family

A group of childhood friends who have been together through major life events, celebrate holidays and vacation together, and plan to raise their families in the same area - could be defined as what?

A family

. Aaron wants to join a summer robotics program out of town. His parents find the acceptance email and decide to confront him. "Why would you go somewhere without us? We didn't approve this, and you will not be going." - This causes Aaron to feel like he can't make decisions on his own. What sort of family system may experience a similar incident?

Enmeshed

Which of the following is not one of the six "Obstacles to interpersonal influence"?

Defensiveness

The ability to use incentives to gain compliance is employing which type of Power?

Reward

The public image of ourselves that we put out into the world is known as what?

Face

Which type of conversation orientation is most common with a traditional family type where conformity and openness are both highly valued?

Consensual

Which of the following family systems has rigid internal boundaries, but loose external ones?

Disengaged and open

The events or information that family members hide from each other, or outsiders is known as what?

family secrets

Which of the following types of marriage involves a clear division of labor, companionship, and cooperation?

traditional marriage

When are the norms of marriage decided between the partners?

Mutual Task and Goal Phase

Which of the following 'Powers of Influence' applies the ability to use incentives and to gain compliance?

Reward Power

In "Politeness Theory", what is the public image of ourselves that we put into the world, referred to as?

Face

Secondary goals are the motivators for social interaction, true or false?

True

All three components of interpersonal conflict (Disagreement, Negative Emotion, and Interference) need to be present to be considered conflict, true or false?

True

Which of the following conflict strategies is described as the "WinLose" approach?

Distributive Strategy

Avoidant strategies are considered as the 'Lose-Lose' approach to conflict? Because of this, there is never a valid reason to employ an avoidant strategy to solve your conflict with a partner. True or False?

False

A bond characterized by a lack of confidence in close relationships can best be defined by which of the following attachment styles?

Insecure Attachment

Love that is practical and meets specific criteria is known as?

Pragma

Consummate Love includes which of the following?

Intimacy + Passion + Commitment

The tendency to match our own disclosures to those made by our partner, is known as?

Norm of Reciprocity

Social Penetration theory suggests that our personalities are multi-layered like the layers of an onion. It suggests that relationships escalate as self-disclosure increases in both the variety of topics - and the extent to which the information revealed is personal or private. These two thresholds of disclosure are known as what?

Breadth and Depth

Behaviors that are performed unintentionally but that help to keep a relationship functioning are most accurately known as what?

Routine Maintenance

Imagine you were invited to dinner with a friend from high school. After that experience you explained to your family that you enjoyed the food at your friend's house and would be interested in having it for dinner one night with your family. Your family obliges and tries the new meal at home. What sort of family system would encourage experiences outside of family and integrate those experiences into family life?

Open System

Messages or utterances that are designed to get a person to agree with a request are known as what?

Compliance seeking messages

Using specific behaviors, such as contradicting, insulting, and yelling, during a conversation is known as what form of conflict?

Disagreeable communication

You can deescalate a conflicting situation by communicating the trivial nature or unimportance of an issue by saying something like: "It's no big deal really. It's nothing to worry about." This form of forgiveness is known as what?

Forgiveness through minimization

The involvement of warmth a person communicates through physical closeness, facial expressions, eye contact and touching is known as what?

Nonverbal Immediacy

Hypothesizing how you would handle someone else's problem if you were "in someone else's" shoes is known as Perspective Taking. True or False?

True

We make and retain friends through our entire lifetime. Which stage of our lives is categorized by "best" friendships based on shared interests and the validation of one another's sense of self?

Adolescence

Infidelity only focuses on the betrayal of physically intimate boundaries between committed romantic partners. True or False?

False

At the broadcast level, groups that are defined by the members' nationality, religion or ethnic heritage are known as what?

Cultural Institutions

Most college campuses have some form of orientation program for new students. This may include showing new students around computers, how to sign up for classes and how to cheer during campus events or football games This process is known as what?

