Perception Of Self And Others Test Questions & Answers Ch.3

Chapter 3 Test Bank

Multiple Choice

3.1. Which of the following represents the concept of the looking-glass self?

A) You look at the image of yourself that others reveal to you through communication.
B) You are prone to vanity without correction from others.
C) You become egocentric without views from your friends expressed.
D) You are not affected by what others think of you, but rather accept who you are.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1 Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.2. The ________ self represents all the information, behaviors, attitudes, feelings, desires, motivations, ideas, and so on that we know about ourselves and that others also know.

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

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1 Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.3. The ________ self represents information about ourselves that others know but we do not.

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

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1 Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.4. Self-esteem refers to

A) the way you feel about others.
B) the way you feel about the world around you.
C) how valuable you think you are.
D) the way others feel about you.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1 Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.5. Communication in which you reveal something about yourself that you normally keep to yourself is called

A) gossip.
B) self-disclosure.
C) nurturing talk.
D) successful discourse.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2 Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.6. When two people establish an intimate, self-disclosing relationship on a plane, knowing they will never see each other again, the text calls it

A) secret confessions.
B) in-flight intimacy.
C) temporary disclosure.
D) disinhibition effect.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2 Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.7. In March of 1995, Jenny Jones, a talk show host, did a show on disclosing your secret crushes. In the broadcast, Scott Amedure revealed that Jonathon Schmitz was his secret crush. The show resulted in Amedure being shot and Schmitz being charged with murder. This is an extreme example of

A) the truth of self-disclosure.
B) prejudice in America.
C) the dangers of self-disclosure.
D) celebrity disclosure.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2 Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.8. The text advises each of the following guidelines for responding to self-disclosures EXCEPT

A) use effective and active listening skills.
B) support and reinforce the discloser.
C) maintain confidentiality.
D) avoid reciprocal disclosure.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2 Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

3.9. Which of the following BEST describes perception?

A) becoming aware of objects, events, and people
B) a passive process of which you are usually unaware
C) a two-step process of managing stimuli
D) recognizing stimuli that always comes from the outside world

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3 Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.10. During which stage of perception does selective perception occur?

A) organization
B) interpretation-evaluation
C) memory
D) stimulation

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3 Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.11. Which of the following BEST describes schemata?

A) universal guidelines
B) rules that guide perception
C) mental templates
D) comparison and contrast

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3 Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.12. Jean often sees Christa and Manuel together on campus, so she assumes they are a couple. Jean is using ________ to organize her perceptions.

A) contrast

B) similarity

C) proximity

D) schemata

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3 Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.13. Raphael was convinced that he was going to do badly on his test, so he didn’t bother to study. He failed the test. Raphael demonstrated the concept of

A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
B) self-disclosure.
C) impression management.
D) implicit personality theory.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.14. If you first met someone at a party and he was drunk, but every other time you saw him he was sober, you might still think of him as a partier because of the ________ effect.

A) personality
B) recency
C) primacy
D) primary

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.15. The process by which you try to explain the reasons or motivations for a person’s behavior based on whether the person determined his or her behavior is called

A) attribution of control.

B) behavioral fallacy.

C) primacy effect.

D) attribution management.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.16. Which of these is an example of overattribution?

A) Rhonda failed her test because she didn’t study enough.

B) Jonah loves to compete in marathons so he runs every day.

C) My teacher is late to class every day, so I don’t even try to get there on time

D) Fred broke up with my friend. Fred is selfish and inconsiderate.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.17. ________ will assist your perceptual accuracy for members of your own culture but may hinder your accuracy for members of other cultures.

A) An ethnocentric bias

B) An in-group advantage

C) An attribution of control

D) A positive face

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.18. If you believe that Janet is generous and trustworthy because you find her physically attractive, you are demonstrating the _____ effect.

A) recency

B) halo

C) primacy

D) consistency

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4 Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.19. Impression _____ refers to the processes you go through to communicate the impression you want other people to have of you.

A) formation

B) security

C) communication

D) management

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5 Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.20. ________ strategies, such as appearing dynamic and supportive, are used to increase the chances of being liked.

