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Test Bank For Practicing Communication Ethics, 3E By Paula S. Tompkins Chapter 1-11 Paula S. Tompkins
Practicing Communication Ethics: Development, Discernment and
Decision Making
Chapter One
The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication
True/False Questions 1. Ethics is the study and practice of what is good, right, or virtuous. True 2. The ability to recognize ethical issues and make relevant ethical distinctions are skills of ethical discernment. True 3. An individual uses ethical decision making to guide her decisions about how to act ethically. True 4. Practice is a method of learning that relies primarily on inborn skill. False 5. A practitioner is someone who studies and develops a set of skills over time. True 6. Competent communication involves consistently applying knowledge and skills of communication in every situation. False 7. Competent communication and communication ethics are both practices. True 8. Ethics as practical philosophy focuses on abstract philosophical theories of ethics. False 9. When something is ephemeral, we mean it is long lasting. False 10. Identification that promotes cooperation is a key characteristic of rhetorical communication. True
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