Author: Anonymous

The technique of having a trained person listen as you verbalize your fears, hopes, and concerns is called __________.

Jonathan has just been fired from his job and turns to you to talk about it. According to communication researchers, what would be an inappropriate response to show social support?

A person’s name generally has no logical connection with the actual person, just as the word “cow” does not look like a cow or sound like a cow. According to American linguist Charles Hockett, these examples illustrate how the connection between a word and what it represents is __________.

Which idea suggests that the more contact you have with someone who is different from you, the more positive regard you will have for that person?

When someone uses the word dog and you understand the word to mean “a mangy, dirty, and disgusting animal, like the one that bit me when I was five years old,” which level of meaning are you likely applying?

The culture of which country values an equal, or decentralized, distribution of power?

What is a general characteristic of our Facebook posts, according to research?

Which listening style is often characterized by the use of second-guessing?

As you listen to Dr. Stralia’s lecture on barriers to effective listening, you begin to see how those barriers have operated in your conversations with your spouse. Which stage of the listening process is reflected in this realization?

On the first day of class, you notice that the woman sitting next to you is constantly on her phone, and seems uninterested in participating during class. You decide that she is taking this class merely as a requirement. Your assumptions are an example of __________.