COMS 101 QUIZ CHAPTER 8 FULL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Functional Aspects of Interpersonal Communication. Answer: We
have different needs that are met through our various relationships.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we often ask ourselves, "What can
this relationship do for me?"
In order to understand how relationships achieve strategic
functions, we will look at:
- Instrumental Goals,
- Relationship-Maintenance Goals,
- and Self-Presentation Goals.
◉ Instrumental Needs. Answer: Needs that help us get things done
in our day-to-day lives and achieve short- and long-term goals.
◉ Instrumental Needs Examples:. Answer: - Gaining compliance
(getting someone to do something for us),
- Getting information we need,
- Asking for support
,In short, instrumental talk helps us "get things done" in our
relationships.
◉ Instrumental Needs Examples (cont.). Answer: - You ask your
friend to help you move this weekend (gaining/resisting
compliance).
- You ask your coworker to remind you how to balance your cash
register till at the end of your shift (requesting or presenting
information).
- You console your roommate after he loses his job (asking for or
giving support).
◉ Relational Needs. Answer: Needs that help us maintain social
bonds and interpersonal relationships.
◉ Relational Needs Examples:. Answer: - Celebrating special
occasions or honoring accomplishments
- Spending time together,
- And checking in regularly by phone, text, social media, or face-to-
face communication.
◉ Identity Needs. Answer: Need to present ourselves to others and
be thought of in particular and desired ways.
, ◉ Identity Needs Example:. Answer: The well-known scholar Erving
Goffman compared self-presentation to a performance and
suggested we all perform different roles in different contexts.
◉ Functional Aspects of Interpersonal Communication Review:.
Answer: The functional perspective of interpersonal communication
indicates that we communicate to achieve certain goals in our
relationships.
◉ Cultural Aspects of Interpersonal Communication. Answer: Just as
large groups of people create cultures through shared symbols
(language), values, and rituals, people in relationships also create
cultures at a smaller level.
◉ Relationship Cultures. Answer: The climates established through
interpersonal communication that are unique to the relational
partners but based on larger cultural and social norms.
We also enter into new relationships with expectations based on
experiences we have from previous relationships and knowledge we
have learned from our larger society and culture.
◉ Relationship Cultures (cont.). Answer: Some additional
communicative acts that create our relational cultures include:
- Relational Storytelling
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Functional Aspects of Interpersonal Communication. Answer: We
have different needs that are met through our various relationships.
Whether we are aware of it or not, we often ask ourselves, "What can
this relationship do for me?"
In order to understand how relationships achieve strategic
functions, we will look at:
- Instrumental Goals,
- Relationship-Maintenance Goals,
- and Self-Presentation Goals.
◉ Instrumental Needs. Answer: Needs that help us get things done
in our day-to-day lives and achieve short- and long-term goals.
◉ Instrumental Needs Examples:. Answer: - Gaining compliance
(getting someone to do something for us),
- Getting information we need,
- Asking for support
,In short, instrumental talk helps us "get things done" in our
relationships.
◉ Instrumental Needs Examples (cont.). Answer: - You ask your
friend to help you move this weekend (gaining/resisting
compliance).
- You ask your coworker to remind you how to balance your cash
register till at the end of your shift (requesting or presenting
information).
- You console your roommate after he loses his job (asking for or
giving support).
◉ Relational Needs. Answer: Needs that help us maintain social
bonds and interpersonal relationships.
◉ Relational Needs Examples:. Answer: - Celebrating special
occasions or honoring accomplishments
- Spending time together,
- And checking in regularly by phone, text, social media, or face-to-
face communication.
◉ Identity Needs. Answer: Need to present ourselves to others and
be thought of in particular and desired ways.
, ◉ Identity Needs Example:. Answer: The well-known scholar Erving
Goffman compared self-presentation to a performance and
suggested we all perform different roles in different contexts.
◉ Functional Aspects of Interpersonal Communication Review:.
Answer: The functional perspective of interpersonal communication
indicates that we communicate to achieve certain goals in our
relationships.
◉ Cultural Aspects of Interpersonal Communication. Answer: Just as
large groups of people create cultures through shared symbols
(language), values, and rituals, people in relationships also create
cultures at a smaller level.
◉ Relationship Cultures. Answer: The climates established through
interpersonal communication that are unique to the relational
partners but based on larger cultural and social norms.
We also enter into new relationships with expectations based on
experiences we have from previous relationships and knowledge we
have learned from our larger society and culture.
◉ Relationship Cultures (cont.). Answer: Some additional
communicative acts that create our relational cultures include:
- Relational Storytelling
