American Sentinel COM220 Unit 2 Quiz Latest 2024

COM220 Interpersonal Communication Development 1

Unit 2 Pre-Assessment Quiz

Question 1

A good way to improve your perceptions and increase your communication competence in general is to engage in:

a.Self-Reflection

b.Self-Knowledge

c.Self-Perception

d.Self-Understand

Question 2

This concept/theory refers to the overall idea of who a person thinks he or she is. Have you ever been surprised when someone describes you differently than how you see yourself? 

a.Self-Concept

b.Social comparison theory

c.Self-Efficacy

d.Self-Esteem

Question 3

This theory states that as we get to know someone, we engage in a reciprocal process of self-disclosure that changes in breadth and depth and affects how a relationship.

a.Social Penetration

b. Social Introduction

c. Social Preservation

d. Social Engagement

Question 4

Stereotypes can be based on cultural identities, physical appearance, behavior, speech, beliefs, and values.

True

False

Question 5

Self-discrepancy theory states that people have beliefs about and expectations for their actual and potential selves that do not always match up with what they actually experience.  What are the “different selves” involved in this theory?

a. Action, Ideal, Self 

b.Action, Idealistic, Actual

c. Actual, Ideological, Ought

d. Actual, Ideal, Ought

Question 6

External attributions connect the cause of behaviors to situational factors.

True

False

Question 7

Impression management is the effort to control or influence other people's perceptions.

True

False

Question 8

Refers to a person’s level of self-organization and motivation.

a.Neuroticism

b.Extraversion

c.Agreeableness

d.Conscientiousness

Question 9

These are sets of beliefs that we develop about groups, which we then apply to individuals from that group.

a.Stereotypes

b.Concepts

c.Prejudice

d.Groups

Question 10

What are the three attributions?

a. Dispositional, Professional, Interpersonal

b.Dispositional, Situational, Interconnected 

c. Dispositional, Situational, Professional

d. Dispositional, Situational, Interpersonal

Question 11

This concept/theory refers to the judgments people make about their ability to perform a task within a specific context.

a. Social comparison theory

b.Self-Efficacy

c.Self-Concept

d. Self-Esteem

Question 12

This effect occurs when initial positive perceptions lead us to view later interactions as positive

a. Horn Effect

b. Reluctance Effect

c. Halo Effect

d. Recency Effect

Question 13

Negative feelings or attitudes toward people based on their identity or identities.

a.Stereotypes

b.Concepts

c.Prejudice

d.Groups

Question 14

The ought self consists of the attributes you or someone else believes you should possess.

True

False

Question 15

This leads us to place more value on the first information we receive about a person.

a. Recency Effect

b. Reluctance Effect

c. Fundamental Internal Attributions

d. Primacy Effect

Question 16

This is often in the form of “small talk,” is key in initiating relationships that then move onto more personal levels of self-disclosure

a. Self-expression

b. Superficial self-disclosure

c. Intimate self-disclosure

d. Self-disclosure

Question 17

Which of the following refers to the range of topics discussed?

a.Breadth

b.Detail

c.Depth

d.Interest

Question 18

People who set unrealistic goals can end up with negative feelings of self-efficacy.

True

False

Question 19

Impression management is the effort to control or influence other people's perceptions.

True

False

Question 20

What is Self-Disclosure?

a.Purposeful disclosure of professional information to another person

b.Purposeful disclosure of personal information to another person

c.Purposeful disclosure of professional information about another person

d. Purposeful disclosure of personal information about another person

Question 21

Self-fulfilling prophecies are thought and action patterns in which a person’s false belief triggers a behavior that makes the initial false belief actually or seemingly come true.

True

False

Question 22

The concept of ________ explains that we see ourselves reflected in other people’s reactions to us and then form our self-concept based on how we believe other people see us.

a. Social Comparison

b. The looking glass self

c.Self-esteem

d.Self-concept

Question 23

What attribution connect the cause of behaviors to personal aspects such as personality traits?

a.Internal

b.External

c.Fundamental

d. Both internal and external

Question 24

When we evaluate ourselves based on how we compare with others, we are using the Social Penetration Theory?

True

False

Question 25

Self-enhancement bias is when we tend to emphasize our desirable qualities relative to other people.

True

False