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1

Geraldine listens to jazz a great deal, and she has found that she can describe the music using many different terms. Geraldine's "jazz construct system" is:
A)High in differentiation
B)Low in abstraction
C)High in expressive design logic
D)All of the above
2

For constructivist theorists, the most important domain of cognitive complexity is:
A)The mediated construct system
B)The ontological construct system
C)The observational construct system
D)The interpersonal construct system
3

Which of the following is not a secondary goal in interaction?
A)Identity goals
B)Relational resource goals
C)Arousal management goals
D)Gaining compliance
4

In Action Assembly Theory, what you actually say is known as:
A)A unified assembly
B)Output representation
C)An activated node
D)A procedural record
5

Constructivist theory, or constructivism, is a theoretical approach to communication developed in the 1970s by __________ and his colleagues.
A)S.R. Wilson
B)Jesse Delia
C)G.R. Miller
D)John Greene
6

In the initial study that led to the message design logics model, contrasting logics were described as:
A)selection, segregation, and separation
B)separation, expression, and cooperativeness
C)flexibility, separation, and expression
D)separation, integration, and selection
7

A rhetorical design logic reflects the view that:
A)communication is a straightforward process of encoding thoughts and feelings.
B)interaction in a cooperative game that is played according to rules, conventions, and procedures.
C)communication serves to structure and create reality.
D)all of the above.
8

Action assembly theory was developed by:
A)S.R. Wilson
B)Jesse Delia
C)G.R. Miller
D)John Greene
9

The most abstract level of output representation is:
A)interactional representation.
B)ideational representation.
C)utterance representation.
D)sensorimotor representation.
10

In the constructivist tradition, cognitive complexity within the domain of the interpersonal construct system has typically been measured through the use of the role category questionnaire (RCQ), which was developed by:
A)W.H. Crockett.
B)Marwell and Schmitt
C)Cody and McLaughlin
D)G.R. Miller







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