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Chapter 02: Perception, Self, and Communication
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is a process of being aware of and understanding the world?
a. Realization
b. Paradigm
c. Personal view
d. Perception
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Knowledge
2. Perceptions do all of the following to our ideas, values, and beliefs except for which of the
following?
a. Challenge
b. Release
c. Form
d. Reinforce
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Analysis
3. Patricia is studying for her exam at night in her room and is annoyed by the sound of her
neighbor's vacuum next door. Patricia's concentration is engaged in what process?
a. Selective attention
b. Aggravated response
c. Preferred hearing
d. Selective memory
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Application
4. When Jason watches the news, he filters what he hears to suit his own needs, biases, and
expectations. Which of the following is Jason using?
a. Selective memory
b. Selective exposure
c. Selective attention
d. Selective perception
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Hard
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Application
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5. During the graduation ceremony, Stephen remembers all of the positive experiences he had
with his classes and the fun he had with all the people he met. Stephen is using which type of
selection?
a. Selective concentration
b. Selective attention
c. Selective exposure
d. Selective memory
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
6. Which of the following describes selective perception?
a. Choosing to see and hear information based on personal relevance
b. Concentrating on one part of the environment while not paying attention to the rest
c. Exposing oneself to values and beliefs that are similar to one’s own
d. Retaining information from one’s past
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
7. Which of the following are the three qualities of memories?
a. Static, creative, and social
b. Static, creative, and independent
c. Dynamic, creative, and social
d. Dynamic, prescribed, and independent
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
8. You have been invited to a social evening at your professor's home. There are many students
there whom you have never met. As you meet them, you use bits of information from them and
translate that information into general characteristics. This is an example of which important
characteristic of cognitive complexity?
a. Abstract
b. Numerous
c. Capable
d. Organized
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: Interpersonal Constructs
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Application
9. Which of the following is not a type of schema?
a. Stereotypes
b. Prototypes
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c. Scripts
d. Blueprints
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Analysis
10. In answering the question “What is it?” in our encounters, which of the following is considered
an image of the best example of a particular category?
a. Stereotypes
b. Scripts
c. Blueprints
d. Prototypes
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Comprehension
11. Before going to class, Tricia expects that she will take a quiz, and the professor will lecture for
30 minutes and then give an assignment. Which type of schema is Tricia using?
a. Blueprints
b. Scripts
c. Stereotypes
d. Imagined experiences
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Application
12. Individuals with highly developed interpersonal construct systems have which of the
following?
a. Increased perception
b. Cognitive complexity
c. Hyperselection
d. High cognition
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Knowledge
13. Which of the following includes stereotypes, prototypes, interpersonal constructs, and scripts?
a. Profiling
b. Interpersonal perception
c. Cognitive complexity
d. Schemas
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Comprehension
14. Once information has been selected and organized, the next step is known as ______.
a. exposure
b. selection
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Chapter 02: Perception, Self, and Communication
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is a process of being aware of and understanding the world?
a. Realization
b. Paradigm
c. Personal view
d. Perception
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Knowledge
2. Perceptions do all of the following to our ideas, values, and beliefs except for which of the
following?
a. Challenge
b. Release
c. Form
d. Reinforce
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Analysis
3. Patricia is studying for her exam at night in her room and is annoyed by the sound of her
neighbor's vacuum next door. Patricia's concentration is engaged in what process?
a. Selective attention
b. Aggravated response
c. Preferred hearing
d. Selective memory
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Application
4. When Jason watches the news, he filters what he hears to suit his own needs, biases, and
expectations. Which of the following is Jason using?
a. Selective memory
b. Selective exposure
c. Selective attention
d. Selective perception
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Hard
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Application
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5. During the graduation ceremony, Stephen remembers all of the positive experiences he had
with his classes and the fun he had with all the people he met. Stephen is using which type of
selection?
a. Selective concentration
b. Selective attention
c. Selective exposure
d. Selective memory
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
6. Which of the following describes selective perception?
a. Choosing to see and hear information based on personal relevance
b. Concentrating on one part of the environment while not paying attention to the rest
c. Exposing oneself to values and beliefs that are similar to one’s own
d. Retaining information from one’s past
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
7. Which of the following are the three qualities of memories?
a. Static, creative, and social
b. Static, creative, and independent
c. Dynamic, creative, and social
d. Dynamic, prescribed, and independent
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium
REF: Perception and Communication
OBJ: 2-1 Identify the ways in which we select information from the environment to form perceptions.
COG: Comprehension
8. You have been invited to a social evening at your professor's home. There are many students
there whom you have never met. As you meet them, you use bits of information from them and
translate that information into general characteristics. This is an example of which important
characteristic of cognitive complexity?
a. Abstract
b. Numerous
c. Capable
d. Organized
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: Interpersonal Constructs
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Application
9. Which of the following is not a type of schema?
a. Stereotypes
b. Prototypes
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c. Scripts
d. Blueprints
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Analysis
10. In answering the question “What is it?” in our encounters, which of the following is considered
an image of the best example of a particular category?
a. Stereotypes
b. Scripts
c. Blueprints
d. Prototypes
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Comprehension
11. Before going to class, Tricia expects that she will take a quiz, and the professor will lecture for
30 minutes and then give an assignment. Which type of schema is Tricia using?
a. Blueprints
b. Scripts
c. Stereotypes
d. Imagined experiences
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Application
12. Individuals with highly developed interpersonal construct systems have which of the
following?
a. Increased perception
b. Cognitive complexity
c. Hyperselection
d. High cognition
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Knowledge
13. Which of the following includes stereotypes, prototypes, interpersonal constructs, and scripts?
a. Profiling
b. Interpersonal perception
c. Cognitive complexity
d. Schemas
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Organization
OBJ: 2-2 Describe how we organize and interpret information to make sense of the world.
COG: Comprehension
14. Once information has been selected and organized, the next step is known as ______.
a. exposure
b. selection
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