1. Quiz #1
Name: __________________________
True/False
1. __________ A change in context may change the meaning of a message.
2. __________ Generally, interpersonal communication has less verbal feedback
potential than public communication.
3. __________ Keeping a diary would be an example of intrapersonal communication.
4. __________ Effective communicators are born not made.
5. __________ How you look at the world depends on what you think of yourself;
what you think of yourself will influence how you look at the
world.
6. __________ The first three steps of the perceptional process involve selecting,
organizing, and interpreting sensory data.
7. __________ Humans have the capacity to selectively attend to messages in the
environment, which means that we are aware of only certain
aspects of the environment while disregarding others.
8. __________ There is little doubt that we are born with our self-concept.
9. __________ One’s self concept is more than just how they see themselves, it
reflects how they feel others see them and how they see themselves
in relation to others.
10. __________ Communication is one directional.
Multiple Choice
11. Communication always takes place in a ______________.
_____ vacuum.
_____ location.
_____ context.
_____ framework.
2. 12. Feedback that is designed to encourage us to continue behaving as we are is called:
_____ positive.
_____ negative.
_____ critical.
_____ none of these.
13. Which of these is a message:
_____ a letter.
_____ a facial expression.
_____ turning away from another person.
_____ all of these.
14. Jill and Molly are studying the patterns of interpersonal relationships for their
communication studies test. When Molly begins to recite the coming apart phases of
relationships she says, "Terminating is a word for the break-up time!" Just from
hearing the word "breakup," Jill loses all concentration and begins thinking about the
problems she and her boyfriend are currently having. This is a good example of:
_____ Psychic noise.
_____ Physiological noise.
_____ External noise.
_____ Semantic noise.
15. The fact that communication occurs continuously and simultaneously, is influenced
by the past, present and future of the communicators, and varies according to the roles
people play illustrates the:
_____ fact that communication is a learned skill.
_____ irreversible nature of communication.
_____ dynamic nature of communication.
_____ fact that all communication is punctuated.
16. The proverb, "Even the Emperor cannot buy back one single day" implies that
_____ the emperor has no clothes if he cannot communicate effectively.
_____ the emperor is an ineffective communicator.
_____ communication is unrepeatable and irreversible.
_____ communication is repeatable and reversible.
17. When our perception of another person changes for the worse, we are likely to
see his or her actions in a more negative light. We call this:
_____ the horn effect.
_____ the halo effect.
_____ a primacy effect.
_____ a stereotype.
3. 18. We tend to expose ourselves to
_____ stimuli that contradict our existing attitudes, beliefs, and values.
_____ stimuli that reaffirm our existing attitudes, beliefs, and values.
_____ all stimuli in our immediate environment.
_____ all of these.
19. The term allness refers to
_____ an erroneous belief that one person can handle a group's work.
_____ an erroneous belief that one person can possibly know all there is to know
about something.
_____ our need to fit other people into "niches."
_____ our need to close ourselves to new and different information.
20. The statement “Where we stand depends on where we sit” illustrates the fact that
_____ we always reflect on the same event from several perspectives.
_____ those who are standing have similar point of view to those who are sitting.
_____ those who are standing and those who are sitting need to enter into frequent
dialogue to determine the best position on an issue.
_____ our viewpoint (where we stand) on an issue is determined by our perspective
(where we sit).
