SCOM122 Final Study Guide Questions With Complete
Solutions
A car just backed up into your neighbor's mailbox right outside
your window (this actually happened while I was writing this
exam). Your partner tries to talk to you but you can't stop
thinking about what just happened. This is an example of what
barrier to listening?
Physical Noise
Selective Attention
Psychological Noise
Selective Listening Correct Answers Psychological Noise
A hug is an example of what type of nonverbal communication?
Kinesics
Oculesics
Haptics
Chronemics Correct Answers Haptics
A person having a low self-esteem will be characterized as
having a high level of which personality trait?
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Conscientiousness
Openness Correct Answers Neuroticism
A stranger steps on your foot. You decide that they must a
clumsy person. What type of attribution have you just made?
,Situational
Salience
Internal
Interactive Correct Answers Internal
All of the following are part of the perception process except...
Organizational
Interaction
Interpretation
Selection Correct Answers Interaction
As you listen to your teaching drone on about public speaking,
you sit there thinking about how much you are looking forward
to the end of the class so you can play Skyrim. This is an
example of what barrier to listening?
Psychological Noise
Selective Attention
Physical Noise
Selective listening Correct Answers Psychological Noise
Aversion therapy is an example of what method of addressing
public speaking anxiety?
Systemic Desensitization
Cognitive Restructuring
Positive Visualization
Skills Training Correct Answers Systemic Desensitization
, Based on lecture, which of the following internal phrases is most
likely to reduce anxiety?
"Communicate"
"Don't mess up"
"Don't forget your sources"
"Don't speak too fast" Correct Answers "Communicate"
Briefly explain social construction theory. Correct Answers It is
a theoretical approach explaining how everything in our society
has a meaning based on how people perceive things to be is
natural. Gender would be an example of this because people
think there are only two "natural" genders, despite gender not
having any real meaning.
By the time your partner finishes their sentence you completely
forget what they were trying to tell you. Which stage of the
listening process are you struggling with?
Receiving
Interpreting
Responding
Recalling Correct Answers Recalling
Define communication based on what we discussed in class.
Correct Answers Communication is creating meaning behind
your own and others' messages, whether that is verbal or non-
verbal, which can all be influenced by multiple different factors.
There are many different forms of this such as intrapersonal,
interpersonal, group, public, or mass communication, which is
all trying to share, spread, and/or develop information.
Solutions
A car just backed up into your neighbor's mailbox right outside
your window (this actually happened while I was writing this
exam). Your partner tries to talk to you but you can't stop
thinking about what just happened. This is an example of what
barrier to listening?
Physical Noise
Selective Attention
Psychological Noise
Selective Listening Correct Answers Psychological Noise
A hug is an example of what type of nonverbal communication?
Kinesics
Oculesics
Haptics
Chronemics Correct Answers Haptics
A person having a low self-esteem will be characterized as
having a high level of which personality trait?
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Conscientiousness
Openness Correct Answers Neuroticism
A stranger steps on your foot. You decide that they must a
clumsy person. What type of attribution have you just made?
,Situational
Salience
Internal
Interactive Correct Answers Internal
All of the following are part of the perception process except...
Organizational
Interaction
Interpretation
Selection Correct Answers Interaction
As you listen to your teaching drone on about public speaking,
you sit there thinking about how much you are looking forward
to the end of the class so you can play Skyrim. This is an
example of what barrier to listening?
Psychological Noise
Selective Attention
Physical Noise
Selective listening Correct Answers Psychological Noise
Aversion therapy is an example of what method of addressing
public speaking anxiety?
Systemic Desensitization
Cognitive Restructuring
Positive Visualization
Skills Training Correct Answers Systemic Desensitization
, Based on lecture, which of the following internal phrases is most
likely to reduce anxiety?
"Communicate"
"Don't mess up"
"Don't forget your sources"
"Don't speak too fast" Correct Answers "Communicate"
Briefly explain social construction theory. Correct Answers It is
a theoretical approach explaining how everything in our society
has a meaning based on how people perceive things to be is
natural. Gender would be an example of this because people
think there are only two "natural" genders, despite gender not
having any real meaning.
By the time your partner finishes their sentence you completely
forget what they were trying to tell you. Which stage of the
listening process are you struggling with?
Receiving
Interpreting
Responding
Recalling Correct Answers Recalling
Define communication based on what we discussed in class.
Correct Answers Communication is creating meaning behind
your own and others' messages, whether that is verbal or non-
verbal, which can all be influenced by multiple different factors.
There are many different forms of this such as intrapersonal,
interpersonal, group, public, or mass communication, which is
all trying to share, spread, and/or develop information.
