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chapter 1 & 3 multple choice

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Desires are complex because:
incompatible forces exert incompatible desires upon the same individual.
"Affinity substances" refer to substances:
the collective consumption of which facilitates affinity with others.
The "flow" experience refers to:
the experience wherein time and space no longer matter as the person is so engrossed in his or her current activity.
Communicative messages are those that:
faithfully and spontaneously communicate the communicator's thoughts and emotions.
Strategic messages are those that:
skillfully maneuvers the expression of an message to fulfill a pragmatic purpose.
Social construction means that:
many human realities become "realities" only when they are collectively created and accepted as realities whereas in truth they may be little more than myths.
DAST stands for:
desire, affinity, space, and time.
The author of the DAST theory chooses the four factors designated by the DAST acronym because:
these four factors appear to be the ultimate determinants of communication behaviors.
"Instructed desires" refer to:
desires that are acquired through cultural inheritance.
"Idiosyncratic desires" refer to those that:
are often products from the clash between innate and instructed desires, and can be of great value for achieving affinity in unique communication scenarios.
"Systematic affinity" refers to:
affinity that one has with one's own cultural group.
The "affective" side of communication refers to elements:
that involve emotion rather than cognition.
If the summated value of the DAST factors is negative, which of the following generally occurs:
antagonism.
Non-volitional communication refers to communication that the communicator:
does unwillingly and performs anyway due to external pressure such as social decorum.
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