Lucas Chapters 16/17 - Persuasion
Pearson Chapter 4 - Nonverbal Communication
Pearson Chapter 6 - Interpersonal Communication
Pearson Chapter 8 - Small Group Communication
Grab Bag
100

A speaker who claims that sugary foods and drinks should be banned in schools because "giving sugar to children is like giving cocaine to a drug addict" is an example of the ___ fallacy.

False analogy

100

___ is the process of using messages other than words to create meaning with others.

Nonverbal communication

100

According to Pearson, interpersonal communication is "the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation that allows ___ opportunities for both speaking and listening."

Mutual

100

One reason why small groups are important is that they can help fulfill three basic human needs: inclusion, affection, and ___.

Control

100

If I define a dog as a "domesticated member of the family Canidae" then I'm using a ___ meaning of the word.

Denotative

200

A speaker who seeks to persuade the audience that they should reduce the amount of red meat they consume on a daily basis is asking the audience a question of ___.

Policy

200

Two examples of proxemics (the study of how humans use space and distance) are: ___, the need to establish and maintain certain spaces as one's own; ___, the distance you maintain between yourself and others.

Territoriality and personal space

200

Conflict, abuse, and obsession are all examples of the ___ of interpersonal relationships.

Dark side

200

The first time group members communicate, they begin to establish the ___ - informal rules for interaction created and sustained through communication - that will eventually guide the members' behaviors.

Norms

200

When it comes to listening, ___ is the sustained focus we give to things that are important, whereas ___ is the instinctive focus we give to important things we experience in our surroundings.

Selective attention and automatic attention

300

After interviewing ten of her classmates for her speech about tobacco and nicotine use, Cassie says "as we can see from my interviews, the majority of young adults in the United States possess negative attitudes towards smoking cigarettes." This is an example of the ___ fallacy.

Hasty generalization

300

___ is the use of touch in communication.

Haptics

300

There are multiple reasons why someone may initiate a relationship, including ___: the idea that we sometimes bond with people whose strengths are our weaknesses.

Complementarity

300

Throughout the semester, all of you have separated into groups multiple times to complete some sort of activity. This is an example of a ___ group and a ___ group.

Emergent and task-oriented

300

"How was your day?" and "What's new?" are both examples of ___ communication, also known as small talk.

Phatic

400

In a speech that uses Monroe's motivated sequence, the ___ step would occur when the speaker paints a picture of how more positive life would be if the audience adopts their proposal.

Visualization

400

Someone who wears a Kansas City Chiefs jersey to demonstrate their fandom of the team is an example of ___, the study of the human use of clothing and artifacts as nonverbal codes.

Objectics

400

Created by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham, the ___ is a diagram that depicts four kinds of information about a person, and how much of each information is known to you and/or others.

Johari window

400

When it comes to different leadership styles: "What do you all think is the best way to address the problem at hand?" is something you'd hear from a ___ leader; "I will tell all of you exactly how we will solve the problem" is something you'd hear from a ___ leader; "I don't really care about the problem, y'all just do whatever you want" is something you'd hear from a ___ leader.

Democratic, autocratic, and Laissez-faire

400

Two strategies that can help you improve your language are ___: specifying when you made an observation, and ___: identifying the uniqueness of objects, events, and people.

Dating and indexing

500

Aristotle's three foundational elements of persuasion are: the speaker's use of logic, evidence, and reasoning [answer1]; the speaker's use of emotional appeals [answer2]; and the speaker's level of credibility [answer3].

Logos, pathos, and ethos

500

If you're in a conversation with someone who tells really long stories, you may slowly move towards the door to subtly signal your readiness for the conversation to end. This is an example of a ___.

Regulator

500

When Devon and Maria decided to take their relationship to the next level by moving in together, they experienced some conflict when Maria wanted to rearrange the office so they could both work in the same space, while Devon thought it'd be better for them to each have their own work space. This is an example of the ___ dialectic tension from Leslie Baxter's relational dialectics theory.

Integration/separation

500

During a group project meeting, you notice one of your group members seems to have something to say (but hasn't been given the opportunity to speak), so you interject and say "[person's name], you look like you want to say something." This is an example of a group member demonstrating the ___ function within group communication.

Gatekeeping

500

After her sales team exceeded their goal for the quarter, Lakynn praised her team by saying "YASSS, SIS, WAY TO CRUSH IT LIKE THE BOSS BABES Y'ALL ARE!" This is an example of a group member demonstrating the ___ function within group communication.

Solidarity

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