Italians use opera as a cultural metaphor to define themselves – because of its emphasis on emotion, drama and the lyrical use of language. Which dimension of interpersonal relationship, as identified by Lustig and Koester, does this example illustrate?

A. Affection.
B. Activation.
C. Inclusion.
D. Control.


B. Activation.

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Credibility is the audience?s perception of a speaker?s ________

A) competence, trust, and pathos B) trust, competence, and ethos C) competence, trust, dynamism D) trust, dynamism, and logos

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Which of the following statements about husbands’ and wives’ nonverbal sending and receiving is true?

a. Men in unhappy marriages send clearer messages to wives through their faces. b. Unhappy husbands decode nonverbal behaviors of other women better than they do their own spouses. c. Married men were better encoders than married women. d. Marital adjustment was strongly related to the encoding skills of the women.

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Which of the following agenda items is considered unimportant if the group is meeting only once or for the first time?

a. finished business b. reading of the minutes from the previous meeting c. roll call d. requests for additional topics

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Which of the following is common to all of the many formulas or models of public relations planning and problem solving?

a. They begin with research b. They end with evaluation c. They deal with goals but not with objectives d. Both A and C

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