According to class lecture, when you make comments that support your own image claims, without a preceding attack, way you are engaging in: 

All of the following are characteristics of the rhetorically sensitive person EXCEPT:

Hablando de arte callejero.  Answer each of the following questions with a complete and well-developed sentence in Spanish (minimum 20 words each).   En tu opinión, ¿cuál es la tarea más importante del artista callejero?  ¿Por qué? ¿Existen sesgos o prejuicios sociales sobre este tipo de arte?  Da ejemplos. En tu opinión, ¿tiene el arte callejero más importancia que otras formas del arte, como el teatro o el baile?  ¿Por qué sí o por qué no? ¿Se debe establecer límites sobre dónde se puede realizar este arte y dónde no? Justifica tu respuesta.    En caso de que las necesiten (copiar y pegar): á é í ó ú  ÁÉÍÓÚ   ñ ¿? ¡ !

According to your textbook, all of the following are part of the definition of conflict EXCEPT:

  For the rest of the multiple choice questions, refer to the background information I posted on Canvas, labeled “Exam I Cheat Sheet,” and read the excerpt from the newspaper editorial below. Sheriff credits officers with heroic action at Ligertown By Bill Lynn, Bannock County Sheriff Please allow me the opportunity to express some feelings on the events which have taken place at Ligertown. Much has been written in the Journal and much more has been presented by the national and international media. It is easy to see that the stories involving animals are popular, and I think on the whole, the news of the incident has been reported very responsibly, and I thank you for your balance and understanding. I do not want to dwell on the negative, but feel obliged to use the Journal to explain to those who may not understand why we did not “dart” the animals escaping from the compound instead of euthanizing them. The darting of animals is a very precise talent which requires specific skills and very specific equipment. Even the Fish and Game Department usually has only one person per district who is fully trained in the practice, and the equipment is scarce. I suspect many people assume that any rifle could be used and you would just put in a drug dart and shoot. In actuality, the darter must use very exact amounts of numerous compounds, and each dart must be made up individually. Beyond the one dart per shot problem, the type and gender of the animal, the weight of the animal, and many other factors would determine the serums used in each darting. Beyond the above problems, the darter must get to within about 10-20 feet of the animal to be darted and then the animals, if they are lions, take from 15 minutes to 1 1/2-hours to knock down. During this time frame, the lions would have the ability to injure or kill the darter, other officers, or wander downstream to Lava Hot Springs which was less than one mile away. While the lions begin to get lethargic, they are still very aggressive and capable of inflicting injury or death. At the worst time, about 2 A.M., even if we had had a darter with a dart ready, little could have been done, as we had at that time, as many as 14 lions on the loose. And we had them on all four sides of the compound. The fact that we were able to put down the lions without them escaping to town or injuring anyone was a miracle in itself, which we are grateful for. While we wish that darting would have been an option, it simply was not, and the Human Society of the United States as well as the lion experts from California both confirmed that we did all that we could do, and praised us for our response and for maintaining the public well-being. As for the officers who responded to Ligertown that Wednesday night and Thursday morning, let me make comment. During the worst time, we had many brave men and women from numerous agencies, putting their very lives on the line for the public well-being. As for those who would say that it is their job to put their lives on the line, I would say you are right to a point, but no responsible set of individuals, no community, or no person can expect its law enforcement officers to have to deal with an escaping pride of lions and consider it anything but heroic. All of you must know the bravery of those who were in harm’s ways, but further you must know that few groups of people in the world could have pulled off this situation with so much class, so much calm, and so much courage. I believe that in life we find heroes very seldom, but when we do, we find them in the most unlikely places. I found so many that night in Lava Hot Springs. The passage highlighted in red reflects which of the following image repair tactics?    

For this third essay question, choose one of the following five questions to answer. Be sure that the question you choose is not the same question you selected for essay one and two. Your answer is worth 20 points. 1. In class I lectured about the characteristics of rhetorical sensitivity. Define the concept of rhetorical sensitivity as it was used in that lecture. Define and describe two characteristics of the rhetorically sensitive person. Philosophically, how should we square (resolve) the assumptions of rhetorical sensitivity with our culture’s preference for the consistently honest and direct person. 2. The class lecture described four kinds of face needs. State and define each face need. In each of the four statements below, identify the face need that each employer or employee is expressing. Explain why each statement represents the face need you assigned.       Employer (1): “I spend almost all of my time supervising you people!”       Employer: (2): “I’m happy to have employees like you who did such a fine job on this project.”       Employee (3): (In a statement to his/her supervisor), “The report won’t be ready on time because I have more important things to do!”        Employee (4): (In a statement to her supervisor), “Despite the enormous scope of this project, I did finish it on time.” 3. Imagine yourself in the following situation: Your instructor asked you to upload the term paper by Friday at 2:30 p.m., but you did not complete the paper until an hour later at 3:30. This professor hates any image repair tactics that sound like an excuse. With this in mind, construct a message that might explain your untoward behavior and improve your image in the eyes of your professor. Explain why you think the tactic or tactics you selected will be effective. 4. Imagine yourself in the following situation: You are a department manager at a big box retail store. One of your employees, Jane, has become disengaged from her work and you are concerned about this behavior. Today, Jane has missed the weekly sales meeting for a third time. Although the sales meetings are not that important, Jane’s excuses are becoming tiresome (e.g., slept late, caught in traffic, etc.). Today she claimed that her dog escaped and had to be caught before she could come to work. Using class lecture, describe your reasoning for dishonoring this image repair tactic by referring to the various rules people use to evaluate the validity of image repair tactics. 5. Imagine yourself in the following situation. Your name is Jane and you work at a local big box retail store. In recent weeks, it has been difficult for you to make it to work on time. In fact, you missed the weekly sales meeting for a third time. You have decided that your problems can be solved if you work the second shift (beginning at 3:00 p.m. rather than the 9:00 a.m. shift). Using the compliance gaining strategies discussed in class, crate an appeal to your boss to move you to the second shift. Explain why the compliance gaining strategies you selected are the best ones for this circumstance.

Which of the following is true of defensive climates?

In a defensive communication climate, a person spends a lot of time worrying about:

According to the textbook and lecture on Apologies, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation, the concept of reconciliation involves: 

Why can microorganisms left on a keyboard potentially provide forensic evidence?