What's in a Theory?
Which of the following features of a theoretical paradigm refers to our assumptions about the role of values in research?
a. ontology
b. epistemology
c. axiology
d. phenomenology
c. axiology
What type of context for communication refers to the environment in which an interaction occurs?
a. physical context
b. relational context
c. personal context
d. cultural context
b. physical context
Which type of language rules refer to the goals or functions that you can accomplish through a message?
a. syntactic rules
b. semantic rules
c. pragmatic rules
d. all of the above
c. pragmatic rules
What are the three stages of perception?
a. self, selection, other
b. selection, explanation, prediction
c. availability, selection, integration
d. selection, organization, interpretation
d. selection, organization, interpretation
What is the core process to relationship development, according to Social Penetration Theory?
a. exchange
b. rewards
c. self-disclosure
d. intimacy
c. self-disclosure
Which theoretical paradigm focuses on role of power and marginalization in research?
a. empirical/postivistic
b. humanistic
c. interpretive
d. critical
d. critical
If someone is feeling sick and unable to communicate effectively because of it, what type of noise are they experiencing?
a. physical noise
b. semantic noise
c. psychological noise
d. physiological noise
d. physiological noise
What is the broadest level of meaning in the coordinated management of meaning's hierarchy of meaning?
a. speech acts
b. life scripts
c. cultural patterns
d. episodes
c. cultural patterns
Which of the following terms explains why someone would assume many positive traits about a person even though they only know a few positive things about them at this point?
a. halo Effect
b. recency Effect
c. primacy Effect
d. positivity Effect
a. halo effect
Which of the following components of the onion model refers to the outermost layers of a person that they are comfortable sharing with everyone?
a. public image
b. private self
c. depth
d. breadth
a. public image
What criteria for evaluating a theory suggests that a good theory inspires new research and ways of thinking?
a. scope
b. parsimony
c. heurism
d. testability
c. heurism
What is missing from the transactional model of communication?
a. sender
b. receiver
c. channel
d. feedback
d. feedback
What are the two types of rules that are used to coordinate meaning in interaction?
a. internal and external
b. cognitive and behavioral
c. coordinated and uncoordinated
d. constitutive and regulative
d. constitutive and regulative
People sometimes form impressions of new people by comparing them to a friend or someone else they already know. What is this technique called?
a. availability heuristic
b. representativeness heuristic
c. simulation heuristic
d. anchor and adjust heuristic
d. anchor and adjust heuristic
Which of the following types of costs in a relationship refers to the time and energy that you have put in to maintaining that relationship so far?
a. direct cost
b. indirect cost
c. investment cost
d. opportunity cost
c. investment cost
Which type of concept in a theory is observable and measurable?
a. nominal concepts
b. real concepts
c. critical concepts
d. epistemological concepts
b. real concepts
Which characteristic of symbols accounts for the fact that the same symbol can have several different meanings?
a. symbols are abstract
b. symbols are arbitrary
c. symbols are ambiguous
d. symbols are absolute
c. symbols are ambiguous
Which of the following analogic characteristics of nonverbal communication suggests that nonverbal behaviors can be expressed through multiple channels at the same time?
a. variable intensity
b. simultaneous transmission
c. spontaneous transmission
d. automatic processing
b. simultaneous transmission
In Uncertainty Reduction Theory, which type of information seeking strategy involves asking friends or a third party to give you information about another person?
a. active
b. extractive
c. passive
d. interactive
a. active
Which of the following patterns of social exchange suggests that you can transform your resources by learning a new skill?
a. given matrix
b. effective matrix
c. dispositional matrix
d. generalized matrix
b. effective matrix
Which theoretical paradigm assumes that people have different realities and everybody's experiences are unique?
a. empirical/positivistic
b. humanistic
c. interpretive
d. critical
d. critical
Which of the following communication contexts refers to an individual's own background, beliefs, and experiences they bring to interaction?
a. personal context
b. relational context
c. physical context
d. cultural context
a. personal context
Karen just met John ten minutes ago and she already allowed him to put his hand in her mouth. If I told you John was Karen’s dentist, what social function of nonverbal communication would you say was being served?
a. regulating interaction
b. expressing intimacy
c. exercising social control or dominance
d. facilitating service or task goals
d. facilitating service or task goals
Which attribution bias occurs when you explain a person's bad behavior on internal rather than external characteristics?
a. actor-observer effect
b. fundamental attribution error
c. representativeness bias
d. simulation bias
b. fundamental attribution error
In Social Information Processing Theory, which type of self refers to the attributes that people believe they should possess based on social conventions and norms for online interaction?
a. actual self
b. ideal self
c. ought self
d. normative self
c. ought self