TCU Speech Exam 3 Martinez
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1. Having strong ______________ ties with friends, neighbors, co-workers, and others improves the quality of our life in multiple ways.
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Social
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2. Which theory says that each of us is born with a drive to seek, form, maintain, and protect strong social relationships?
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Need to belong theory
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Which statement is TRUE about relationships formed online?
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4. Lydia maintains her Facebook page, posting updates regularly and commenting on her friends' posts. She also IMs and e-mails the same group of friends. She maintains her most important friendships not only in person, but online as well. Lydia is using technology to help meet what needs?
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Social
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5. Which of the following is NOT a reason adolescents use instant messaging?
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1. Keep in touch with friends 2. Make plans with friends 3. Play games with IM software 4. Play a trick on someone 5. Ask someone out on a date 6. Write something you wouldn't say in person 7. Send non-text information 8. Break up with someone
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6. _________________ means using the Internet to inflict emotional or psychological harm on someone.
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Cyberbullying
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7. In 2010, high school student Phoebe Prince endured weeks of classmates allegedly calling her "Irish whore" online and using posts on Facebook to encourage Phoebe to kill herself. By all reports, Phoebe became scared to be alone at school or to walk alone. Tragically, as a result of this ________________, Phoebe committed suicide by hanging herself.
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Cyberbullying
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8. Social relationships bring us what three types of rewards?
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Emotional, material, health
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9. Sydney is getting ready to have a baby. Though she is very excited, she is also a bit nervous and doesn't know what to expect. Sydney's friends throw her a surprise baby shower, where they celebrate her upcoming arrival and reassure her that all will go well. Sydney's friends are providing what kinds of rewards by supporting and celebrating with Sydney?
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Emotional
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10. Examples of ___________ rewards include empathy, support, and happiness.
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Emotional
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11. Tara is moving to a new apartment across town. Several of her friends come with their trucks and help her move her belongings to her new place. They stay to help her unpack and get settled as well. Tara is experiencing what rewards from her friendships?
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Material
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12. When we experience _______________ rewards, our needs for items such as money, food, and shelter are being met by our social relationships.
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Material
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13. Research suggests that close relationships help people manage the negative effects of stress because social relationships bring ______________ rewards.
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Health
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14. Social relationships carry ___________ as well as rewards.
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Costs
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15. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost in a social relationship?
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Time, emotional investment, material costs, physical investments.
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16. Fairytales such as Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty provide a romantic (if not realistic) depiction of ___________ relationships.
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Intimate
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17. With which of the following groups do we have the most intimate relationships?
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Familial and romantic
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18. Which of the following terms refers to the significant emotional closeness that you experience in a relationship, romantic or not?
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Intimacy
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19. Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett had an almost 30-year relationship that, despite its ups and downs, did not end until her death in 2009. O'Neal was by Fawcett's side through her long battle with cancer and was with her when she died. Despite their many difficulties, this couple had a deep level of ___________ toward one another.
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Commitment
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20. Which of the following is NOT a form of commitment?
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Emotional commitment, social commitment, legal and financial commitments
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21. When you listen to your sister's problems even when they seem trivial to you, you are exhibiting what kind of commitment to her?
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Emotional
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22. Caroline does not enjoy spending time with her husband's family at all. She finds them to be overbearing and pretentious, and she's sure her mother-in-law does not like her. However, because of her __________ commitment to her husband, Caroline spends holidays and some vacations with her in-laws.
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Social
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23. Which of the following can prompt an individual to engage in specific behaviors aimed at increasing intimacy with the target of his or her affection, including spying, sending the target unwelcome expressions of attraction or love, or engaging in sexually harassing behaviors?
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Obsessive relation intrusion, or ORI
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24. Which term describes the dynamic, common in families and close relationships, in which one person's actions influence the lives others?
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Interdependence
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25. If your best friend gets a job in another city, you would most likely not sell your home and follow him or her. However, if your fiancé got a job in another city, you would seriously consider the possibility of moving. Your different reactions to the same situation, but in relation to different people, corresponds to which of the following?
