SPCH 1311 EXAM #1 questions with
complete solutions (3)
Power - correct answer ✔✔Is the ability to influence the behaviors of others.
Transactional View of Communication - correct answer ✔✔Is the view of communication that sees each
person as taking both speaker and listener roles simultaneously.
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔Is the tendency to see others and their behaviors through your own
cultural filters.
Ethnic Identity - correct answer ✔✔Commitment to the beliefs and values of your culture.
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔Is a fixed impression of a group of people.
Attribution - correct answer ✔✔Is the process by which you try to explain the motivation for another
person's behavior.
Credibility Strategies - correct answer ✔✔Techniques to make yourself seem competent, of high
character, and charismatic.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - correct answer ✔✔Is the process of making a prediction that comes true
because you made the prediction and acted as if it were true.
Social Comparison - correct answer ✔✔Is the process by which you compare yourself to others, most
often your peers.
Selective Perception - correct answer ✔✔Is the tendency to attend and to expose yourself to
information that is confirming.
complete solutions (3)
Power - correct answer ✔✔Is the ability to influence the behaviors of others.
Transactional View of Communication - correct answer ✔✔Is the view of communication that sees each
person as taking both speaker and listener roles simultaneously.
Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔Is the tendency to see others and their behaviors through your own
cultural filters.
Ethnic Identity - correct answer ✔✔Commitment to the beliefs and values of your culture.
Stereotype - correct answer ✔✔Is a fixed impression of a group of people.
Attribution - correct answer ✔✔Is the process by which you try to explain the motivation for another
person's behavior.
Credibility Strategies - correct answer ✔✔Techniques to make yourself seem competent, of high
character, and charismatic.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - correct answer ✔✔Is the process of making a prediction that comes true
because you made the prediction and acted as if it were true.
Social Comparison - correct answer ✔✔Is the process by which you compare yourself to others, most
often your peers.
Selective Perception - correct answer ✔✔Is the tendency to attend and to expose yourself to
information that is confirming.
