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Practice Quiz for Chapter 14

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.


1:  Metamessages are defined by Dr. Deborah Tannen as:
A: Directness of one's actual intention to communicate.
B: The thought that comes to mind after we have actually spoken.
C: The thought that comes to mind before we actually speak.
D: Indirectness of one's actual intention to communicate.

2:  The "Sapir-Whorf" hypothesis suggests that:
A: Miscommunication results in the ability to express our true feelings.
B: Our perception of reality is based on the limits of our vocabulary.
C: Type As have rapid and explosive speech patterns.
D: When we are stressed, we exaggerate our own communication style.

3:  "Schismogenesis" is a term to suggest that:
A: Our perception of reality is based on the limits of our vocabulary.
B: When we are stressed, we exaggerate our own communication style.
C: Type As have rapid and explosive speech patterns.
D: Miscommunication results in the ability to express our true feelings.

4:  Giving the "OK" sign to someone is labeled as this aspect of non-verbal communication.
A: Adapters.
B: Regulators.
C: Emblems/illustrators.
D: Paralanguage.

5:  This conflict style is thought to be the hardest to resolve.
A: Values conflict.
B: Ego conflict.
C: Political conflict.
D: Content conflict.

6:  This is the primary factor that explains why people are not good listeners.
A: People usually prepare their next thought while pretending to listen.
B: People don't maintain good eye contact.
C: People are talk too much while someone else is talking.
D: People don't concentrate enough to what is being said.

7:  Facial expressions are an example of this type of nonverbal communication.
A: paralanguage.
B: affect displays.
C: regulators.
D: adapters.

8:  Nonverbal language is believed over verbal language when the two seem to contradict each other.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

9:  With regard to speaking patterns, regulators are often used to manipulate a conversation through non-verbal gestures.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

10:  Of the five suggested styles of conflict management, dialogue is thought to be the best because all parties are allowed to contribute.
A: TRUE
B: FALSE

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