2017 - 2019
CO M 15 02
Communication Contexts and Applications
TRY ME I'M NEW!!!
, Q1 Choose the most appropriate option when considering your study material.
When I wake up all alone in the morning and wonder out loud what the day is going to bring, I am engaged
in...
(1) interpersonal communication.
(2) an internal monologue.
(3) intrapersonal communication.
(4) a dialogue.
(5) Contemplation.
QUESTION 1
Option (3) is the correct answer
When you are communicating with yourself, we refer to it as intrapersonal communication. Option (3) is therefore
the correct option.
Q2 Which one of the following names for our different selves consists mainly of our values, principles and
beliefs?
(1) physical self
(2) ethical self
(3) moral self
(4) intellectual self
(5) emotional self
QUESTION 2
Option (3) is the correct answer
If you studied section 7.1 in your prescribed book, this would have been an easy question to answer. Our moral self
(option 3) consists mainly of our values, the principles we uphold and our ethical beliefs. Our physical self (option 1) is
our material body, our intellectual self (option 4) concerns our mental processes, and our emotional self (option 5) is
associated with responses from our emotions. We do not refer to an ethical self (option 2) in your study material.
Q3 Self-concept can be described as …
(1) the positive feelings that a person has about him or herself.
(2) a mental image that a person has about his or her communication skills.
(3) the way in which a person views his or her capabilities.
(4) everything that people feel and think about themselves.
(5) a view of self based on reflected appraisals from others.
QUESTION 3
Option (4) is the correct answer
Our self-concept refers to everything that we think and feel about ourselves (option 4). It does not only concern the
positive feelings that we have about ourselves, or how we feel about our communication skills or our capabilities. It
has to do with everything that affects our mental image of ourselves and it is shaped by our relationships with others.
Please revise section 7.2 in your prescribed book for more detail on the term ‘self-concept’.
Q4 According to the looking glass self theory about the development of self-concept, the perspectives of the
generalised other reflect the …
(1) views that other people have about us.
(2) cultural values of the people around us.
(3) impressions that individuals form about us during interaction.
(4) beliefs instilled by the mass media.
(5) values, experiences and understanding of a particular society.
QUESTION 4
Option (5) is the correct answer
CO M 15 02
Communication Contexts and Applications
TRY ME I'M NEW!!!
, Q1 Choose the most appropriate option when considering your study material.
When I wake up all alone in the morning and wonder out loud what the day is going to bring, I am engaged
in...
(1) interpersonal communication.
(2) an internal monologue.
(3) intrapersonal communication.
(4) a dialogue.
(5) Contemplation.
QUESTION 1
Option (3) is the correct answer
When you are communicating with yourself, we refer to it as intrapersonal communication. Option (3) is therefore
the correct option.
Q2 Which one of the following names for our different selves consists mainly of our values, principles and
beliefs?
(1) physical self
(2) ethical self
(3) moral self
(4) intellectual self
(5) emotional self
QUESTION 2
Option (3) is the correct answer
If you studied section 7.1 in your prescribed book, this would have been an easy question to answer. Our moral self
(option 3) consists mainly of our values, the principles we uphold and our ethical beliefs. Our physical self (option 1) is
our material body, our intellectual self (option 4) concerns our mental processes, and our emotional self (option 5) is
associated with responses from our emotions. We do not refer to an ethical self (option 2) in your study material.
Q3 Self-concept can be described as …
(1) the positive feelings that a person has about him or herself.
(2) a mental image that a person has about his or her communication skills.
(3) the way in which a person views his or her capabilities.
(4) everything that people feel and think about themselves.
(5) a view of self based on reflected appraisals from others.
QUESTION 3
Option (4) is the correct answer
Our self-concept refers to everything that we think and feel about ourselves (option 4). It does not only concern the
positive feelings that we have about ourselves, or how we feel about our communication skills or our capabilities. It
has to do with everything that affects our mental image of ourselves and it is shaped by our relationships with others.
Please revise section 7.2 in your prescribed book for more detail on the term ‘self-concept’.
Q4 According to the looking glass self theory about the development of self-concept, the perspectives of the
generalised other reflect the …
(1) views that other people have about us.
(2) cultural values of the people around us.
(3) impressions that individuals form about us during interaction.
(4) beliefs instilled by the mass media.
(5) values, experiences and understanding of a particular society.
QUESTION 4
Option (5) is the correct answer
