Chapter 7 Oral Comm

What theory focuses on reducing uncertainty in relationships?

• Active strategy

• Interactive strategy

• Passive strategy

• Uncertainty-reduction theory

What are the three attributes of interpersonal communication?

• Quality, mutual influence, relationship management

• Quantity, mutual influence, relationship management

• Quality, quantity, speed

• Quality, mutual influence, speed

Which stage involves the use of verbal and non-verbal cues to sustain a connection?

• Initiating Relationships

• Improving Relationships

• Ending Relationships

• Maintaining Relationships

What role does proximity play in interpersonal attraction?

• It only affects friendships

• It has no effect on attraction

• It increases attraction

• It decreases attraction

What is trait conversational narcissism?

• Habitual use of a communicator style focusing on others

• Habitual use of a self-absorbed communicator style focusing on oneself

• Occasional use of a communicator style focusing on external factors

• Occasional use of a self-absorbed communicator style focusing on oneself

What is a passive strategy for reducing uncertainty?

• Taking immediate action

• Ignoring the situation

• Talking to others

• Observing others and situations

What is the Johari Window?

• A type of window treatment for privacy

• A psychological tool to help people better understand their relationship with themselves and others

• A type of window used in architecture

• A famous painting by an artist named Johari

How is relationship defined in interpersonal communication?

• An ongoing connection

• A one-time connection

• A superficial connection

• A disconnected interaction

What is state conversational narcissism?

• Habitual use of a self-absorbed communicator style focusing on oneself

• Habitual use of a communicator style focusing on others

• Occasional use of a self-absorbed communicator style focusing on oneself

• Occasional use of a communicator style focusing on external factors

What is attraction?

• A state of motivation towards another person

• A state of negativity towards another person

• A state of confusion towards another person

• A state of indifference towards another person