1) When you are faced with a choice point, what is the FIRST step you should follow?
a) Identify the advantages & disadvantages of each communication choice
b) Try to understand the nature of the communication situation & the elements involved.
c) Decide on a specific communication goal
2) Interviewing skills are especially important because they
a) help you build friendships & love relationships
b) can help you land a job
c) allow you to be an affective group leader
3)Holding _____power may tend to reduce other types of power a person may also hold
a) coercive
b) information
c) expert
4) Will & Dave are chatting and laughing about last nights football game until the boss walks into the room to start the meeting. Then they are all business. What was changed?
a) the metamessage
b) the social-psychological context
c) communication channel
5) When Elaina stands on the public courthouse square and delivers a speech in support of her favorite candidate, she is engaging in ___ communication.
a)public
b)mass
c)intrapersonal
6) Stanley is a white, middle aged man who lived in the suburbs. He generally tries to limit interactions w/ people who are not also white middle age suburbanites. Based on this information, which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?
a)Stanley has a rather high degree of ethnocentrism
b)Stanley belongs to a low-power-distance culture
c)Stanley strongly values the principle of culture diversity