CH 3 Quiz

A  Do not label anyone’s communication style

B  Do not abuse your communication style

C  Do not let the label you place on yourself become the excuse for inflexible behavior.

D  Do not over stimulate your communication style.

A  Supportive

B  Reflective

C  Emotive

D  Director

A  Listens attentively

B  Makes decisions in a thoughtful, deliberate manner.

C  Prefers orderliness

D  Avoids the use of power

A  Be as outgoing and dominant as possible with everyone on the faculty.

B  Study her predecessor’s decisions for several months while she develops her own decision-making style.

C  Adopt a sociable but non-dominant style.

D  Recognize situations in which she must flex to a different style, something her predecessor — also a reflective — failed to do

A  Half a loaf is better than none.

B  I cannot control you, but I can control myself.

C  The early bird gets the worm.

D  You can’t judge a book by its cover.

A  Sociability

B  Relationship seeking

C  Emotional stability

D  Domineering

A  Sensor

B  Thinker

C  Feeler

D  Prognosticator

A  Matching

B  Mirroring

C  Miming

D  Mimicking

A  Must be careful not to be seen as overbearing and inflexible.

B  Also will score high on the sociability continuum.

C  Will be less successful than a manager who scores low on the dominance continuum.

D  Is more likely to be a female than a male.

A  Precludes adaptation to communicate more effectively with others whose styles differ

B  Varies considerably through various life stages.

C  Remains quite stable throughout life.

D  Will fit one category much more closely than it fits the other nine categories