What is one of the 10 Reasons we study communication?
Studying communication can improve the way others see you.
Studying communication can improve the way you see yourself.
Studying communication can help you succeed professionally.
We study communication in order to have strong and meaningful relationships.
We study communication so we can be healthy.
We study communication to learn to advocate for our ideas.
We study communication so we can better understand contemporary 21st century culture & the societies we live in.
We study communication so we can communicate with diverse audiences.
We study communication to be able to negotiate & understand conflict.
We study communication so we can learn to think critically.
Organizational communication focuses on...
The interaction required to direct a group towards a shared goal
The most overt type of disconfirming message is...
Verbal Abuse
Which type of couples talk about their disagreements openly & cooperatively?
Validating Couples
Sophie has just moved to Nebraska from New York City and is constantly appalled by the way Nebraskans do things. What describes Sophie's emotional state?
Culture Shock
John uses limited speaking notes while giving a speech. What type of speaking is this?
Extemporaneous
A person who provides positive reinforcement through praise for group members' ideas can be referred to as an...
Encourager/Harmonizer
A person’s feeling of assurance that others care about and will protect them is...
Supportiveness
Which Terminating Reflationships method best fits this definition: relationships end without a direct resolution by decreasing intensity by increasing emotional & physical distance.
Indirect Method of Terminating Relationships
The tendency to judge other cultures’
practices as inferior to one’s own is called...
Ethnocentrism
The ability of a person to effectively communicate or exchange meanings with other people is called...
Communication competence
When a researcher studies a workplace by observing workers in their natural state, it is called _________.
Ethnography
What is the 3rd stage of forming a romantic relationship when an increase of commitment and involvement occurs in the relationship?
Intensifying Stage
The extent couples agree on who has the right to influence the other and establish relational goals is...
Control Mutuality
The capacity for recognizing our own feelings & those of the others, for motivating ourselves, and managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships is called...
Emotional Intelligence
What are 2 of the 7 Ps of Rhetoric?
Public
Propositional
Purposive
Problem-solving
Pragmatic
Poetic
Powerful
What are the 4 necessary conditions for intergroup contact theory?
Members have equal status in contact situation
Cooperation not competition emphasized
Common goals articulated
Support from relevant authorities & institutions
A family with low conformity and high conversation is...
Pluralistic
Which is the first phase of decision-making during the end of a relationship?
Intrapsychic
What term refers to reducing someone
or something to certain
characteristics that we assume are
essential to its nature and present in every member of a category?
Essentializing
Sarah Mc Laughlin convinces tv viewers to donate to the ASPCA by singing over videos of sad looking puppies. What is this persuasive strategy?
Pathos
The process of assimilation whereby an organizational member learns information about the expectations for organizational behavior is called...
Socialization
What are the two key aspects of Social Penetration Theory? (How Information is exchanged during a relationship)
Breadth (Number of Topics) & Depth (Level of detailed and personal conversation)
What Relationship theory describes people who have a psychological need to feel autonomous?
Self-Determination Theory
Which of the following types of dialogic communication is characterized by treating people as a means to an end?
I-It