This are the types of questions that are generally drawn from the text:

1. A symbol is:
    a. the response to a message
    b. a representation of something else
    c. the pathway through which messages are sent
    d. the translation of ideas and thoughts into code

2. Communication effectiveness can be enhanced by:
    a. practicing one communications style until you can use it with skill
    b. always using the same communication style as the one used by the person with whom
            you are interacting
    c. cultivating flexibility in responding to others
    d. always using the opposite communication style from the one used by the person with whom you are interacting.

3. When we attempt to have equal power in interpersonal relationships, the relationship is
    a. parallel
    b. complementary
    c. symmetrical
    d. synchronized

4. Individuals from low-context cultures
    a. rely on language to send and interpret information
    b. are perceived as attractive, knowledgeable, and trustworthy
    c. follow unspoken rules of dress, conduct, and communication
    d. are skilled in interpreting unspoken, contextual messages

These are the types of application questions generally asked about class lecture and activities

5. Scenario #1: A couple that is just becoming intimate spends hours talking about each other, finding out about each other's dreams, needs, personality, etc..

Scenario #2: A woman is studying at a table in the library when another woman comes up and asks if it is alright for her to sit at the other end of the table, the seated woman says "Sure, that's okay with me." These two scenarios:
    a. Represent examples of interpersonal and non-interpersonal communication.
    b. Reflect sex differences in how individuals interpersonally communicate.
    c. Represent differences in social versus task communication.
    d. Represent the difference in scripted/planned interaction and spontaneous interpersonal
        interaction.
    e. Represent degrees of interpersonal communication and are at different ends of a continuum.

6. Writing down your description of my physical appearance would demonstrate what principle:
    a. People are very attentive to the characteristics of others.
    b. People are not very attentive to the characteristics of others.
    c. We use such perceptual processes as filling-in missing information and seeing what
            we expect to see.
    d. Perception is a process of collecting information, analyzing that information, and
            evaluating that information.
    e. The instructor needs to get black shoes to match his slacks (don’t pick this one).

7. Two roommates are fighting, and they say some very nasty things to one another (like; "You're a bimbo", "Oh, yeah. Well you're a fuddy-dud"). They both apologize and decide to forget about the fight and agree that it never happened. This is an example of trying to ignore which of the following qualities about interpersonal communication as a process:
    a. Non-repetitive.
    b. Cumulative.
    c. Mutual.
    d. Irreversible.
    e. Simultaneous.

8. Asking other students what grade they got after an exam and then deciding you are pretty smart because you did better than anyone else best exemplifies which theory:
    a. Social Comparison Theory.
    b. Reflective Appraisal.
    c. Symbolic Interactionism.
    d. Residual Self
    e. Multidimensionality of Self Concept.

9. Which of the following best explains why understanding the "self" and "self-concept" is important to the study of interpersonal communication?
    a. We need to know ourselves to know others, and by knowing others we can know
            ourselves.
    b. Our self-concept affects and is affected by our interpersonal communication.
    c. We would not know how to communicate with others unless we had self knowledge.
    d. Relationships are dependent upon two selves interacting.
    e. Through interpersonal communication we can more effectively carry on conversations
            with ourselves.

10. Trish and Jameel met at a local bar and proceeded to develop a relationship. Eventually they got married, and then the trouble began. Trish stopped putting on makeup and doing up her hair, and seemed to always be criticizing Jameel. Jameel only wanted to watch T.V. all the time, and didn't want to go out dancing or to the bars anymore. They eventually got divorced. The main problem in the story is reflected in the above scenario is :
    a. The both continued to wear a mask and to show only their presented self until they
            were married, at which time they revealed their self concepts and real selves.
    b. They had both seen what they wanted in the other and had ignored the qualities they
            didn't like.
    c. The self-concepts of both individuals changed to include more of their real selves as a
            result of the marriage.
    d. They had projected their ideal image to the other, and so each fell in love with the
            ideal other and not the real other.
    e. Neither had developed a stable enough self concept on which to form a stable
            relationship.

11. Which of the following best explains the relationship between Schutz' Interpersonal Relationship Needs and interpersonal communication?
    a. We can predict the success of a relationship by knowing the needs of the two people in
            a relationship.
    b. We can predict what the communication will look like between two people if we know
            their relative needs.
    c. We can identify areas of potential conflict in a relationship when we know their
            relative needs.
    d. As the needs change we can expect changes in the relationships and interpersonal
            communication.
    e. All of the above.

ANSWERS 1. B, 2. C, 3. C, 4. A, 5. E, 6. C, 7. D,