COM230 Fall22 Midterm Review

This is a Communication class?

100

True or False: Communication is Transactional  

True: All parties influence one an other.

200

DAILY DOUBLE: Name two group roles:

Initiator contributorInformation seekerInformation seekerOpinion seekerClarifier elaboratorCoordinatorSecretary-recorderFacilitatorDevil’s advocateSupportive-encouragerHarmonizer-tension relieverGatekeeper-expediterStage hogIsolateClownBlockerFighter-controllerZealotCynicInitiator contributorInformation seeker

300

Name 3 things groups can do to encourage better group communication? 

Set boundaries, structure communication, get to know one another, listen to other's opinions....

400

Name 2 communication myths 

1.Communication is a cure-all

2.Communication can breakdown 

3.Effective communication is just skill building 

4.Communication is just common sense

500

 A person who
makes a minimal contribution
to the group and assumes the
other members will take up
the slack is a ___________

Social loafer

Groups Groups Groups

100

What are group norms? 

Every group develops its own customs, habits and expectations for how things will be done. These patterns and expectations, or group norms as they're sometimes called, influence the ways team members communicate with each other. Norms can help or hinder a group in achieving its goals.

200

What are the 3 pieces of criteria for defining a group? 

Groups must have....

1. 3+ individuals

2. Interacting for a common goal

3. Influenced by and influencing each other

300

True or False, Smaller groups disagree more often than larger groups. 

True 

400

What is Synergy? 

Group performance exceeding the abilities of individual members’ alone

500

What are the steps of giving feedback to group members? 

1. Explain what you noticed

2. The impact it had on you

3. Recommendation for the future 

Systems, Culture and Roles OH MY

100

What is ethnocentrism? 

An evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

200

What is one benefit of group competition? 

Motivation 

300

Daily DOUBLE: Which of the following is NOT a type of task-related role?

a). information seeker 

b). clarifier elaborator 

c). devils advocate 

d). gatekeeper expediter 

 d). gatekeeper expediter 

400

What is Dynamic Equilibrium?  

A state of balance in a group. 

A range in which systems can manage change effectively without destroying the system

500

What is Structuration Theory and how does it relate to small group communication?

Groups are constantly defining and redefining through communication. 

All about Climate

100

True or False: Competition harms group progress. 

False! Competition can help group outcomes when planned correctly

200

What is the final step of group socialization?

Exit

300

__________ is the degree of attraction members feel for the group unity.

Cohesiveness 

400

Explain and give an example of a fantasy chain

 Fantasy Chain: A series of statements by several or all group members in which a story is dramatized to help create a group’s view of reality.

500

What 7 behaviors foster supportive climates? 

1. Description
2. Problem orientation
3. Assertiveness
4. Empathy
5. Equality
6. Provisionalism
7. Civility

Things that have nothing to do with this class or the exam

100

Who wrote the musical Hamilton? 

Lin-Manuel Miranda

200

What was Britney Spears's first song?

Baby One More Time

300

What are my dogs names? 

Barley & Poppy

400

It is illegal to dress up as what for Halloween in Alabama?

a) Clown

b) Police Officer 

c) Priest

d) Witch

c) Priest

500

Name at least 3 of the items in the teapot that Jim gave to Pam in the American version of The Office. 

Cassette tape, high school yearbook photo of Jim, Boggle timer, two hot sauce packets that Pam mistook as ketchup, and a miniature golf pencil which Pam once threw at Jim after losing