Test Bank For Interpersonal Communication 1st Edition by Teri Kwal Gamble

Multiple Choice

1. Basing our impressions solely on an abbreviated behavioral pattern is known as ____________________________.

A) Trusting

B) Thin slicing

C) Impression Theory

D) Perception

Ans: B

2. Perception is a consequence of which of the following?

A) Who we are

B) What we choose to see

C) Where we are

D) All of the above

Ans: D

3. If you believe that those in positions of power have overriding interests in preserving their place in the social hierarchy, you subscribe to which theory?

A) Perception Checking

B) Uncertainty Reduction

C) Standpoint

D) Selective Exposure

Ans: C

4. When we direct our attention to some stimuli while choosing to ignore others, we demonstrate________ _________.

A) Selective exposure

B) Selective perception

C) Selective attention

D) Selective retention

Ans: B

5. Our preference for people and messages that confirm our existing beliefs, attitudes, or values is known as ________________.

A) Selective exposure

B) Selective perception

C) Selective attention

D) Selective retention

Ans: A

6. This helps us to create a limited, but more coherent, and personally meaningful picture of the world; that picture conforms to our beliefs, expectations, and convictions.

A) Selective exposure

B) Selective perception

C) Selective attention

D) Selective retention

Ans: B

7. Every time we fill in a missing perceptual piece we exhibit what organizational strategy?

A) Perceptual constancy

B) Figure ground principle

C) Closure

D) Scripting

Ans: C

8. Perceptual constancy utilizes two different concepts; which are they?

A) Schemata and schema

B) Schemata and scripts

C) Affectors and detractors

D) Scripts and affectors

Ans: B

9. ________________ is a composite of what we read, piece together, experience, and/or want to be true.

A) Memory

B) Affectors

C) Scripts

D) Schemata

Ans: A

10. We tend to recall information that is consistent with our ____________ and discount or forget that which is not.

A) Minds

B) Opinions

C) Schema

D) Attention span

Ans: C