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Definitions and Principles of Close Encounters MCQ

Definitions and Principles of Close Encounters MCQ

1. Self-disclosure often informs how close an individual feels about another person. Which is an example of a person considering their relationship to be increasing in closeness?

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Correct Answer: The person shares memories of a traumatic event directly.

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2. The degree of social composure relates to the multidimensional nature of intimacy and similarity achieved through verbal and nonverbal cues.

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Correct Answer: False

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3. Identify the correct fundamental theme in the following sentence: ______ can help a professor understand why a group of students are having difficulty managing the critical thinking aspects of class research project.

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Correct Answer: Dominance/submission

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4. Whereas interpersonal communication can be symmetrical or asymmetrical, asymmetrical communication offers more ______.

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Correct Answer: Nuance to how communication and messaging is understood

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5. Jet seemed to have tears in his eyes while he had been reading a touching and funny letter from his mother. Stella, his sister, sees his facial expression, walks up, gives him a hug, while saying, “Mom writes great letters, doesn’t she?” This misconstruing of Jet’s behavior is best illustrated in what type of communication and behavior?

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Correct Answer: Accidental communication

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6. Sitting in traffic, trying to get to his office on the college campus, Professor Ratigan shakes his hands at something he heard on talk radio. The driver of the other car, Olivia, sees his waving hands and thinks he is waving to her to pull in front. This is a case of ______.

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Correct Answer: Misinterpretation

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7. Which of the following would be an example of behavior sent with intention that happens to also be accurately interpreted?

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Correct Answer: While you are attempting intimacy with your partner, he or she consents to your advances.

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8. Unique interaction patterns help differentiate interpersonal relationships from role relationships.

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Correct Answer: True

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9. ______ implies that context exists to understand messages even to the point of interpreting content that may or may not exist.

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Correct Answer: Relational level

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10. A behavior that goes unnoticed by either the sender or the receiver ,this statement is related to _______ .

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Correct Answer: Unattended behavior

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11. Anne and Dave go out to dinner. Anne is feeling frustrated about a conversation they had earlier, and the two sit together in silence. Sitting at the restaurant together, but not speaking, they are not engaging in communication.

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Correct Answer: False

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12. There are distinguishing characteristics of different relationship types; for voluntary and involuntary relationships they are contrasted by the choice. Which is an example of involuntary relationship?

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Correct Answer: Adopting a child at birth

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13. A term used to describe people who move away from the gender they were assigned at birth is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Transgender

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14. Alex and Monica are friends. They meet at the local coffee shop and work on homework together, which they do not do with other friends. They have many inside jokes, and both love the San Francisco Giants. Their relationship most resembles ______.

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Correct Answer: An interpersonal relationship

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15. A sender’s message is interpreted correctly by a receiver is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Successful communication

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16. Which of the correct statements about Self-presentational

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Correct Answer: Motivations that relate to the image we want to convey.

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17. Given the popularity of John Gray’s Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, the advice offered in the text would be a good source for doing communication relationship research.

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Correct Answer: False

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18. Role relationship is _______ who share some degree of behavioral interdependence .

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Correct Answer: Two people

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19. The study of human relationships in Communication Studies is truly an interdisciplinary work. Research has drawn from which of the following areas?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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20. Much like the wider field of communication studies, the field of personal relationships has always been ______.

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Correct Answer: Transdisciplinary

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21. Relationships are ongoing interactions between people that result in interpersonal, affective, and behavioral connections.

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Correct Answer: True

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22. The capacity to form relationships is innate and biological. This would mean that relationships thrive when they are ______.

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Correct Answer: Both self- and group-focused

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23. The relational level of a message provides a context for interpreting communication within the broader context of a relationship is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Relational level

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24. Relational goals are relational ________ that we pursue and that often motivate our communication choices.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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25. A subset of interpersonal communication that focuses on the expression and interpretation of messages within close relationships is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Relational communication

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26. When a partner fulfills critical interpersonal needs, such as the need to belong to a social group ,this statement is related to ________ .

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Correct Answer: Need fulfillment

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27. Mutual influence increases as relationships move beyond role relationships to become interpersonal or close.

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Correct Answer: True

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28. The result of someone unintentionally sending a message that is misinterpreted by the receiver is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Misinterpretation

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29. Miscommunication is the result of someone sending an intentional message that is misinterpreted by the receiver.

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Correct Answer: True

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30. The perception that a person has a special place in your thoughts and emotions, as well as in your social network is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Irreplaceability

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31. The perception that a person has a special place in your thoughts and emotions, as well as in your social network is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Irreplaceability

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32. A connection between two people who share repeated interactions over time, can influence one another, and who have unique interaction patterns is known as ________ .

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Correct Answer: Interpersonal relationship

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33. The exchange of nonverbal and/or verbal messages between two people, regardless of the relationship they share is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Interpersonal communication

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34. Instrumental goals related to tasks, such as making money, getting good grades, buying a car, getting a ride to school, and completing a homework assignment.

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Correct Answer: True

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35. Messages that reflect the nature of a relationship, such as dominance/ submission, intimacy, degree of similarity, task/social orientation ,this statement is related to ______ .

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Correct Answer: Fundamental relational themes

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36. Emotional attachment is the feeling in ________ of being emotionally connected to someone .

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Correct Answer: Close relationships

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37. Content level is the part of a message that conveys information at a literal level. “What are we doing tonight?

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Correct Answer: True

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38. Two people in an interpersonal relationship characterized by enduring bonds, emotional attachment, and personal need fulfilment ,this statement is related to ________ .

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Correct Answer: Close relationship

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39. Behavioral interdependence is one person’s behavior affects another person’s _________ , and vice versa.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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40. When someone sends an intentional message that the intended receiver fails to receive is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Attempted communication

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41. Accidental communication occurs when a message is _______ sent but the receiver nonetheless observes the behavior and interprets it correctly

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Correct Answer: Unintentionally

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