SPC1017 Midterm Review Module 1-3 Latest Update 2025-2026 275 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
"Communication is irreversible" means - CORRECT ANSWER: once you have
communicated something, you can not take it back
A ballgame, work, or a classroom are all examples of communication contexts. -
CORRECT ANSWER: true
A communication major can pursue careers in: - CORRECT ANSWER: Marketing and public relations, sales, political consulting ( all options are correct)
A communication major can pursue careers in: - CORRECT ANSWER: marketing, sales, and public relations( all options)
A culture that values personal objectives over group or societal goals - CORRECT
ANSWER: is individualistic
A leader that focuses on accomplishing the task while simultaneously disregarding how and where information is obtained is ignoring what component of competent
communication? - CORRECT ANSWER: ethics
A person demonstrating active and effective listening does NOT - CORRECT ANSWER: delay feedback
A person from a collective culture communicating with someone an individualistic culture would likely benefit from all of the following EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: a using lengthy, detailed explanation
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A tendency to take credit for a succes by making an internal attribution is called the -
CORRECT ANSWER: self-serving bias
A useful method for testing your impressions in order to avoid errors in judgement is -
CORRECT ANSWER: perception checking
Accommodation is an approach to managing conflict occurs when one person refuses to give in to the needs or desires of their relational partner. - CORRECT ANSWER: false
According to Paual Grice, all of the following are characteristics of understandable
verbal communication EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER: empathy; cooperative principle
includes honest, clarity, relevance, and informative
According to Self-Discrepancy theory, your self-esteem is highest when - CORRECT
ANSWER: your self- concept matches your ideal and ought selves.
According to the cooperative principle, being relavant means speakers need to -
CORRECT ANSWER: use information applicable to the situation
According to the mere exposure effect, you are less likely to be attracted to those whom
you see often or have frequent contect with. - CORRECT ANSWER: false
According to the National Communication Association, all of the following behaviors are
considered to be examples of ethical behavior EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER:
withholding feelings and info in a significant interpersonal relationship
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "set" has more definitions than any other english word. What type of meanings are these defintions? - CORRECT
ANSWER: denotative meanings
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Active , effective listeners tend to - CORRECT ANSWER: use all four listening styles, as needed
Affect displays are primarily displayed through (the) - CORRECT ANSWER: face
Affect displays can be untentional or intentional. - CORRECT ANSWER: true
After reading that your favorite singer has been fighting, drinking, and antagonizing the media, you allow this negative information to overshadow your positive impressions.
This an example of - CORRECT ANSWER: algebriac impression
Ahmed is concerned that his friend Mark has been smoking cigarettes. Of the possible respones below, which one best refelcts the cooperative principle? - CORRECT
ANSWER: " I'm worried about uour health."
Algebraic impressions are quick first impressions about the people you meet. -
CORRECT ANSWER: false
All languages have their own rules regarding spelling, grammar, and pronuniciation.
What are these rules called? - CORRECT ANSWER: regulative rules
Andy knows when he receives a text message from his father that says "We need to talk" Andy has done something wrong. This is an example of the denotative meaning of
language. - CORRECT ANSWER: false
Are new neighbor moves in next door and you see her often in the halls, at the mailboxes, and in the parking lot. You end up forming a frienship with her. What
phenomenon are you experiencing? - CORRECT ANSWER: Mere exposure effect
Asscoiated or implied meanings are callled - CORRECT ANSWER: connotative
meanings
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