Question

1. 180 Public Relations have asked the employees to participate in a self-observation exercise where they can describe themselves so that the PR firm can have a better understanding of who they are. Which statement reflects a self-observation that can encourage us to assume new labels?

   1. “Hey! I’m an outgoing, fun sort of person.”

   2. “Dad always said I was trouble.”

   3. “I’m a Phi Beta Kappa.”

   4. “I am a student, a son, and a boyfriend.”

2. At the end of Haley’s interview, one of the PR firm associates shook her hand and noticed she may bite her nails. The PR firm associate inferred that Haley has been very nervous and stressed, which leads her to bite her nails. Which stage of the perceptual process is reflected in this example?

   1. Interpreting

   2. Responding

   3. Selecting

   4. Organizing

3. Elizabeth is dreading speaking with the PR firm. Interpersonal communication has never been easy for her, especially with new people, because she gets anxious and doesn’t speak. Sure enough, when the PR firm interviews her, Elizabeth starts to panic and doesn’t talk in front of the PR firm representatives. Elizabeth is a victim of her own ________________.

   1. self-fulfilling prophecy

   2. communication apprehension

   3. social decentering

   4. looking-glass self

4. Haley told the PR firm that when Kameron gets a new client, he brags to everyone about how he awesome he is at consulting. However, when Haley gets a new client, he says she was lucky. Which tendency may Kameron have?

   1. Horn effect

   2. Implicit personality theory

   3. Fundamental attribution error

   4. Self-serving bias

Answer 1

• Dad always said I was trouble

The statement gives the tag of being a trouble maker or an idea of the person to understand the kind of personality they are dealing with.

• Interpreting

The interpretation of the feeling of anxiety is been made here when the interviewer saw the perpetual process of understanding the cause of it.

• Communication apprehension

Elizabeth is anxious anyway in her approach which makes her go silent while speaking to the PR people due to the fear of speaking itself.

• Self-serving bias

The self serving biases of the Kameron makes him brag while taking other’s achievements lightly.