A) Affinity-seeking

B) Politeness

C) Self-deprecating

D) Self-handicapping

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5 Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.21. Tasha is running for class president. In her speech, she highlighted her previous leadership roles and her philanthropic work. According to the text, what quality was Tasha attempting to establish?

A) charisma

B) positive personality

C) credibility

D) character

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.22. When Diana caught a mouse in a trap, she called her neighbor to come throw it away. She told him she was a real wimp when it came to mice and just couldn’t bring herself to touch dead animals. What strategy was Diana using to get her neighbor to come to her aid?

A) self-monitoring

B) self-deprecating

C) negative face

D) influencing

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.23. When in a job interview, you take great care to use _____ strategies. You dress professionally, speak articulately, and emphasize your positive qualities.

A) influencing

B) self-monitoring

C) self-deprecating

D) image confirming

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.24. When managers want employees to see them as leaders, they might demonstrate their expertise in the area, or just remind employees that they are the boss. Both of these are considered what kind of strategies?

A) image-confirming

B) self-aggrandizing

C) controlling

D) influencing

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.25. What is likely to happen if you try to project an exclusively positive image?

A) People will want to be your friend.

B) You will seem self-absorbed.

C) You will fail to recognize your flaws.

D) You will highlight both positive and your negative aspects of yourself.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

True/False

3.26. The hidden self represents all the information, behaviors, attitudes, feelings, desires, motivations, ideas, and so on that you know about yourself and that others also know.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1: Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.27. Members of masculine cultures are more likely to confront conflicts directly and to fight out any differences.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1: Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

3.28. We disclose more in dyads and small groups than in large groups of people.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2: Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

3.29. Men generally disclose more than women.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2: Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Moderate

Skill: Understand the Concepts

3.30. The rewards of self-disclosure always outweigh the dangers.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2: Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.31. The principle of selective exposure states that you are likely to seek out information from multiple sources, whether or not you agree with those sources.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3: Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.32. You are organizing by the principle of contrast when you conclude that some items (people or messages, for example) don’t belong together because they’re too different from each other to be part of the same unit.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3: Define perception and identify its five stages.

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.33. Janine was always helpful when Marcy had trouble with her boyfriend, so Marcy saw Janine as attractive and intelligent. This demonstrates the halo effect.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4: Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.34. To reduce uncertainty in communication encounters, you should make assumptions about the individual.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4: Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

3.35. The desire to remain autonomous and have the right to do as we wish describes a positive face need.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Easy

Skill: Remember the Facts

Essay

3.36. Discuss the four sources of a person’s self-concept. Give examples of each source.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.1

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.1: Define self-concept, self-awareness, and self-esteem and identify the strategies for increasing self-awareness and self-esteem.

Topic: Self-Concept, Self-Awareness, and Self-Esteem

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Analyze It

3.37. Discuss the factors influencing self-disclosure. Illustrate the dangers to self-disclosure with examples.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.2

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.2: Define self-disclosure and identify its rewards and dangers and the guidelines for giving, receiving, and resisting self-disclosures.

Topic: Self-Disclosure

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Analyze It

3.38. Describe the five stages of perception. Using these stages, explain where errors in perception may occur.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.3

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.3: Define perception and identify its five stages

Topic: Perception

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Analyze It

3.39. Describe the impression formation processes for how we evaluate other people: self-fulfilling prophecy, personality theory, primacy-recency effects, consistency, and attribution of control. Explain how these processes contribute to errors in judgment about others and how you might avoid such perceptions.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.4

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.4: Define impression formation and its major processes and identify the guidelines for increasing your own accuracy in impression formation.

Topic: Forming Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know

3.40. Seven communication goals were presented in the text. Choose three of those goals, and explain what strategies for impression management are recommended for reaching these goals. Use your experiences to illustrate your response.

Chapter: 03

Module: 3.5

Learning Objective: L.O. 3.5: Explain the goals of impression management and the strategies for managing the impressions you communicate to others.

Topic: Managing Impressions

Difficulty: Difficult

Skill: Apply What You Know