Chapter 5 - Analyzing Yourself

Intrapersonal communication is

• talking with yourself
• talking to your friends
• secrets
• talking in code

Interpretation is

• filtering out some messages and focusing on others
• noticing patterns in the details
• explaining the information that has been selected and organized
• translating from Spanish to English

When messages are vague or very complex, listeners are more likely to

• misinterpret them
• interpret them easily
• communicate them easily
• both a and c

Differences in perception from one person to another result from

• background and experience
• selected focus
• current mood and circumstances
• all of the above

If you have had a lot of positive experiences, you probably have a 

• negative self-concept
• positive self-concept
• sweet disposition
• High Intellect

If you hear a lot of praise, or concentrate on the praise more than the blame,

• your self-concept will be negative
• you will have a chip on your shoulder
• you will definitely become egotistical
• you will probably have a positive self-concept

Selected focus leads you to

• focus on your successes
• notice some things and to ignore others
• focus on your family
• both a and c

With a positive self-concept, you might

• make decisions more easily
• have a difficult time solving problems
• decide to take fewer risks
• have more decisions to make and more problems to solve

To improve your self-concept in the area of athletic ability, you might

• think of three positive experiences you've had doing something athletic
• run a few laps around the school track
• critique yourself on three negative athletic experiences
• make fun of someone else who is less accomplished than you are

William Schutz says that ______ is a basic interpersonal need that affect behavior.

• the need to be alone
• the need to have shelter 
• the need to control others or to relinquish control to them
• the need to be praised