Socialization

Which of the following best describes a culture that values 'High Power Distance'

Respect for a rigid hierarchy based on status

Although Purdue is in northwest Indiana, the normalization of food options like taco trucks, noodles bars or boba tea shops, is an example of what cultural phenomenon?

Diffusion

When a cultural group forms around shared life experiences defined by social or economic circumstances, this is known a .... ?

standpoint

Using power points for classroom lecture notes has become a normal practice for most instructors. This standard style of instruction creates expectations and rules that help accomplish communication between the students and teacher. This is an example of what cultural concept?

Speech Codes

The image of yourself that is embodied in communication is known as....?

Identity

A culture that relies on explicit language to make meanings clear, is known as .....?

Low Context Culture

Wearing Purdue merchandise, chanting with the crowds at Purdue sporting events and generally being irritated by campus traffic patterns are all membership symbols that represent what layer of your identity?

Communal Layer

The dominating sense of self at a particular time is known as the ...?

Working Self-Concept

Interpenetration always results in contradictory feelings of self and identity gaps; true or false?

False

Explanations that help us to identify what caused certain events or people's behaviors is known as what?

Attribution

Boundary markers are messages that signal an action is appropriate or off-limits within a cultural group; True or False?

True

Which of the following best describes the Blind Self?

Information about you that other people are aware of, but you don't realize yourself.

Starting our class with some questions for your neighbors', has become a shared expectation. This is could also referred to as a classroom.....

Norm

BrightSpace and Zoom classes are example of what cultural phenomenon?

Invention

When the receiver can hear the message, understand the symbols, and interpret the meanings accurately, this clarity is known as what?

Fidelity

Which of the following is an example of a cultural myth?

All the above are examples of cultural myths. Each one embodies themes that characterize values in different cultures and communities.

The process by which a person filters and interprets information to make a meaningful picture of the world, is known as what?

Perception

Which of the following is the best example of an external attribution?

Assuming that someone stuck going to the wrong way down a one-way is new to town.

Communication competence is composed of which three components?

Motivation, Knowledge, and Skill

Dressing up in costume for Halloween is an example of what?

Ritual

The mental process involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension is known as what?

Cognition

Although our class shares the same textbook and general schedule with all COM 212 classes, we have our own routine and classroom expectations. These unique practices within our classes would help to best classify us as what?

Subculture of COM 212

Having similar tastes in music, television, and hobbies with your friends, is a normal product of your identity being shaped by what?

Relational Layer of Identity

The 'Actor Observer Effect' explains one's own behaviors in terms of what type of causes?

External Causes

After using 'Rate my Professor' to decide on which class section to sign up for, you notice characteristics in your professor that confirm your decision. During the first week of class, the instructor seems reasonable, fun, and probably easy to work with. Noticing these traits are an example of what form of information selection?

Consistency with Expectations

Desiring feedback on assignments, even when you have received an 'A' for the grade, is the best example of which cultural dimension?

Process Orientated

If your friend does poorly on an exam, and you immediately agree that it was likely their professors' instructions for the poor result- your agreement would be attributing external causes to your friend's explanation. With close friends and partners, this relationship attribution is known as what?

Adaptive Attribution

Focusing communication on yourself instead of listening, such as interrupting your friend's story about spring break, in order to tell them your spring break adventure - is which form of NonListening behavior?

Monopolizing

When the class is asked to picture a 'Dog' in their mind, everyone will visualize something a little differently; this is an example of what?

Language is Abstract

The medium for which information is conveyed nonverbally, is known what?

Channel

Words that refer to specific events and behaviors or tangible objects that are available to the senses are classified within which language feature?

Concrete Language

The degree of physically or psychologically perceived closeness is known as immediacy, true or false?

True

Waving hello or goodbye, throwing up the peace sign, or flipping off Nate when his back is turned to the class, are all examples of what?

