UCLA Comm 10 Midterm Latest Update 2024 Version 220 Questions and Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed Success "Notice Me" Actions - CORRECT ANSWER: standing tall, swaying, stretching for men.Adjusting lipsitck or skirt, glance then look cooly away, being playful and childish, put themselves in easy line of sight for women.
3 Aspects of the Self Concept - CORRECT ANSWER: Self Identity, Self Image, Self
Esteem
10 stage model of relationships - CORRECT ANSWER: Initiating stage, Experimenting stage, Intensifying stage, Integrating stage, Bonding stage, Differentiating stage, Circumscribing stage, Stagnation stage, Avoiding stage, Termination stage
Abstraction - CORRECT ANSWER: the level of specificity you ascribe to what you
communicate. The ladder of abstraction (this is a person, this is an aquaintance, this is my friend, this is my best friend, this is my best friend John Smith)
Adaptors - CORRECT ANSWER: movements of your body to help you feel
comfortable in a given situation. (if you are nervous talking to someone you may jiggle your foot subconsiously).
Affect Displays - CORRECT ANSWER: movements conveying emotion. Facial
movemets. (When you smile that means you are happy). Can also appear in the body.(Depressed- walks droopily).
Altar Pick Up Line Example - CORRECT ANSWER: "You look just like my 3rd
husband." (only had 2!)
alternatives to lying - CORRECT ANSWER: equivocation-words can have more than
one meaning (if you hate the outfit say "that's one of a kind!"), hinting (I know you must be busy...I'll let you go)
Analysis - CORRECT ANSWER: Active stage of perception. Includes focusing,
organizing, and interpreting.
Analysis of Example - CORRECT ANSWER: You see 5 billion stimuli. Your brain can
only process 500. Therefore we must select what to focus upon. Those 500 vary from person to person which explains how different people have different perceptions.
Anticipation affecting the direct contact stage example - CORRECT ANSWER: 2
groups. One told they were put together for a reason. The other told that they are all different and that people were worried that they wouldn't get along. Both randomly selected. 1st group more efficient. 2nd group more problems working together. 1 / 3
appropriate body motion - CORRECT ANSWER: good listeners move their body in
response to what the speaker is saying (best to avoid fidgeting or distracting motions)
artifacts - CORRECT ANSWER: communicating with objects and possesions (ferrari = "I'm rich" motorcycle = "I'm cool"). Also people as artifacts (hanging out with the popular crowd in high school)
aspects of attending - CORRECT ANSWER: posture of involvement, appropriate body
motion, eye contact, non distracting environment
aspects of following - CORRECT ANSWER: door openers, minimal encourages,
questions, attentive silence
attending - CORRECT ANSWER: giving a person physical attention with your body
(facing a person when they speak). shows that you are interested in what they are saying and that you are listening.
attentive silence - CORRECT ANSWER: gives the speaker time to say what they want to say and to compose their thoughts. this tends to nudge people along in conversation because too long makes people uncomfortable. also gives you the time to form a response. also a part of intimacy
attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER: derive from may beliefs- make evaluation about a
series of beliefs (I believe that snakes are dangerous, I believe they are slimy, and scaly, and bad- I come to the conclusion that I don't like snakes)
Attitudes Selection Example - CORRECT ANSWER: The referee is always unfair to
your team. Why? Because you are favorably predisposed toward your own team.
authority belief - CORRECT ANSWER: what we believe because some authority figure has told us so (I believe I have the flu because the doctor has just told me I do)
Avoiding Stage - CORRECT ANSWER: In this stage people aviod the other person in
the relationship by making excuses not to see each other.
beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER: what is percieved to be true
beliefs attitudes and values example - CORRECT ANSWER: "I believe the Vietnam war killed a lot of people. I also believe that WW1 did that as well. My attitude is I don't like war. The value I derive is I value peace as a means to avoidance of bloodshed"
body synchrony - CORRECT ANSWER: when the two people flirting are facing each
other and moving in tandem with one another.
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Bonding Stage - CORRECT ANSWER: In this stage there is a public statement about
the relationship. The couple showing the world that their union exists (marriage, moving in with one another, changing relationship status on facebook).
Categories of Non Verbal Communication - CORRECT ANSWER: KPUTAE
Kinesics, Paralanguage, Use of space, Time, Artifacts, Environment
Channel - CORRECT ANSWER: The medium used to get a message from source to
receiver. (face to face, TV, etc.)
Circular Model - CORRECT ANSWER: Model in which there is a constant change of
source and and reciever. Feedback is involved.
Circumscribing Stage - CORRECT ANSWER: In this stage there is a decline in the
quality and quantity of the communication. It starts subtle and grows over time. There is a shrinking of commitment. Essentially this is just a disintegration of the overall quality of the realtionship.
Common reasons for termination - CORRECT ANSWER: -characteristics of the
individual (he was too conservative) -lack of fulfillment (sex was bad, he found no joy in family life) -lack of cohesiveness (we grew apart, we didn't do anything together anymore) -poor interaction regualtion (she would never listen to me, all our talks ended in fights) -3rd party problems (affair)
Competency - CORRECT ANSWER: We seek people who are competent and skilled
but not TOO competent. Someone who is too perfect seems unreachable and inhuman.People like approachability. (In this order people liked 1.superior who blundered 2.superior who didn't 3. average person who didn't 4. average person who blundered)
Complementarity - CORRECT ANSWER: "Opposites arttract". Differences can strengthen a relationship when they are complementary- when each person's characteristics satisfy the other person's needs (ex. person who talks a lot with a person who hardly talks at all)
Contrast - CORRECT ANSWER: We select things because they are different.
Contrast Example - CORRECT ANSWER: You pay attention to Pringles at the store
because they are in a can and not a bag.
Counter Tendency - CORRECT ANSWER: Paying attention to opinions counter to
yours to make yourself feel superior.
Coyness - CORRECT ANSWER: used in flirting. to be artfully shy.
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