COM 250 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Symbolic Interaction Theory explains - Answers - How humans through interaction with
one another, create symbolic worlds, and how these worlds affect behavior
According to Mead, one of the most critical activities people accomplish through thought
is - Answers - Role taking
The looking glass self is best defined as - Answers - the mental image we have of how
others see us
While preparing for her dance recital, Mona reflects on all the experiences that brought
her to that time and place. She thinks about her parents support, remembers her
favorite dance teachers, and tells herself that she will be successful. Mead calls this
process of intrapersonal communication - Answers - thought
Symbolic Interaction Theory has been criticized for its - Answers - scope
In class, we used Symbolic Interaction Theory to explain why a young man died. We
paid particular attention to the interactions the young man had with his pears, parents
and teachers. This indicates that George Herbert Mead believes - Answers -
communication is social
Coordinated management of meaning - Answers - 1. Refers to how individuals establish
rules for creating and interpreting
2. Refers to how rules are used in conversation
3. Assumes that humans co-create reality
Which of the following is a speech act? - Answers - 1. A compliment
2. An insult
3. A sarcastic remark
Deanna and her son Leon are talking about manners, Deanna tells Leon "Hold the door
for people who are walking with death," he is referring to what type of rule? - Answers -
Regulative
________________ rules refers to how behavior should be interpreted with a given
context - Answers - Constitutive
Which of the following is NOT an assumption governing the coordinated management of
meaning? - Answers - group interpretation is more important than interpersonal
communication
, One of Peace and Crown's (The Coordinated Management of Meaning) epistemological
assumption is that knowledge is certain - Answers - False
All of the following are concepts identified by Berger and Calabrese as being related to
uncertainty EXPEPT - Answers - argumentativeness
According to Berger and Calabrese, the two primary goals of URT are ______________
and _______________ - Answers - explanation; prediction
One of the seven axioms of uncertainty reduction states that as nonverbal affiliative
expressiveness ________________ , uncertainty levels will __________________ -
Answers - increases; decreases
Below are two of the seven original Axioms of URT.
A. Axiom 1: There is a negative relationship between uncertainty and verbal
communication
B. Axiom 2 There is a positive relationship between uncertainty and reciprocity
I. What is the resulting Theorem by combining these two axioms? - Answers - 1. There
is a negative relationship between verbal communication and reciprocity
Berger and Calabrese believe which of the following? - Answers - Communication is an
individual event
Which of the following assumptions of Social Penetration Theory focuses on how
communication can either move a relationship closer to intimacy or cause it to move
backward in intimacy? - Answers - relationship development includes depenetration and
dissolution
All of the following statements about self-disclosure are true EXCEPT - Answers - non
intimate relationships typically progress to an intimate level without engaging in self-
disclosure
When we meet someone for the first time (initial encounter), the breath of our self-
disclosure is __________ and the depth of our self disclosure is ____________ -
Answers - low; low
Pam and Marty have reached the point in their relationship at which they openly
express their thoughts and feelings with one another. Their communication is viewed as
being efficient. Which stage of social penetration describes the current state of their
relationship? - Answers - Stable exchange
Altman and Taylor's metatheoretical assumptions include all of the following except -
Answers - the context matters
ANSWERS
Symbolic Interaction Theory explains - Answers - How humans through interaction with
one another, create symbolic worlds, and how these worlds affect behavior
According to Mead, one of the most critical activities people accomplish through thought
is - Answers - Role taking
The looking glass self is best defined as - Answers - the mental image we have of how
others see us
While preparing for her dance recital, Mona reflects on all the experiences that brought
her to that time and place. She thinks about her parents support, remembers her
favorite dance teachers, and tells herself that she will be successful. Mead calls this
process of intrapersonal communication - Answers - thought
Symbolic Interaction Theory has been criticized for its - Answers - scope
In class, we used Symbolic Interaction Theory to explain why a young man died. We
paid particular attention to the interactions the young man had with his pears, parents
and teachers. This indicates that George Herbert Mead believes - Answers -
communication is social
Coordinated management of meaning - Answers - 1. Refers to how individuals establish
rules for creating and interpreting
2. Refers to how rules are used in conversation
3. Assumes that humans co-create reality
Which of the following is a speech act? - Answers - 1. A compliment
2. An insult
3. A sarcastic remark
Deanna and her son Leon are talking about manners, Deanna tells Leon "Hold the door
for people who are walking with death," he is referring to what type of rule? - Answers -
Regulative
________________ rules refers to how behavior should be interpreted with a given
context - Answers - Constitutive
Which of the following is NOT an assumption governing the coordinated management of
meaning? - Answers - group interpretation is more important than interpersonal
communication
, One of Peace and Crown's (The Coordinated Management of Meaning) epistemological
assumption is that knowledge is certain - Answers - False
All of the following are concepts identified by Berger and Calabrese as being related to
uncertainty EXPEPT - Answers - argumentativeness
According to Berger and Calabrese, the two primary goals of URT are ______________
and _______________ - Answers - explanation; prediction
One of the seven axioms of uncertainty reduction states that as nonverbal affiliative
expressiveness ________________ , uncertainty levels will __________________ -
Answers - increases; decreases
Below are two of the seven original Axioms of URT.
A. Axiom 1: There is a negative relationship between uncertainty and verbal
communication
B. Axiom 2 There is a positive relationship between uncertainty and reciprocity
I. What is the resulting Theorem by combining these two axioms? - Answers - 1. There
is a negative relationship between verbal communication and reciprocity
Berger and Calabrese believe which of the following? - Answers - Communication is an
individual event
Which of the following assumptions of Social Penetration Theory focuses on how
communication can either move a relationship closer to intimacy or cause it to move
backward in intimacy? - Answers - relationship development includes depenetration and
dissolution
All of the following statements about self-disclosure are true EXCEPT - Answers - non
intimate relationships typically progress to an intimate level without engaging in self-
disclosure
When we meet someone for the first time (initial encounter), the breath of our self-
disclosure is __________ and the depth of our self disclosure is ____________ -
Answers - low; low
Pam and Marty have reached the point in their relationship at which they openly
express their thoughts and feelings with one another. Their communication is viewed as
being efficient. Which stage of social penetration describes the current state of their
relationship? - Answers - Stable exchange
Altman and Taylor's metatheoretical assumptions include all of the following except -
Answers - the context matters
