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Which of the following is an inference?
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The road appears dangerous for ordinary travel
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According to the Elaboration Likelihood Model, the two main routes to persuasion are
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Central and peripheral
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Unique combinations of rituals, religions, thought patterns, and behaviors are known as:
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Culture
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These cultures tend to load a lot of meaning into the setting or context of communication and prefer traditions over charge.
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High-context
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Which of the following is a reason people terminate relationships?
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Aggressiveness
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Which statement about nonverbal use of space is false?
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Americans tend to stand much closer to each other than do people from most other countries
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Which of the following best typifies the meaning of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
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Your language shapes your perception
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Which of the following is the best example of an explicit-rule culture?
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Jordan
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Which statement below is NOT an example of ethnocentrism?
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American workers get higher pay for less work than most people in the world
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Individualistic cultures tend to be ( blank ) cultures.
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Low context
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Commonly known as the "bandwagon" appeal, the argument that a policy is right merely by virtue of favorable public opinion support is known as what kind of argumentative fallacy?
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Ad populum
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech is famous for employing what logical fallacy?
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Red herring
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The Amish in the United States use the (blank) in order to protect their way of life.
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Separation goal
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Who once said, in a celebration of English royalty, "Give three cheers for our queer old dean?"
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The Rev. William Spooner
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"Smoking among teenagers is increasing. Teenagers are also more involved in violent crimes than they used to be. We need to ban the sale of cigarettes to kids under 18 before our cities turn into violent war zones." This is an example of what type of fallacy?
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Post Hoc
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"Of those polled, 55% indicated that they certainly would buy a gun; another 20% said they would strongly consider it. Clearly, gun ownership is a right that needs to be protected." This is an example of what type of fallacy?
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Ad populum
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"It is a mistake to allow assisted suicide. That will just open the door to forced extermination of anyone society feels is too old or too sick." This is an example of what type of fallacy?
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Slippery slope
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The Frye standard refers to
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The admissibility off scientific evidence in court
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When jerry gives Elaine a TV guide to read on the subway ride home, it's an example of (blank) behavior.
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Compliance gaining
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After arriving in the United States to begin work on his masters degree in business, shook found that the best way for her to fit into her new surroundings was to begin dressing like her fellow classmates and developing interests that were similar to theirs. Which type of goal is shook attempting to achieve with this behavior as a member of a marginalized group?
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Assimilation
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When "Bill O'Reilly" asked "Dr. Susan van Etten" is she had ever been to Alaska, he engaged in a(n)
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Argument ad hominem
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"I say the Democratic Party leadership conspired to keep details of the Foley scandal quiet until right before the November election. Can you prove that they didn't?" This is an example of what type of fallacy?
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Nasty generalization
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According to the textbook conditions on the workplace that are sexually offensive or intimidating are known as:
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Hostile
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The army is what type of organization?
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Political
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a group norm?
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The leader has a very large vocabulary so she practically needs an interpreter for others to understand her
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When other members of a group admire and respect a person, that person has
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Referent power
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Neil Armstrong's piloting the "Eagle" to a safe touchdown is a good example of
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High cognitive efficiency
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The statement, "I don't care; whatever you want to do is fine with me" is most likely to be uttered by a (blank) leader.
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Laissez-faire leader
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The great UNC basketball coach, Dean Smith, was able to win so often because his team understood what the opponent was trying to do on offense and defense. Dean Smith was a master at knowing what types of plays the other team was going to run during the game. What type of power does this illustrate?
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Expert power
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Which of the following statements regarding gender and group interaction is true?
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Women prefer more formal speech forms
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Which of the following statements about emotional labor is NOT true?
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Emotional labor can decrease turnover
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Informal communication consists of all of the following EXCEPT:
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Downward communication
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Research by Ericson & Gardner (1992) found what percentage of high apprehension college students failed to graduate?
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50%
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Formal communication consists of all the following EXCEPT:
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The grapevine
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Don Draper hold (blank) over Conrad Hilton.
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Referent power
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A conflict management style that involves negotiation is also known as:
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Compromise
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Which of the following is most likely an example of an assigned group?
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A group of students asked by the principal to clean the playground
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Messages between organizational members of the same power level are best described as:
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Horizontal
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln took place during which era?
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Print era
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Andrew Jackson's victory at the battle of New Orleans took place during which era?
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Literate era
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In which of the following surveys should you place the most trust?
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A women's magazine that questions its subscribers about drug use by housewives
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Which person pictured below received a patent for a concept that made spread spectrum technology possible?
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Woman
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According to Mr. young, too many speeches make the mistake of
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Not having clear signposts and transitions
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Haze,, a 70 year old woman, watches 3 hours of local news on TV every day. This viewing has convinced her that her city is overwhelmed with pedophiles, road-raging drivers, fires, automobile accidents, and robberies. This is an example of (blank)
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Cultivation theory
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The sleeper effect means that the
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Speech had a delayed message impact because of the separation of speaker from message over time
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Which of the following is NOT a research-based finding about source credibility?
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Audiences are mercifully slow in deciding a speaker's status or source credibility
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Which testimonial evidence best meets the criteria for evaluating such evidence?
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A cafeteria worker, a student, testifies about conditions in the cafeteria kitchen
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The concept of having shared understanding in public speaking is most closely related to which dimension of source credibility?
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Common ground
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The detention of dynamism is that the speaker is perceived as
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Bold, energetic, active, and assertive
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Inappropriate conduct for interviewing a source for your speech would include
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Recording information on a recorder and with notes whether or not the interviewee known about the recorder
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Which of the following is NOT a criteria for evaluating sources of information?
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Is the supporting material personal
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Which of the following is more of a long-range goal than an immediate purpose?
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The audience should read Gore's book on the environment to increase their knowledge
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Which of the following statements is NOT reflected in the research on source credibility?
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Source credibility is directly connected with IQ
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Megan is giving her persuasive speech on patronizing local clothing outlets rather than going to the mall. In her speech, she has quotations from two of her friends about the benefits of shopping at local stores. What types of evidence is this?
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Testimony
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Statements by someone with special knowledge on a given subject are known as:
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Expert testimony
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Which of the following statements concerning source credibility is consistent with the textbook?
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Source credibility is a generalized trait that means that a person with high credibility can be highly credible for a large range and variety of audiences
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"Raiders of the Lost Ark" was used in class as an example of
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Aristotelian organization
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Orlando gave his persuasive speech on why the class should participate in the campus recycling program. Initially, the views of very few students were changed. However, after a few months, most of the class was participating. Orlando's Speech could be said to have:
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Sleeper effect
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If you obtained information for your speech from several websites and failed to cite how much information came from those sources, you are engaging in
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Incremental plagiarism
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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." This is known as
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Hanlon's Razor