Identification takes place when the speaker and listener share what?

A. horticultural
B. inclinations
C. common ground
D. social status
E. spatial proximity


Ans: C. common ground

Communication & Mass Media

You might also like to view...

When asked by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) about what skills they seek in the college graduates they hire, employers rated which skill as the most important?

a. oral communication skills b. written communication skills c. listening skills d. computer skills e. proficiency in your field of study

Communication & Mass Media

MARV, the four strategies for listening to remember, is an example of

a. repeating. b. associating. c. recall. d. mnemonics. e. visualize.

Communication & Mass Media

Mark and Andrea are getting married, and they decided to elope in Las Vegas instead of having the big wedding their devout Catholic parents expected. Their plan is to go to a courthouse and then jump out of an airplane after the modest ceremony. Their parents are furious, and insist this is not the way Catholics do things and God will disapprove. According to their parents, Mark and Andrea are

violating a __________________social practice. a. relational b. formal c. peripheral d. collateral

Communication & Mass Media

The idea that we are constantly sending and receiving messages which may change midstream illustrates that communication is ________.

A. dynamic B. sharing and negotiating meaning C. unintentional D. symbolic

Communication & Mass Media