Author Question: Interaction adaptation theory suggests that: A) individuals have their own behavioral styles and ... (Read 68 times)

misspop · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

How does culture affect interpersonal communication?

A) Interpersonal communication is not really affected by culture.
B) Culture affects how we perceive symbols.
C) Culture affects how competent we are at interpersonal communication.
D) Culture affects whether or not we engage in encoding and decoding.

Question 2

Interaction adaptation theory suggests that:

A) individuals have their own behavioral styles and do not adapt their communication behavior to the communication behavior of others.
B) individuals simultaneously adapt their communication behavior to the communication behavior of others.
C) individuals can easily adapt their verbal communication behavior, but not the nonverbal communication behavior, to those of others.
D) individuals alter the meaning of messages to adapt them to their individual thought processes.
E) individuals who are in online relationships have adapted their intimacy levels to match the intimacy levels in face-to-face relationships.