Com 1090 - Interpersonal Communication » Fall 2022 » Ch. 9 Quiz

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Question #1
The strategy where communicators respond to one end of the dialectical spectrum and ignore the other is
A.   disorientation.
B.   denial.
C.   segmentation.
D.   alternation.
Question #2
Almost every message has
A.   an unintentional message.
B.   relational dimension.
C.   content dimension.
D.   both a content and a relational dimension.
Question #3
Talking the most, interrupting the other person, and changing the topic most often are all common indicators of
A.   conversation control.
B.   decision control.
C.   powerful control.
D.   context control.
Question #4
The term used to describe messages that people exchange, verbally or nonverbally, about their relationship is
A.   microcommunication.
B.   discourse.
C.   metacommunication.
D.   conversation.
Question #5
Of the following, what is not a category of relational transgressions?
A.   deliberate vs. unintentional
B.   social vs. relational
C.   one-time vs. incremental
D.   open vs. private

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