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Organizational Communication Balancing Creativity and Constraint 7th Edition Eisenberg Test Bank
Organizational Communication Balancing Creativity and Constraint 7th Edition Eisenberg Test Bank
Organizational Communication
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1. According to Mead, the self is constructed of which of the following two parts?
A) The “me” and the “you”
B) The “inner self” and the “outer self”
C) The “I” and the “me”
D) The “us” and the “them”
2. Communication that respects the validity of each person's experience and perceptions is
called
A) symbolic interaction.
B) discussion.
C) validation theory.
D) dialogue as empathic conversation.
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three main factors that contributes to
information overload?
A) Tonality of the sender's voice
B) Complexity of information
C) Amount of information to be processed
D) Rate at which the information is presented
6. The definition of dialogue that allows all participants the ability to voice their opinions
and perspectives is called
A) real meeting.
B) empathic conversation.
C) situated individualism.
D) equitable transaction.
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10. According to William Wentworth, the balance of creativity and constraint in social life
is achieved through
A) tension.
B) logic.
C) bureaucracy.
D) communication.
11. The concept of distortion refers to the effects of noise on the receiver's ability to process
a message. According to the information-transfer approach, noise can be all of the
following types EXCEPT
A) semantic.
B) physical.
C) psychological.
D) contextual.
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12. Which of the following approaches to communication can be most useful in
understanding the role that leaders play in organizations?
A) Transactional process
B) Strategic control
C) Balancing creativity and constraint
D) None of the above
13. Which of the following approaches to communication recognizes that clarity is not
always the main goal in interaction?
A) Balancing creativity and constraint
B) Transactional process
C) Strategic control
D) Information transfer
14. Which of the following approaches to communication often comes at the cost of
building strong communities?
A) Transactional process
B) Information transfer
C) Strategic control
D) Balancing creativity and constraint
15. Since the 1960s, which of the following has been the primary focus of social theorists?
A) The relationship between individuals and society
B) The relationship between organizations and employees
C) The ways that individuals apply scientific facts
D) The instigation of social change
16. Which of the following concepts is characterized by the irony that individuals rarely get
to see the reality they set out to create?
A) Strategic ambiguity
B) Duality of structure
C) Structure
D) Distortion
17. When individuals communicate without purpose or conscious thought, they are said to
be engaging in which of the following kinds of communication?
A) Strategically ambiguous communication
B) Communication without consequence
C) Distorted communication
D) Mindless communication
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PART XI.
RELIGIOUS RITES AND SUPERSTITIONS.
CHAPTER XXVI.
The mysterious “still small voice”—Samoan mythology—The man who
pushed the Heavens up—The child of the Sun—A Figian version
of the “Flood”—The Paradise of the Figian—Lying Ghosts—
Singular case of abduction—The disobedient Naiogabui—All fair
in love and war—The fate of poor Rokoua—The Samoan hades
—Miscellaneous gods of the Samoans—A god for every village—
The cup of truth—Mourning the destruction of a god’s image—
The most fashionable god in Polynesia—Families marked for
human sacrifice—“Tapu” or “tabu”—Its antiquity and wide-spread
influence—Muzzled pigs and blindfolded chickens—Ceremony of
releasing the porkers—Tremendous feast of baked pig—The tapu
in New Zealand—A terrible tinder box—The sacred pole and the
missionaries—The chief’s backbone—The Pakeka and the iron
pot—One of the best uses of tapu—Its general advantages and
disadvantages—Tapu among the Samoans—Witchcraft in New
Zealand—Visit of a European to a “retired” witch—The religion of
the Dayak—“Tapa,” “Tenahi,” “Iang,” and “Jirong”—Warriors’
ghosts—Religious rites and superstitions of the Sea Dayaks—
The great god Singallong Burong—Belief in dreams among the
Sea Dayaks—Story of the stone bull—Of the painted dog.