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1

What metaphor do the theorists use to help explain the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM)?
A)onion
B)satellite
C)camera
D)theatre
2

The most basic level identified in the hierarchy of meaning is called:
A)raw data
B)speech acts
C)contract
D)content
3

Complimenting, insulting, and promising all represent which level in the hierarchy of meaning?
A)speech acts
B)content
C)contract
D)raw data
4

Another name for a contract is a:
A)relationship agreement
B)mutual understanding
C)punctuated experience
D)co-culture
5

Communication routines that have no definable beginnings, middles, or endings are called:
A)contracts
B)episodes
C)life scripts
D)cultural patterns
6

Your sense of self is also called your:
A)lifespace
B)personal meaning
C)interpersonal meaning
D)life script
7

Two primary issues influence the coordination process, including:
A)punctuation and morality
B)resource availability and punctuation
C)morality and resource availability
D)resource availability and field of experience
8

Some people believe that because they have no alternatives available to them, they will continue to engage in:
A)conflict resolution
B)sustained conflict
C)preemptive conflict
D)relationship rebuilding
9

When one level of the hierarchy supports another, CMM theorists believe that a ____________ has occurred.
A)strange loop
B)supporting behavior
C)cultural pattern
D)charmed loop
10

A person's belief about how meaning and action "fit" within an interpersonal exchange is called:
A)social reality
B)interpersonal meaning
C)personal meaning
D)social interaction







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