PS Quiz Chapters 1-5

According to your text, self-concept can be best be defined as ____________________________.

• a pattern of behavior that characterizes a person's place in a context

• a perception of one’s skills, abilities, and knowledge

• a set of assumptions developed about physical characteristics and popularity

• a combination of your original ideas and theories about life

Culture shock __________________.

• is a psychological discomfort when engaging in a new cultural situation

• refers to culturally sensitive interactions between people of different races

• is caused by an absence of sensitivity

• is caused when one person feels rejected or ignored

The feelings and evaluations we associate with a word reflect its _________________________.

• literal meaning

• connotative meaning

• denotative meaning

• less important than nonverbal messages

The process of putting our thoughts into words and nonverbal behaviors is called _______________.

• encoding

• decoding.

• Option 3

• semantics

Which of these is an example of a vocalized pause?

• Theresa says "um" when she cannot think of the word she means.

• Bonita speaks louder to emphasize an important point.

• John lowers the tone of pitch of his voice to sound more serious.

• Chuck speaks more rapidly when he is nervous.

Sarah and Stephen are meeting to talk about their class project, but Stephen is distracted because he is worried about an exam in another class. He asks Sarah to repeat herself several times. This conversation is most strongly influenced by ____

• physical context

• physical noise

• internal noise

• semantic noise