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EPC460_CHAPTER 5_LISTENING & CRITICAL THINKING

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When paraphrasing the speaker’s message to check your understanding of it, you should avoid “I statements.”

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Critical listening is an advanced type of empathic listening.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Long-term recall can hold approximately seven chunks of information.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Information in short-term memory is, on average, limited to about 20 seconds in duration.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

The lecture cues which indicate main and subordinate points are called importance cues.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

You hear with your brain; you listen with your ear.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

When critically thinking about a message, considering the context in which the message is delivered is important in evaluating that message.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

A person responds by asking, “Are you suggesting that I am not doing my job on this project?” You could classify the response as an example of defensiveness.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Egocentrism is defensiveness carried to an extreme.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Source credibility is the extent to which a speaker is perceived as competent to make the claims he or she is making.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Critical listening challenges the speaker’s message and evaluates its accuracy, meaningfulness, and utility.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Active listening is marked by involvement; empathetic listening, by judgment; and critical thinking, by understanding.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Critical listening and critical thinking both involve gathering information, ideas, or arguments; establishing a basis for evaluation; and applying those standards to the information and ideas you have gathered.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

An effective way to use verbal communication is to be completely silent when engaged in a conversation.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

“Here is an example of uncertainty reduction theory…” When used by a teacher during a lecture, this statement is an example of a semantic cue.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Americans tend to spend more time reading and writing than listening.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

Active listening can be defined as involved listening with a purpose.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

College students tend to spend half of their communication time in face-to-face and mass media listening.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

To show you are interested in what a speaker is saying, you should try to sit or stand close to the speaker.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Long-term memory is a relatively temporary storage place for information.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Empathic listening is essentially the same as active listening with the added provision that it includes a special effort to reach an understanding with another person.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

Tinnitus is something that would be most likely to affect your

a)

a. nonverbal gestures.

b)

b. listening.

c)

c. hearing.

d)

d. speaking.

23.

Children with higher levels of language development are more likely to

a)

a. have more efficient working memory.

b)

b. have less efficient working memory.

c)

c. develop better hearing skills.

d)

d. develop less effective hearing skills.

24.

Based on research reported in chapter 5, to enhance the chance that children will process complex and ambiguous information with less anxiety parents should

a)

a. read more during family group time.

b)

b. create an environment where children are held to high standards.

c)

c. ensure that their children learn another language.

d)

d. create an environment where multiple topics are discussed in the family.

25.

Which two concepts seem most closely related?

a)

a. egocentrism and personal bias

b)

b. defensiveness and self-focus

c)

c. experiential superiority and defensiveness

d)

d. personal bias and defensiveness

26.

During a lecture Ms. Anderson stated, “Here is the conclusion you should draw from this example…” What type of lecture cue was Ms. Anderson using?

a)

a. semantic

b)

b. importance

c)

c. nonverbal

d)

d. organizational

27.

College students spend approximately what proportion of their time listening to others and the mass media?

a)

a. 50 percent

b)

b. 25 percent

c)

c. 75 percent

d)

d. 65 percent

28.

Empathic listening differs from active listening in that

a)

a. active listening is one kind of empathic listening.

b)

b. active and empathic listening are both purposeful.

c)

c. empathic listening adds the goal of understanding.

d)

d. empathic listening invites more feedback.

29.

“You need to remember this because it will be on the quiz.” What type of lecture cue is this statement?

a)

a. semantic

b)

b. importance

c)

c. nonverbal

d)

d. organizational

30.

Which of the following is a limitation of short-term memory?

a)

a. automatic attention

b)

b. inability to access schema

c)

c. lack of stimulus cues from working memory

d)

d. can only hold 5 to 9 bits of information on average

31.

Which part of the listening process is responsible for interpreting and assigning meaning to stimuli?

a)

a. attention

b)

b. working memory

c)

c. short-term memory

d)

d. long-term memory

32.

Which of the following best exhibits critical thinking?

a)

a. You are able to memorize what you hear.

b)

b. You are able to recall most of what you listen to.

c)

c. You are able to interpret what you hear and apply it to other knowledge.

d)

d. You are able to use what you know to apply standards to what you hear and decide the merits of the message.

33.

Jeremy was walking across campus in a hurry. On the way he saw his friend Johnnie, who he hadn’t seen in quite some time. Jeremy stopped and gave Johnnie his cell phone number and told him to call him later. Just a few seconds after Jeremy left, Johnnie already had forgotten the number. This would be because the information only went as far as Johnnie’s

a)

a. schema.

b)

b. short-term memory.

c)

c. long-term memory.

d)

d. automatic attention.

34.

You have to give a speech on Hawaii. Which of the following sources would have the best source credibility?

a)

a. a classmate’s friend who watched a TV show about the islands

b)

b. you, because you want to go there

c)

c. a friend who just got back from vacationing there

d)

d. a tabloid that reported two celebrities were staying at a Hawaiian resort

35.

Which of the following is not an effective means of using verbal communication when listening?

a)

a. Use evaluative, nondescriptive comments.

b)

b. Ask questions.

c)

c. Provide affirmative and affirming statements.

d)

d. Vary verbal responses.

36.

Which of the following is essential to demonstrating active listening?

a)

a. Lean back in your chair.

b)

b. Keep a tense body posture.

c)

c. Sit without crossing your arms or legs.

d)

d. Sit or stand so you are directly facing the speaker.

37.

When you paraphrase the speaker’s message and intent, ask questions, or invite corrections, you are

a)

a. encountering a barrier to listening.

b)

b. checking your understanding or perception of the speaker.

c)

c. engaging in listening for enjoyment.

d)

d. employing nonverbal listening behaviors.