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Course Introduction
Interpersonal Communication explores the fundamental principles and practices of communication between individuals in social, professional, and personal contexts. Students will examine verbal and nonverbal messages, active listening, perception, conflict resolution, and relationship dynamics. Emphasis is placed on developing practical skills to enhance understanding, trust, and effectiveness in face-to-face interactions. Through a mix of theory, case studies, and experiential activities, the course prepares students to communicate more ethically, confidently, and successfully in diverse interpersonal situations.
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Floyd Interpersonal Communication 2nd Edition by Kory Floyd
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Chapter 1: About Communication
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Q1) Different cultures have different standards that define competent communication. This cultural variation speaks to which element of communication competence?
A) effectiveness
B) sensitivity
C) appropriateness
D) responsibility
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a channel-rich communication context?
A) writing a letter to someone
B) interacting in an online chat room
C) using text messaging on a cell phone
D) none of these is an example of channel-rich communication
Answer: D
Q3) Having empathy means feeling sorry for someone else.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Culture and Gender
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Q1) The idea that "all people are created equal" would be characteristic of which type of culture?
A) high-power-distance culture
B) high-context culture
C) low-power-distance culture
D) low-context culture
Answer: C
Q2) A group of students who attend the same high school and all belong to the school's computer club would be an example of what?
A) cultural norming
B) enculturation
C) a co-culture
D) cultural adaptation
Answer: C
Q3) In a low-power-distance culture, people are expected to choose friends or mates from within their own social class.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Communication and the Self
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Q1) Scientific studies have confirmed that girls have lower self-esteem than boys.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following claims about self-disclosure is true?
A) Europeans and North Americans are discouraged from sharing their feelings.
B) Asians are generally very disclosive.
C) Women disclose more than men.
D) All of these are true.
Answer: C
Q3) Self-concept is entirely subjective.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Which of the following statements is NOT true about hyperpersonal communication?
A) hyperpersonal communication often occurs online
B) hyperpersonal communication involves a high level of disclosure
C) hyperpersonal communication involves feelings of increased inhibition
D) hyperpersonal communication is not the norm in most relationships
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Interpersonal Perception
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Q1) During your first session of this class, your instructor introduced him or herself and you respected his or her position as an authoritative figure in the classroom. Which of the following classification schema likely helped you organize that information?
A) physical constructs
B) role constructs
C) interaction constructs
D) psychological constructs
Q2) Using concrete examples, articulate and explain how perceptual accuracy can be influenced by social and occupational roles.
Q3) Egocentrism is a normal stage of human development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) People "see" faces in all sorts of natural phenomena, including clouds, tree bark, and even rocks on Mars. That is an example of which perception-making process?
A) egocentrism
B) perceptual set
C) positivity bias
D) recency effect
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Chapter 5: Language
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Q1) Which of the following statements about smoking is the best example of an appeal to pathos?
A) When you add it all up, smoking costs a person almost $7,000 a year.
B) Smoking is the number one cause of emphysema.
C) Most employers can legally discriminate against smokers.
D) Think about how many lives you're ruining by continuing to smoke.
Q2) Explain the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and give examples that illustrate its assertions.
Q3) Identify and define each of the four types of language rules articulated in your text.
Q4) Saying that someone has been "let go" instead of "fired" is an example of which language behavior?
A) hate speech
B) slang
C) euphemism
D) profanity
Q5) Explain the concept of hate speech. Compare and contrast it with both profanity and slang.
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Chapter 6: Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) According to Edward T. Hall, this range of this type of distance is approximately 1½ to 4 feet:
A) intimate distance
B) personal distance
C) social distance
D) public distance
Q2) Which of the following claims about facial expressions of emotion is not true?
A) Extroverts tend to be better than introverts at interpreting nonverbal expressions of emotion.
B) Women are generally better than men at understanding facial displays of emotion.
C) Happiness is the easiest facial expression to decode.
D) Facial expressions are second only to vocal behaviors in their ability to express emotion.
Q3) Which of the following items was not identified in your textbook as a demographic characteristic?
