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Midterm Chapters 5-8

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  ​analyzing
B  ​advising
C  ​judging
D  ​supporting
E  ​paraphrasing
Question #2
A  ​judging
B  ​advising
C  ​paraphrasing
D  ​supporting
E  ​analyzing
Question #3
A  ​“That’s a common problem these days. I can see why you’re upset, and I don’t blame you.”
B  ​“You sound worried and confused because you’re not sure if he’s coming on to you or not.”
C  ​“Either way it’s sexual harassment, which is illegal. You shouldn’t let him get away with it!”
D  ​“So you can’t figure out his motives, is that it?”
E  ​“You sound upset by this.”
Question #4
A  ​We can listen twice as fast as an average person speaks.
B  ​We speak at nearly the same rate we are able to listen.
C  ​We are able to speak 2 times faster than an average person can listen.
D  ​We are able to listen slightly faster than an average person speaks.
E  ​We can listen 4-6 times faster than an average person speaks.
Question #16
A  ​“you” statements.
B  ​“we” statements.
C  ​“it” statements.
D  ​“but” statements.
E  ​“I/we” statements.
Question #17
A  ​All of these choices are correct.
B  ​in what circumstances the behavior occurs.
C  ​None of these choices are correct.
D  ​the specific behaviors.  
E  ​who is involved.
Question #18
A  ​should be avoided when expressing personal feelings and thoughts.
B  ​can offend another person in some circumstances.
C  ​can signal closeness and cohesiveness with others.
D  ​may accomplish the goals of “I” language and sound less egotistical.
E  ​All of these choices are correct.
Question #19
A  ​“It’s clear you shouldn’t have said that.”
B  ​“I heard you tell Tim you weren’t interested.”
C  ​“You should have thought about the result of saying you weren’t interested before you opened your mouth.”
D  ​“Fact number one: you said a dumb thing.”
E  ​“It’s a fact that playing mind games always backfires.”
Question #20
A  ​being too frank
B  ​confusing yourself
C  ​confusing others
D  ​stereotyping
E  ​bicoastalism
Question #21
A  ​euphemisms.
B  ​singular terms.
C  ​“you” language.
D  ​“I” language.
E  ​consequence terms.
Question #22
A  ​Women are more likely to use more intensive adverbs than men.
B  ​Female speech often contains statements of sympathy and empathy.
C  ​Women interrupt men more in mixed-sex conversations.
D  ​Men’s speech is more direct and task-oriented.
E  ​Women’s speech is more indirect and elaborate.
Question #23
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #29
A  ​includes identifying an event, your thought, and feeling.
B  ​allows you to have control over how you feel.
C  ​can determine how you feel.
D  ​can be facilitative or debilitative.
E  ​includes all of the above.
Question #30
A  ​are more common in other cultures.
B  ​are emotional counterfeits.
C  ​keep us from communicating effectively.
D  ​contribute to effective functioning.
E  ​happen only when you feel good.
Question #31
A  ​a type of emotional contagion.
B  ​the threat alarm system in the brain.
C  ​nonverbal reactions expressed on the face.
D  ​a reservoir of emotional memories.
E  ​none of the above.
Question #32
A  ​fallacy of causation
B  ​fallacy of perfection
C  ​fallacy of shoulds
D  ​fallacy of helplessness
E  ​fallacy of overgeneralization
Question #33
A  ​fallacy of causation
B  ​fallacy of helplessness
C  ​fallacy of shoulds
D  ​fallacy of overgeneralization
E  ​fallacy of perfection
Question #34
A  ​approval.
B  ​shoulds.
C  ​causation.
D  ​helplessness.
E  ​perfection.
Question #35
A  ​perfection.
B  ​shoulds.
C  ​overgeneralization.
D  ​helplessness.
E  ​causation.
Question #36
A  ​physiological changes, nonverbal reactions, cognitive interpretations, and verbal expression.
B  ​stimulus, proprioception, emotional contagion, and response.
C  ​sensing, organizing, interpreting, and encoding.
D  ​physical changes, mental recognition, and verbal description.
E  ​verbal and nonverbal manifestations, physical depression, and catharsis.
Question #41
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #44
A  ​We judge ourselves more charitably than others.  
B  ​We are influenced by the obvious. 
C  ​We are influenced by our expectations.  
D  ​We cling to first impressions. 
E  ​None of the above.   
Question #45
A  ​attribution error
B  ​empathy
C  ​androgynous behavior
D  ​interpretation
E  ​punctuation
Question #46
A  ​analogous.
B  ​rhetorically sensitive.
C  ​androgynous.
D  ​adaptable.
E  ​chauvinistic.
Question #47
A  ​the more perceptive you are, the less empathetic you need be.
B  ​empathy is facilitated by trying to perceive things from the other person’s point of view.
C  ​the more perceptive you are, the easier it is to forget to be empathetic.
D  ​empathy and perception are both a result of self-fulfilling prophecies.
Question #48
A  ​Describe behavior.
B  ​Say less.
C  ​Give another interpretation
D  ​Request clarification.
E  ​It is great as a perception-checking statement just the way it is.
Question #49
A  ​It has only one interpretation.
B  ​It is too wordy.
C  ​Nothing is missing from this perception check.
D  ​It doesn’t request clarification.
E  ​It doesn’t describe behavior.
Question #50
A  ​It has only one interpretation.
B  ​It doesn’t request clarification.
C  ​It doesn’t describe behavior.
D  ​Nothing is missing from this perception check.
E  ​It is too wordy.
Question #51
A  ​Nothing is missing from this perception check.
B  ​It is too specific.
C  ​It has only one interpretation.
D  ​It doesn’t request clarification.
E  ​It doesn’t describe behavior.
Question #52
A  ​It requires that your opinions match those of the other person.
B  ​It requires a sense of the other person’s feelings.
C  ​It involves taking the other’s perspective.
D  ​It includes concern for the other person.
E  ​It can’t be totally achieved.
Question #53
A  ​We cling to first impressions. 
B  ​We assume others are similar to us.   
C  ​We are influenced by our expectations.  
D  ​We are influenced by the obvious. 
E  ​We judge ourselves more charitably than others.