Which scenario illustrates the dimension of communication competence of motivation?
A teenaged driver argues with her parents about using the car on
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A middle school student fails two classes, and tells his parents so they can help arrange tutoring
A student fails two classes at school and tells his parents about it when they are unable to give
their full attention
A high school athlete is unsure of how to best tell her parents she wants to quit her sport ✔✔A
middle school student fails two classes, and tells his parents so they can help arrange tutoring
Lee and Jordan are co-workers who joke around at work. Lee has invited Jordan for dinner with
Lee's family at their home. Jordan says something funny, but slightly inappropriate, and is intently
observing the reaction of everyone in Lee's family in order to determine what kind of humor is
acceptable in Lee's home.
Which of the 4 primary challenges to communication does Jordan's behaviors address?
Effective communication requires significant intellectual and psychological resources
Not everyone we encounter will appreciate the value of communication
We over-rely on digitally mediated communication
Intercultural understanding can be difficult ✔✔Effective communication requires significant
intellectual and psychological resources
Peyton works part time at a local software company and attends classes full time at a university.
In order to stay connected, Peyton communicates with colleagues, classmates, family, and friends
using multiple social media websites, email and texts every day. Peyton often feels overwhelmed
by the volume of communication she encounters.
Which of the 4 primary challenges to communication does this scenario demonstrate?
Effective communication requires significant intellectual and psychological resources
Not everyone appreciates the value of communication
We over-rely on digitally mediated communication
Intercultural understanding can be difficult ✔✔We over-rely on digitally mediated communication
Juanita is an instructor for a communications class at a state university. At the beginning of the
first class, she goes over her expectations and explains that she expects everyone to be on time and
participate and that part of their final grade is based on participation. She notices a look of concern
on a couple of students' faces, and she wonders if they just don't like the idea of being on time,
participating, or something else. The two students, who have come from a school environment that
never encouraged in-class participation and are worried that their grades will suffer due to their
shyness.
Which of the 4 primary challenges to communication does this scenario demonstrate?
Effective communication requires significant intellectual and psychological resources
Not everyone appreciates the value of communication
We over-rely on digitally mediated communication
Intercultural understanding can be difficult ✔✔Intercultural understanding can be difficult
Blake, who has just graduated from college, is looking for a job. Blake emails the same cover letter
and résumé to about 20 different companies but does not receive any replies. Blake concludes that
this is because those companies do not recognize good talent.
Which concept below explains Blake's conclusion?
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Intercultural Understanding
Stereotyping ✔✔Self-serving bias
Which example represents a complete and successful communication in the linear model?
You choose to wear a T-shirt that is easily recognizable as representing your favorite musician.
You recognize the team logo on a garment worn by someone you encounter in public.
You purchase a team jersey online that displays the number for your favorite athlete.
You see someone wearing a T-shirt with an icon that you do not understand. ✔✔You recognize
the team logo on a garment worn by someone you encounter in public.
What is an example of the transactional model of communication?
You laugh to yourself when you see someone wearing a T-shirt with a funny cartoon.
You saw someone smile at you to indicate they like the team jersey that you are wearing.
Laughing while leaving a voice message for someone.
Someone listening to a voice message that you left. ✔✔You saw someone smile at you to indicate
they like the team jersey that you are wearing.
John opens his mailbox and finds a letter from a friend. John is on his way to an appointment so
he places the letter on a table so he can read it when he returns home.
Which phase of the linear model of communication model is being illustrated in the scenario?
Decoding
Perceiving
Transmitting
Encoding ✔✔Perceiving
Two friends go to a baseball game. They spend the entire game talking instead of watching the
game. They enjoy their conversation and do not notice the score of the game and do not realize
that their team lost the game.
Which principle of perception is illustrated in this scenario?
Selective recall
Selective attention
Selective organization
Selective interpretation ✔✔Selective attention
A college student is searching the Internet for sources for a research project and comes across a
website that does not support their thesis so the student immediately dismisses the website as
something not worth reading.
Which stage of perception is illustrated in this scenario?
Communication competence
Interpretation
Selection
Organization ✔✔Selection
Joe sees Blake coming out of the synagogue. Joe wonders if Blake is Jewish.
Which method of organizing stimuli is illustrated in this scenario?
Similarity
Figure
Proximity
Closure ✔✔Proximity
A person looks at a picture of a receptionist smiling widely behind a hotel reception desk and only
sees the smiling receptionist and not the blurred plaques of hotel information behind the
receptionist.
Which principle of organization explains this?
Figure
Closure
Proximity
Similarity ✔✔Figure
A small business owner has been invited by a former professor to visit a class for small-business
entrepreneurs, and give a presentation to educate students about business networking. He asks the
professor for information about the students in the class, such as the number of students, and what
ideas they have for their own businesses so he can develop the right message to best benefit the
class.
Which step is the business owner implementing in the plan for effective self-presentation,
according to Waldeck, Kearney, and Plax?
Setting a goal
Creating a strategy
Executing a strategy and evaluating the results
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