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__________ power emphasizes power over or against the other party, and the key to it is dominance. |
| | A) | Designated |
| | B) | Distributive |
| | C) | Integrative |
| | D) | Delegated |
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Joining forces with someone else to achieve mutually acceptable goals, and focusing on the “both/and” nature of the situation describes ______________ power. |
| | A) | Designated |
| | B) | Distributive |
| | C) | Integrative |
| | D) | Re-claimed |
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When one person or group gives power to some other group or entity, this is called ___________ power.
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| | A) | designated |
| | B) | distributive |
| | C) | integrative |
| | D) | dominance |
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If “either/or” describes distributive power or power over, and “both/and” describes integrative power or power with, then what term would describe designated power? |
| | A) | “neither/nor” |
| | B) | “all/nothing” |
| | C) | “power to” |
| | D) | “for/against” |
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The following statements are ways power can be denied, except for: |
| | A) | The speaker can deny that he or she is communicating. |
| | B) | The speaker can deny that the message sent was the one intended to be sent. |
| | C) | The speaker can deny that a message was communicated to a particular person. |
| | D) | The speaker can deny that what has been said applies to this situation. |
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Which statement below reflects a relational theory of power? |
| | A) | Power is an attribute of a person. |
| | B) | Power is based on one’s independence from others. |
| | C) | Power decreases when there is more than one pathway to goal attainment. |
| | D) | All parties in a conflict have power, though one party may have more compared to the other. |
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Being a communication liaison between groups of people who would otherwise not have information about each other gives one the power currency labeled: |
| | A) | resource control |
| | B) | interpersonal linkages |
| | C) | communication skills |
| | D) | expertise |
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The following are reasons why assessing power between people can be difficult, except for: |
| | A) | Each person’s power stabilizes over time and therefore cannot be measured precisely. |
| | B) | Power is sometimes expressed covertly, or in hidden ways, making it hard to see. |
| | C) | Those who look most powerful are often less powerful than they appear. |
| | D) | Power is sometimes exercised in ways that look weak. |
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In power balancing, the strategy where lower power parties point out how all parties in the conflict are more related than it might appear, is called: |
| | A) | using restraint |
| | B) | staying actively engaged |
| | C) | metacommunication |
| | D) | focusing on interdependence |
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Instead of remaining in self-defeating spirals, lower power parties are advised to stay actively engaged by doing which of the following? |
| | A) | Speak up when you see an opportunity to point out the other side’s weaknesses. |
| | B) | State differences, and allow others to do the same. |
| | C) | Stay emotionally detached, especially when things get intense. |
| | D) | Keep your own beliefs, values, and priorities to yourself so as to not bring attention to these. |
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