Emblems

Emotions are feelings that are lasting or ongoing; true or false?

False

Behaviors that make it look like you are listening, although you are not doing so, such as pretending to listen, or only listening to parts of the message that are relevant to you - is known as what?

Nonlistening

Listening to distinguish between different words, sounds, and meanings, such as what time people are meeting for dinner, or how to get to the restaurant - falls under which type of listening?

Discriminatory listening

emotions such as grief, passion and embarrassment are specifically ties to your relationships or communication with other people; these feelings that occur in interpersonal communication or relationships are known as?

social emotions

Listening to judge the accuracy, honesty and completeness of a message is known as what?

Evaluative Listening

Perceiving personal attacks in messages that are not actually criticism, for example when a teacher gives you advice, but it feels like an attack on your work ethic - this is an example of what Nonlistening habit?

Defensive Listening

Displaying emotions that are not actually felt, such as smiling for the 12th time in a picture you didn't want to take in the first place - is known as what

Simulation

The Sapir- Whorf Hypothesis assumes that the way people think depends on the structure of their language; true or false?

True

Complimenting, Insulting, apologizing, and breaking up are all actions that are performed using language; also known as what?

Speech Acts

Never being able to truly describe a dream, the perfect sunset, or the black sand beach of iceland is because words create an incomplete and oversimplified image of real experiences. This phenomenon is known as what?

Totalizing

The term 'Fika' refers to a coffee/ snack break with friends. However, Swedes consider 'Fika' as a concept, or a state or min. It is encourages in Sweden that all citizens embrace the concept of Fika for the betterment of societal well-being. Because of this, 'Fika' is an example of what phenomena?

Linguistic Relativity

You arrive early to an interview for a job. The interviewer still isn't back from lunch, but you wait patiently because she has power over you in this situation. Culture dictates you should wait in this situation. Waiting patiently is an example of you participating with which nonverbal channel?

Chronemics

People can send multiple signals through different nonverbal channels at the same time; true or false?

True

Emojis, or emoticons are symbols that bear a physical resemblance to the thing they represent making them easier for universal meaning. These symbols are also known as what?

Analogic Codes

Most of the time, you don't have to think about how to communicate nonverbally with others, because it happens spontaneously. True or False?

True

Before giving a presentation, your hand get clammy, and your moth dries out. You are prepared to deliver you presentation, but the anxiety sweats are in full swing- these physical changes that occur in conjunction with feelings are known as what?

Physiology of Emotions

If you come in second or third in a competition, you may still clap and cheer the winner for their victory. Displaying a different emotion from the one that is truly felt, disappointment or even jealousy. This process is known as what?

Masking

On the first few dates with a new person, we are often excited but also curious. We want to know who they are, what they like and what makes them tick. Listening to receive and remember new information is what listening type?

Comprehensive listening

Even before any words are spoken, a person's physical appearance communicates volumes about their power and statues. Research indicates that people who are more physically attractive tend to be rated as more intelligent and competent during job interviews. This phenomenon is known as what?

Halo Effect

The behaviors that emotions compel us to perform, such as retreating when we are sad or skipping class when we are embarrassed; are known as what?

Action Tendencies

Seldom is there a case of a student breaking down in class after receiving a grade on an exam or paper. Completely giving into their emotions and sobbing or screaming at the instructor for a different outcome. This is because there are cultural prescriptions about when, where, and how emotions should be expressed. This is known as what?

Display Rules

Evaluating how favorable a situation is to the goals you have for yourself; for instance, how you anticipated this exam going for you, is an example of what?

Appraisals

The ability to understand and manage your own feelings, as well as the moods and emotions of others is known as what?

Emotional Intelligence

Responding to your communication partner verbally or nonverbally, is a critical step in the active listening process; true or false?

True

Instead of generalizing whether you are a "good friend", sometimes we focus on a specific moment with one particular friend and observe our personal qualities in that instance. This is known as doing what?

a self-reflexive act