T  F  1.   During small group communication, only one person in a group sends signals while other members act as receivers.
T  F  2.   Each symbol has an intrinsic, inherent meaning.
T  F  3.   Symbols are a type of signal that have no meanings except those given them by people who use them.
T  F  4.   How well a person communicates depends more on attitudes toward other people and knowledge about how communication occurs than on specific communication skills and techniques.
T  F  5.   Responsibility for a misunderstanding is usually shared by speaker and listener(s).
T  F  6.   Misunderstanding results from a breakdown in the communication process.
T  F  7.   A lack of feedback (response signals) from other group discussants disconfirms a speaker, tending to dampen his or her active involvement in the discussion.
T  F  8.   A "thumbs up" gesture, as used in America, is a type of symbol.
T  F  9.   "Communication" involves only INTENTIONAL signals/messages.
T  F  10.   effective Group Discussion claims that openly expressing a disagreement with another group member's idea is better than giving no observable response.
T  F  11.   "Listening" is a synonym for "hearing."
T  F  12.   Meaning cannot be transmitted from one person to another.
T  F  13.   Focused listeners often make notes to help them recall issues and decisions during a discussion.
T  F  14.   Before agreeing or disagreeing with what another person has said, an active listener verifies his or her understanding of the statement.
T  F  15.   Every verbal message has nonverbal components.
T  F  16.   As used in Effective Group discussion, "noise" refers to anything interfering with the achievement of mutual understanding among group members, such as an unusual pronunciation, a sound from outside the room, or a daydream.
17.   "Signals" refer to
A.   words.
B.   symbols.
C.   nonverbal cues.
D.   words and nonverbal cues.
E.   symbols with their referents.
18.   In the groups Berg observed, someone changed the topic on an average about every
A.   time a different person spoke.
B.   thirty seconds.
C.   minute.
D.   five minutes.
E.   fifteen minutes.
19.   Every spoken message indicates meanings of three types (levels):
A.   verbal, nonverbal, and reciprocal.
B.   symbol, signals, and sign.
C.   interpersonal, small group, and social.
D.   content (denotative), affective, and relational.
E.   denotative, connotative, and semantic:
20.   No question
21.   Effective Group Discussion defines human communication as
A.   sending and receiving of messages.
B.   exchanging meanings.
C.   sharing information and ideas.
D.   a process in which people create, send, receive, interpret, and respond to signals.
E.   the derivation, encoding, transmitting, and evaluation of shared personal meanings.
22.   The fundamental throughput process of small groups is ________________.
23.   The term which implies that group members must cooperate to achieve mutual understanding and that all are simultaneously sending and receiving signals is ________________.
24.   Listening thhat increases a group member' ability to summarize and report a discussion accurately is called ________________ listening.
25.   That a person has been listening poorly is indicated by ______________ comments and topic switching.
26.   The technique of paraphrasing what the listener understands a speaker to mean, then asking for conformation or correction, is called _______________ listening.
27.   Berg found that someone changed the topic of discussion on the average of about one time per _______________. (period of time)
28.   Any stimulus a person can receive and interpret is a(n) ___________________.
29.   Pretending to be listening while thinking of something other than what a speaker is saying/meaning is called ________________ listening.
30.   Thinking about how to respond to a perceived threat to one's personal image while also listening to another discussant is called ______________ listening.