Exam 2 Review

Which of the following best describes interpersonal communication?

• 1. Interpersonal communication involves two or more people who are interdependent and build a larger bond based on their social and cultural contexts. 

• 2. Interpersonal communication is unintentional. 

• 3. Other names for interpersonal communication are self-talk, internal monologue, and inner discourse. 

• 4. Interpersonal communication is communication with oneself. 

2. Taylor moved to a new school, and she is trying her best to make friends. All of the interactions she’s had with people have involved talking about her past and events that have happened to her before she moved to the new school. 

Taylor is participating in what kind of communicative act?

• 1. Personal idioms 

• 2. Relational storytelling 

• 3. Routines and rituals 

• 4. Rules and norms 

3. A customer walks into your restaurant and starts insulting the employees when the wait starts to get long. He gets aggressive, makes offensive comments, and tries to push anyone trying to calm him down. As the restaurant owner, you refuse service and kick him out. You refuse to listen to his perspective and stand up for your employees and other customers. 

Which conflict management style best describes how you handled the situation?

• 1. Avoiding 

• 2. Accommodating 

• 3. Competing 

• 4. Collaborating 

4. Hayley wore her favorite band’s t-shirt to her first day at a new job. Her coworkers saw her shirt and figured it was her favorite band. In her intro speech, she told the class that it was her favorite band 

Hayley:

• 1. Self-disclosed 

• 2. Self-proclaimed 

• 3. Socially compared 

• 4. None of the above 

Liam encourages everyone in hid team to participate in the creative process of making a new music video. He is using:

• 1. A directive leadership style 

• 2. An achievement-oriented leadership style 

• 3. A supportive leadership style 

• 4. A participative leadership style 

6. True or false: 

In the social penetration theory, depth is the range of topics discussed and breadth is how personal the information you share.

• True

• False

Your mom, your partner, and siblings are all examples of what type of relationship?

• 1. Personal Relationship 

• 2. Social Relationship 

• 3. Cultural Relationship 

• 4. None of the above 

8. You and your partner have been trying to plan a date for the past week. You suggest going to the pumpkin patch this Saturday. Your partner says they are too busy, have a lot going on, and won’t have time to go on the date. 

The scenario above is an example of what stage of relationships?

• 1. Bonding 

• 2. Differentiating 

• 3. Avoiding 

• 4. Experimenting 

Your friends ask you to go out this weekend. You have a midterm coming up, so you have to weigh your options and determine which one is more important to you. You consider that missing your study sessions will effect your grade, but you haven’t seen your friends in a while and you feel like it would be good to see them. This weighing of the options is an example of:

• 1. Hypodermic Needle Theory 

• 2. Social Exchange Theory 

• 3. Cultivation Theory 

• 4. None of the above 

You and your boss only see each other at work and maintain that superior-subordinate relationship. You get along well but are not really friends outside of work. This is an example of what type of friendship?

• 1. Reciprocal friendship 

• 2. Associative friendship 

• 3. Receptive friendship 

• 4. Friends with Benefits