COM 114 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Biff is known to be energetic and enthusiastic as a person when he speaks in
communication class. Biff is exhibiting... - Answer- Dynamism.
Mickey has written a speech, then after practicing her speech, she put key words only
on a note card so she would not distract the audience with a manuscript. Mickey used
___________ style in her speech. - Answer- Extemporaneous
T/F Talk about relationships is managed consistently across all cultural boundaries. -
Answer- False
T/F Flirtation is an example of a direct communication strategy used to change a
relationship's status. - Answer- False
T/F Groupthink refers to group members placing a higher priority on keeping the
process running smoothly than on voicing opinions that contradict the majority opinion
or that of the leader. - Answer- True
T/F Any collection or assembly of people can be defined as a group, according to your
text's authors. - Answer- False
T/F Interdependence means that everyone in a group works in a solitary fashion and
only is concerned with his/her part of a project. - Answer- False
T/F The purpose of support groups is to help run and organization. - Answer- False
T/F A group is a collection of people aren't necessarily aware of one another as
members of the same group. - Answer- False
T/F At work, the development of long-term intimacy is one of the purposes of
conversation. - Answer- False
T/F Cultures are universally future-oriented rather than being forced on the past or
present. - Answer- False
T/F Fears about the impact of technology on communication are unique to today's
generation. - Answer- False
, T/F People today fear new technology, but that was not the case with when the radio or
the television were made available. - Answer- False
T/F According to studies cited in your text, young people adopt cell phone technology
based only on the quality of the product. - Answer- False
Social relationships are characterized by... - Answer- Interchangeability of the other
person.
Personal relationships are characterized by... - Answer- Uniqueness of the social
function performed by the other person.
Duck's Relationship Filtering Model suggests that you use others physical appearance
to... - Answer- Screen out people who do not look as if they would see the world the
way you do.
The internal dialectic that focuses on the need for predictability and routine in a
relationship and the need for novelty and change in relationship is... - Answer-
Certainty-uncertainty (Novelty-Predictability).
The external dialectic that focuses on the need for people in a relationship to be around
others in a social network and the need for people in a relationships to be by
themselves is... - Answer- Inclusion-seclusion.
Mickey has written a speech, then after practicing her speech, she put key words only
on a notecard so she would not distract the audience with a manuscript. Mickey used
___________ style in her speech. - Answer- Extemporaneous
If you are considering breaking up with a romantic partner but have not discussed it out
loud with anyone, Duck suggests you are in __________ phrase of relational
dissolution. - Answer- Intrapsychic
T/F A communicative "fame" provides a definition of a scenario. - Answer- True
T/F Identity is exclusively self-determined. - Answer- False
T/F Self-disclosure involves revealing details about yourself that are public and easily
visible to others. - Answer- True
T/F Schemata are the ways others reflect on how they view our identities. - Answer-
False
T/F Symbolic interactionism refers to how broad social forces affect and individual's
view of self. - Answer- True
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Biff is known to be energetic and enthusiastic as a person when he speaks in
communication class. Biff is exhibiting... - Answer- Dynamism.
Mickey has written a speech, then after practicing her speech, she put key words only
on a note card so she would not distract the audience with a manuscript. Mickey used
___________ style in her speech. - Answer- Extemporaneous
T/F Talk about relationships is managed consistently across all cultural boundaries. -
Answer- False
T/F Flirtation is an example of a direct communication strategy used to change a
relationship's status. - Answer- False
T/F Groupthink refers to group members placing a higher priority on keeping the
process running smoothly than on voicing opinions that contradict the majority opinion
or that of the leader. - Answer- True
T/F Any collection or assembly of people can be defined as a group, according to your
text's authors. - Answer- False
T/F Interdependence means that everyone in a group works in a solitary fashion and
only is concerned with his/her part of a project. - Answer- False
T/F The purpose of support groups is to help run and organization. - Answer- False
T/F A group is a collection of people aren't necessarily aware of one another as
members of the same group. - Answer- False
T/F At work, the development of long-term intimacy is one of the purposes of
conversation. - Answer- False
T/F Cultures are universally future-oriented rather than being forced on the past or
present. - Answer- False
T/F Fears about the impact of technology on communication are unique to today's
generation. - Answer- False
, T/F People today fear new technology, but that was not the case with when the radio or
the television were made available. - Answer- False
T/F According to studies cited in your text, young people adopt cell phone technology
based only on the quality of the product. - Answer- False
Social relationships are characterized by... - Answer- Interchangeability of the other
person.
Personal relationships are characterized by... - Answer- Uniqueness of the social
function performed by the other person.
Duck's Relationship Filtering Model suggests that you use others physical appearance
to... - Answer- Screen out people who do not look as if they would see the world the
way you do.
The internal dialectic that focuses on the need for predictability and routine in a
relationship and the need for novelty and change in relationship is... - Answer-
Certainty-uncertainty (Novelty-Predictability).
The external dialectic that focuses on the need for people in a relationship to be around
others in a social network and the need for people in a relationships to be by
themselves is... - Answer- Inclusion-seclusion.
Mickey has written a speech, then after practicing her speech, she put key words only
on a notecard so she would not distract the audience with a manuscript. Mickey used
___________ style in her speech. - Answer- Extemporaneous
If you are considering breaking up with a romantic partner but have not discussed it out
loud with anyone, Duck suggests you are in __________ phrase of relational
dissolution. - Answer- Intrapsychic
T/F A communicative "fame" provides a definition of a scenario. - Answer- True
T/F Identity is exclusively self-determined. - Answer- False
T/F Self-disclosure involves revealing details about yourself that are public and easily
visible to others. - Answer- True
T/F Schemata are the ways others reflect on how they view our identities. - Answer-
False
T/F Symbolic interactionism refers to how broad social forces affect and individual's
view of self. - Answer- True
