Test Bank

Chapter 8: Changing Communication Patterns

Multiple Choice

1. Which of these statements accurately describes a negative effect of smartphones and the Internet on our personal or emotional life?

a. Using these technologies may alleviate difficulties in paying attention.

b. Using these technologies can contribute to addictive behavior.

c. These technologies facilitate real time face to face interactions.

d. These technologies prevent access to privileged information.

Learning Objective: 8.1: Describe how the digital world impacts various aspects of family life and communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Families in a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What did Ward, Duke, Gneezy, & Bos (2017) discover in their research on the impact of having constant access through smart phones?

a. There are costs in cognitive ability and energy, resulting in “brain drain”.

b. There are no major effects from this constant access.

c. Attention span is extended and enhanced.

d. Dependence on smart phones sharpens cognitive acuity.

Learning Objective: 8.2: Summarize how screen time influences child development.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Dynamics of a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Facebook depression in adolescents is related to which of the following?

a. the development of connections and communication with friends

b. sharing pictures of activities of themselves and family members

c. development of a negative self-image

d. a reality that is needed for daily life

Learning Objective: 8.1: Describe how the digital world impacts various aspects of family life and communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Digitally Connected

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Segrin and Flora summarized students regarding long distance relationships and communication. Which of the following statements is true about the studies’ findings?

a. The quality of the relationships deteriorated with electronic communication.

b. There were no positive or negative effects from any type of contact or electronic communication.

c. Electronic communication improved the relationship quality even if the separation is indefinite.

d. Relationship quality remained intact if there is some type of face to face electronic communication during the times of separation.

Learning Objective: 8.2: Summarize how screen time influences child development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of Content and Context

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. What could be an outcome of sharing too many risky personal details on social media, particularly for adolescents?

a. developing genuine lasting friendships

b. improving interpersonal communication skills

c. increasing awareness and insight about oneself

d. cyberbullying cyber trolling with hurtful rhetoric

Learning Objective: 8.1: Describe how the digital world impacts various aspects of family life and communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Digitally Connected

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Which of the following is true about children whose authoritarian parents pressure their children to conform to their beliefs, standards, and values?

a. They will be likely to reject peer pressure.

b. They will be likely to succumb to peer pressure.

c. They will be likely to assert their own opinions.

d. They will be likely to not have any friends.

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Dynamics of Content and Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. How are children likely to behave with peers if their family members use sarcasm with little empathy?

a. The children are likely to be bullies with their peers.

b. The children may align with other children who are teased.

c. The children will be loners.

d. The children will be the class clowns.

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Dynamics of Content and Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which one of these is an accurate statement about communication and prejudice?

a. A prejudiced individual can consider the context and spectrum of what is conveyed by a variety of people.

b. Biased individuals listen to others’ opinions before judging.

c. Prejudicial behavior is influenced by one’s peers and family who model this behavior.

d. General opinions of a group remain stagnant over time rather than evolve.

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Dynamics of Content and Context

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. What is a social concern that is related to extensive adolescent use of online gaming?

a. Interacting with aggressive behavior in games sensitizes teens to violence and decreases adolescent violent behavior.

b. Socially isolated teens may have increased potential for antisocial behavior.

c. Online gaming helps teens to use more caution when in a potentially violent situation.

d. Online gaming helps teens experience the consequences of aggression.

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Rituals in a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What is one of the drawbacks of social communication platforms in friendship networks?

a. ways to readily communicate with a wide array of friends who live in other countries

b. limited amount of extraneous material to wade through

c. increased opportunities for harassment and stalking by people

d. fewer encounters with diverse individuals

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. What is a benefit of social media and digital communication in our daily life?

a. We can consolidate information from a wide variety of sources.

b. We can easily distinguish between personal memories and information found online.

c. Our memory abilities are enhanced.

d. Regular use of online media aides in our sleep.

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Rituals in a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. What is a form of communication that is “charming” and yet outdated by current means of communication, according to the text?

a. calling someone on the phone

b. sending greeting cards or handwritten letters

c. connecting through emails

d. online conference calls

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (2016) what are the effects on children from spending many hours online every day?

a. decreased exposure to diverse role models

b. increased attention span

c. exposure to a wide array of information that enhances their educational experiences

d. lack of physical activity, contributing to obesity

Learning Objective: 8.3: Consider the implications of digital communication for family dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Rituals in a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. What is a negative outcome of electronic and web-based communication?

a. Friendships can lack depth and intimacy.

b. There are many ways to stay connected to a wide array of friends.

c. Technology allows instantaneous communication.

d. Through technology, it is easy to connect with several individuals through texting.

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. What is an effect on the millennial generation in having greater access to social media as a part of 21st century culture?

a. There are fewer factors influencing their communication with others.

b. They rely more on their family members for feedback.

c. They are better able to structure their time for leisure and self-reflection.

d. They have become more peer-referenced and self-focused.

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Family communication patterns theory is based on which two cognitive family relationships orientations?

a. conformity and conversation

b. permissiveness and rigidity

c. harmony and instability

d. consequences and problem solving

Learning Objective: 8.5: Analyze family communication pattern theory, and identify the four family communication patterns.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Family Communication Patterns Theory

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. What is the best way of ending a friendship or breaking up with someone with integrity, according to the text?

a. unfriending on Facebook

b. sending a text message explaining the reason for ending the relationship

c. not responding (or “ghosting”) to the person’s communication strategies

d. having a face to face conversation to discuss the ending of the relationship

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Don, Melody, and their children communicate with each other through social media. Even though they limit personal conversations, they expect their children to be loyal and conform to their expectations. Fitzpatrick (2004) would say this family has which communication pattern?

a. consensual

b. laissez-faire

c. protective

d. pluralistic

Learning Objective: 8.5: Analyze family communication pattern theory, and identify the four family communication patterns.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Family Communication Patterns Theory

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. Which family communication pattern has the most conversation and affectionate emotional bonding?

a. protective

b. consensual

c. authoritarian

d. laissez-faire

Learning Objective: 8.5: Analyze family communication pattern theory, and identify the four family communication patterns.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Family Communication Patterns Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Rueter and Koerner (2008) found in their study of adoptive families that ______ parenting style with structured communication had the best outcomes for the children.

a. authoritative

b. permissive

c. laissez-faire

d. protective

Learning Objective: 8.5: Analyze family communication pattern theory, and identify the four family communication patterns.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Family Communication Patterns Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. It takes a great deal of exposure to social media and the internet for children to be affected by the addictive attraction of this type of entertainment.

Learning Objective: 8.1: Describe how the digital world impacts various aspects of family life and communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Families in a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Since we can neurologically manage many tasks at once, we can simultaneously text, talk with friends, and work on a project without any of these activities being jeopardized.

Learning Objective: 8.2: Summarize how screen time influences child development.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Dynamics of a Digital World

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In family communication patterns, the aspects of nurture and structure play out in the authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, and laissez-faire parenting styles.

Learning Objective: 8.5: Analyze family communication pattern theory, and identify the four family communication patterns.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Family Communication Patterns Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Social change theory has demonstrated that once a major change occurs, that paradigm shift in awareness cannot be undone, despite the unanticipated changes.

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Privilege and power, societal influences, and dynamics of leisure are three of the five areas in which shifts have occurred as a result of our digital world. Select one and give examples of the impact.

Learning Objective: 8.4: Explain the interacting factors that influence communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Communication Networks

Difficulty Level: Medium