Deck 3: The Self in Interpersonal Communication

Question 1

To improve self-awareness, you should

A) seek out information in order to reduce your blind self.
B) increase your hidden self.
C) decrease your open self.
D) listen to yourself.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Guidelines for resisting pressure to self-disclosure include: There are three guidelines for responding to self-disclosure:

A) respond back immediately, support the discloser, and listen actively
B) listen actively, don't use the disclosure against the other person, and support the discloser
C) don't be pushed, be assertive in your refusal to disclose and be indirect and move to another topic.
D) don't get involved in disclosing yourself, support the discloser, and keep it confidential

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Appropriate reasons for self-disclosure include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) it provides insight into who you are.
B) it provides a chance to brag.
C) it enhances relationships.
D) it increases ability to deal with problems.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Your own observations, interpretations, and evaluations are an important part of self-concept and self-awareness which will help you to

A) enhance your cultural experiences.
B) understand the image others have of you.
C) compare yourself and others.
D) observe, interpret, and evaluate your own behaviour.

Question 5

Another way you develop self-concept is to compare yourself with others, to engage in what are called

A) unknown.
B) social comparisons.
C) cultural teachings.
D) interpretations.
E) social interactions.

Question 6

Lack of reciprocity on self disclosure may signal

A) a deference to the one who wishes to disclose.
B) a natural balance.
C) discomfort in the listener.
D) a desire to hurt or punish.

Question 7

You should self-disclose only if:

A) it is appropriate.
B) there is a desire to improve the relationship.
C) it imposes no burdens.
D) the other person is also disclosing.
E) All of the above.

Question 8

Interacting with members of cultures different from your own can create apprehension because

A) communication apprehension is only experienced in this context.
B) you are better able to predict what will happen.
C) you are less able to predict what will happen.
D) you can predict likely responses.

Question 9

Communication apprehension is NOT

A) a common handicap.
B) something that can be overcome.
C) sometimes debilitating.
D) a symptom of ineffective, unhappy people.

Question 10

Self disclosure helps to increase

A) knowledge of others, comfort around others, and relationship effectiveness.
B) self-knowledge, comfort around others, and physical well-being.
C) self-knowledge, communication and relationship effectiveness, and physiological well-being.
D) knowledge of others, communication and relationship effectiveness, and physiological well-being.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about culture and self disclosure?

A) All cultures see disclosing emotions and feelings as a sign of weakness in a man.
B) In Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, it is more acceptable to disclose opinions about politics and religion than to discuss finances, sex, or personal relationships.
C) Some cultures are reluctant to disclose negative information except among close intimates of long standing.
D) Some cultures are more likely to self-disclose than others.

Question 12

According to surveys of college students, what percentage indicate they suffer "severe, debilitating communication apprehension"?

A) 5%
B) 25%
C) 10-20%
D) 20-30%

Question 13

The Johari window has four quadrants containing four different selves:

A) hidden, blind, social, open
B) open, hidden, unknown, social
C) unknown, blind, hidden, open
D) unknown, social, blind, aware

Question 14

According to the concept of the looking glass self,

A) other people will tell you about yourself.
B) others will tell you about yourself by how they treat you and react to you.
C) you learn about yourself by examining your own behaviours.
D) you learn about yourself by examining the behaviours of others.

Question 15

Recent research shows that people who are able to confide in others about troubled feelings or a traumatic event

A) increase their hidden self.
B) are less vulnerable to illnesses.
C) may be seen as mischievous or antagonistic.
D) don't have to be thinking of the other person's feelings.

Question 16

You tend to self disclose more readily

A) when the other person is not disclosing.
B) when the other person is disclosing.
C) with two listeners.
D) when you are feeling tired.

Question 17

Factors that influence whether or not you disclose include

A) who you are, your culture, your gender, your listeners, and what your topic is.
B) your culture, other people.
C) decreasing self-awareness, your culture.
D) increasing self-acceptance , your gender.

Question 18

Your self-concept develops from these four primary sources:

A) books you read, your parents, your own interpretations, and your friends
B) social comparisons, others' images of you, your own interpretations, and cultural teachings
C) others' images of you, movies/films/pictures, social comparisons, and cultural teachings
D) your own interpretations, social comparisons, physical activities, and others' images of you

Question 19

If you are unaware of the fact that when you feel uncomfortable in a conversation you tend to play with your hair, this information is contained in which quadrant of the Johari Window?

A) open
B) hidden
C) blind
D) unknown

Question 20

Part of professional risks is the separation between our personal and professional roles and is often challenged when it comes to

A) disclosure.
B) burden.
C) requiring you to disclose in return.
D) someone trying to hurt you.

Question 21

To each person who knows you, you reveal different information.

Question 22

Everybody will perceive your apprehension to be as noticeable as you do.

Question 23

Appropriate self-disclosures include past behaviours that another does not have the right to know.

Question 24

Generally, women disclose themselves less than men do.

Question 25

Give some specific suggestions for managing communication apprehension.

Question 26

Outing is a form of self-disclosure which occurs when someone takes information from someone else's hidden self and makes it public.

Question 27

Explain how the four quadrants of the Johari window relate to each other and give an example from your own life for each.

Question 28

To tell someone something about yourself that he or she already knows would not be self-disclosure.

Question 29

Putting communication apprehension in perspective means

A) other people can't perceive your apprehension as sharply as you do.
B) the world will end if you don't succeed.
C) people are just waiting for you to fail.
D) you are the only one who feels the way you do.

Question 30

Contrast the rewards and dangers of self disclosure.

Question 31

The more you perceive a situation as one which others will evaluate you, the greater your apprehension will be.

Question 32

Discuss the guidelines for self-disclosure and for responding to the self-disclosure of others.

Question 33

The Johari window has four quadrants: open self, blind self, hidden self, undisclosed self.

Question 34

The more unpredictable the situation,

A) the less time to get apprehensive.
B) the more conspicuous one is.
C) the greater one's apprehension.
D) the more we are evaluated.

Question 35

How can you increase your self-awareness?

Question 36

Self-disclosure enhances the meaningfulness of relationships.

Question 37

The more we can predict what is going to happen in a situation, the more likely we are to feel apprehensive.

Question 38

Communication apprehension is probably the most common handicap suffered by people in contemporary American society.

Question 39

Which of the following can be used to manage communication apprehension?

A) recalling past failures to avoid making the same mistakes again
B) increasing unpredictability
C) remembering that other people will know you are apprehensive
D) acquiring the skills you need the most

Question 40

Focusing on your self-destructive statements is necessary to improve self-esteem.

Question 41

During your self disclosures, give the other person a chance to __________.

Question 42

Couples who engage in significant self disclosure are found to remain together __________ than couples who do not.

Question 43

The Johari window is commonly used for explaining the __________.

Question 44

The area of the Johari window that describes the information others know about us but we do not is the ________ self.

Question 45

When listening to someone self-disclose, concentrate on __________-understanding and empathizing with the discloser.

Question 46

Self disclose out of a concern for the __________, for the __________ involved, and for __________.

Question 47

Self disclosure promotes __________ health.

Question 48

Self-awareness allows you to control your __________ and __________ to the extent you understand who you are.

Question 49

You may resist pressure to self-disclosure in the following four ways:
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

Question 50

Self disclosure is a type of communication in which you __________ information about yourself.