A) age
B) ethnic background
C) sexual orientation
D) socioeconomic status
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Chapter 7: Listening
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Q1) Which type of listening response includes the use of head nods, facial expressions, and short utterances such as "uh-huh" that signal your interest to the speaker?
A) pseudolistening
B) engaging
C) supporting
D) backchanneling
Q2) This type of listener engages messages for the intellectual challenges; in other words, he or she likes to think things through.
A) content-oriented listener
B) action-oriented listener
C) information-oriented listener
D) intellectual-oriented listener
Q3) Critical listening is more passive than informational listening.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the concept of probability. Using concrete examples, illustrate what possibility, probability, and certainty are.
Q5) What is information overload? Where does it come from and how can it be avoided?
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Chapter 8: Social and Personal Relationships
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Q1) Social anxiety is a rare and serious psychological disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Women are more likely than men to respond to jealousy by trying to make their partners jealous.
A)True
B)False
Q3) People raised in collectivistic cultures typically express more negative emotion to outsiders than do people raised in individualistic cultures.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During a counseling session with his wife, Edith, Harris frequently rolled his eyes, made rude and condescending remarks, and openly mocked Edith in front of their counselor. Harris's emotional state could best be described as:
A) hostile
B) arrogant
C) contemptuous
D) disrespectful
Q5) Define and give examples of Ekman and Friesen's five display rules.
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Chapter 9: Family and Intimate Relationships
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Q1) When you meet Carrie, you are drawn to her as a friend because she is an excellent piano player, just like you are. That is an example of what form of attraction?
A) social attraction
B) physical attraction
C) competence attraction
D) task attraction
Q2) A good relationship does not involve any sort of cost to you.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research, which of the following is true?
A) Cognitive similarity is not influential at any stage of friendship formation.
B) Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.
C) People generally see attitude similarity as a bad thing.
D) Similarity in personalities is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.
Q4) Smoking cigarettes is worse for your health than not having close friendships.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Conflict and Power
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Q1) Identify and define four different types of disconfirming messages.
Q2) Dialectical tensions are rare in most intimate relationships. A)True
B)False
Q3) Preliminary research has shown that, compared to heterosexual couples, homosexual couples tend to:
A) display more overt hostility during conflict
B) terminate their relationships at the first sign of conflict
C) take conflict less personally
D) avoid conflict as much as possible
Q4) In no more than three sentences, write a definition of family. Be sure your definition is clear about what counts and does not count as a family relationship. For the rest of your answer, defend your definition, making reference to alternative ways of defining the family and justifying why you defined it the way you did.
Q5) Explain the basic principles behind Petronio's communication privacy management theory. How do couples/families decide the process of sharing information? How are these rules communicated to others? What advantages are there to sharing information freely with outsiders? What are the advantages of keeping information private?
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Chapter 11: Interpersonal Deception
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Q1) According to Gottman, people engage in this behavior when they insult each other and attack each other's self worth:
A) contempt
B) defensiveness
C) criticism
D) stonewalling
Q2) All of the following tips are useful for managing a conflict online except:
A) avoid responding right away
B) always respond using the same communication medium
C) clarify comments or statements that aren't clear
D) use emoticons to express your emotional state
Q3) Stonewalling involves seeing yourself as a victim and denying responsibility for your own behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true with respect to interpersonal conflict?
A) It involves independent parties.
B) It involves perceived scarce resources.
C) It occurs within oneself.
D) It is synonymous with disagreement.
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Chapter 12: Emotion
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Q1) Deception has several characteristics; which of the following is NOT among them?
A) The sender must believe the information is false.
B) The receiver must believe the information is true.
C) The information must be transmitted knowingly.
D) The sender must intend to create a false belief in the receiver.
Q2) How do researchers study deceptive behaviors in cross-cultural environments?
A) They focus their research on the speaker's vocal cues.
B) They focus their research on the speaker's truthfulness quotient.
C) They focus their research on the speaker's nonverbal cues.
D) They focus their research on the speaker's eye movement specifically.
Q3) Research shows that men are more likely than women to lie about this characteristic in an online dating ad:
A) physical attractiveness
B) education level
C) age
D) ethnicity
Q4) Pupil dilation usually decreases when people are being deceptive.
A)True
B)False
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