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Higher level of interdependence
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26. Intimate relationships usually involve a higher commitment of our energies and other resources, called
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Investment
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If you think you are putting more into your relationship than your partner is, it's easy to feel resentful that there isn't an equal level of
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Investment
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28. What is a term for common conflicts in relationships between two important, but opposing needs or desires?
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Dialectal tensions
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29. Which of the following is NOT a common dialectical tension in intimate relationships?
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Autonomy v. Connection, Openness v. Closedness, Predictability v. Novelty
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30. James was always close to his mother, but as he enters adolescence, he wants to spend less and less time with her. He finds her to be overbearing and overprotective. However, at times he finds himself craving the security of the relationship he used to have with his mother and wants to connect again emotionally with her. James is experiencing what dialectic?
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Autonomy v. Connection
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31. Which of the following can be defined as three or more people working interdependently to accomplish a task?
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Small group
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32. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of small groups?
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1. Distinguished by their size 2. Interdependent 3. Cohesive 4. Enforce rules and norms 5. Include individual roles 6. Have own identities 7. Distinctive communication practices 8. Often interact online
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33. According to current communication scholars, a small group is comprised of at least _____ and no more than 15 or 20 members.
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3
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34. The size of a small group matters, because most of us _____________ differently in larger and smaller collections of people.
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Communicate
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35. What term describes the scenario in which each group member influences, and is influenced by every other group member?
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Interdependence
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36. Jack and Kate are working on a small group project for their political science class. They disagree on how to complete part of the assignment, which soon escalates to a full-scale argument. Afterwards, they find it difficult to work together, and the entire group is impacted. Jack and Kate are demonstrating ____________, meaning their moods and behaviors affected, and were affected by, on another's in such a way that impacted the group.
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(Negative) Interdependence
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37. Groups are interdependent if the members all influence each other, but they are ____________ only if the members work together toward the same goal.
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Cohesive
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38. In your algebra class, you are assigned to work in a small group. Most group members know their specific tasks and follow through on them, but there are two members that neglect their responsibilities. Therefore, your group's _________ cohesion is low.
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Task
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39. Which of the following is NOT a behavior that can cause a group to become dysfunctional?
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Parasitism, interpersonal aggression, boastfulness, misuse of resources
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40. A group's _________ are its explicitly stated principles for governing what its members can and cannot do.
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Rules
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41. Which of the following is NOT an example of a group decision?
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Majority rule, Unanimous Consensus, Expert opinion
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42. Which of the following is NOT a common way for a group to make decisions?
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Individualism, Power Distance, Time Orientation ~~~~~~
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43. Which of the following allows group members to offer any ideas they wish and to create a list of all the proposed ideas before any are debated?
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Brainstorming
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44. Navajo is in a small group working on a project for his literature class. No one is willing to offer ideas, as they don't know each other, and Navajo suspects they are afraid of being ridiculed. Because ___________ allows members to generate ideas on a master list before any are debated, Navajo thinks this might be the best way for his group to generate ideas.
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NGT/Focus on quantity?
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45. In his hospitality and tourism course, Henry and his study group are charged with doing an ad campaign on a destination of their choosing. Henry suggests they think about somewhere cold, as he is sure the rest of the groups will choose tropical locations. Hannah, another group member, is reminded of Canada's Hôtel de Glace, a hotel made entirely up of ice and snow. The group loves the creative and unusual idea that came from ______________ during brainstorming.
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Piggyback/Encourage creativity
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46. ____________ calls for group members to generate their initial ideas silently and independently and then to combine them and consider them as a group.
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NGT or nominal group technique
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47. The major advantage of _______________ over brainstorming is that it can encourage participation from members who might be uncomfortable contributing their ideas aloud.
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Ideawriting
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48. Which of the following encourages members to generate and evaluate ideas in writing while working independently?
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Ideawriting
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49. What is the LEAST collaborative generation method, in which group members accomplish most of the steps while working individually?
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Ideawriting
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50. Liam's group is trying to come up with ideas for their group project, so each group member creates a list of ideas and why they think each idea has merit. They each read each other's lists, offering comments about strengths and weaknesses. Once Liam gets his list back with the others' comments, he then writes his own reaction to those comments, and then it goes back into the pile so the group can finally make a master list of ideas worthy of additional discussion. Liam's group is using what method of idea generation?
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Ideawriting
