According to linguist Deborah Tannen, gender plays a significant role in how we interpret verbal messages. For example, women tend to interpret a message based on __________.

Our tendency to put ourselves in situations that reinforce our attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors is known as __________.

What stage of the listening process is involved when you focus on one sound from the many that compete for your attention?

What idea suggests that language shapes our thoughts and culture, and our culture and thoughts affect the language we use to describe the world?

What is generally true about speech rate versus thought rate?

When we stereotype others, we do so to fulfill our needs for power, authority, and __________.

Victoria must complete a high-level mathematics course before graduating from college. With graduation within reach, Victoria imagines herself receiving a passing grade on the final exam, shaking her professor’s hand, and smiling in front of a camera while holding her diploma. Through using __________, Victoria has boosted her confidence about passing the class.

Reece watches a news report about a young man arrested for stealing bread and peanut butter from a local grocery store. Reece assumes that the young man had no other choice but to steal the food for survival. Using causal attribution theory, which cause does Reece attribute the man’s behavior to?

When we behave in ways that benefit others, it makes us feel better and is called being __________.

Communication researcher Milton Bennett calls the ultimate other-oriented principle the “Platinum Rule,” which states: __________.