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Communication, Perception, Identity, and the Self MCQ

Which is a method we can use to check our perceptions?

Seek explanation and clarification

Set reasonable personal goals

Surround ourselves with “relational uppers”

Seek the desire to change

Answer

Correct Answer: Seek explanation and clarification

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The halo effect is a component of ______.

Self-monitoring

Facework

An implicit personality approach

Identity management

Answer

Correct Answer: An implicit personality approach

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Screen names and personal home pages are the two primary types of ______.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Identity marker

Self-monitoring

Social media

Answer

Correct Answer: Identity marker

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When relational partners negotiate who they are to each other in the course of an interpersonal relationship, they are engaging in ______.

Facework

A self-fulfilling prophecy

Self-monitoring

Identity markers

Answer

Correct Answer: Facework

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We engage in ______ to try to influence how others perceive us.

Self-actualization

Aggressive techniques

Identity management

Social networking

Answer

Correct Answer: Identity management

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Which statement is true regarding self-fulfilling prophecies?

They are imposed on us by others, and not by ourselves.

They can involve positive or negative expectations.

They are unpredictable and follow no particular pattern.

They are related to expectations of ourselves, not others.

Answer

Correct Answer: They can involve positive or negative expectations.

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What theory suggests our communication with others shapes our personal identity?

Self-actualization

Symbolic interactionism

Impression management

Social information processing

Answer

Correct Answer: Symbolic interactionism

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Chronic health issues are a ______ factor that can contribute to variations in perceptions.

Cultural

Sex and gender

Physical

Self-concept

Answer

Correct Answer: Physical

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What is the term for someone who possesses both masculine and feminine traits in equally large amounts?

Androgynous

Undifferentiated

Differentiated

Gendered

Answer

Correct Answer: Androgynous

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Which of these dictates how we organize and interpret during the perception process?

Expectations

Socialization

Rules

Culture

Answer

Correct Answer: Culture

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We assign meaning in the ______ stage of the interpersonal communication process.

Attending and selecting

Organizing

Interpreting

Memorizing

Answer

Correct Answer: Interpreting

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In which stage of the interpersonal perception process do we use relational schema?

Attending and selecting

Organizing

Interpreting

Memorizing

Answer

Correct Answer: Organizing

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Since it is impossible to focus on every detail of behavior when we are communicating, we engage in ______.

Organization

Selective perception

Mindfulness

Memorization

Answer

Correct Answer: Selective perception

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Mindfulness is part of the ______ stage of perception

Attending and selecting

Organizing

Interpreting

Memorizing

Answer

Correct Answer: Attending and selecting

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______ is an active and challenging process that involves all five senses.

Perception

Mindfulness

Cultural variation

Organizing

Answer

Correct Answer: Perception

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