Hypothetical questions are most useful when they portray situations applicants have NOT directly encountered, and, therefore, have NOT prepared answers for in advance.

Communication scholars Stanley Jones and Elaine Yarbough analyzed 1,500 acts of touching that can be grouped in to seven overreaching types. Which type is used when the touch becomes part of a persuasive goal to get the person touched to respond?

a. touch as control or influence b. touch as function c. touch as accidental d. touch as ritual

Trisha and her roommate Leena have a regular schedule of television shows that they watch. Even though they enjoy their programs, sometimes they feel like they are missing out on more exciting events on their college campus. Trisha and Leena are experiencing the ____ dialectic

A) the autonomy/connection B) the closeness/openness C) the dominance/subordination D) the novelty/predictability E) the trust/intimacy