Question: Your _______________ will have the most significant impact on how much you disclose.

Answer: personality

Question: Why is self-disclosure important in communication?

Answer: Self-disclosure builds positive, trusting relationships and encourages reciprocal disclosure.

Question: How can self-disclosure impact (both positively and negatively) your life at work or school?

Answer: Self-disclosure could negatively put you in positions where people are gossiping about you. Self-disclosure could positively put in a position where people are friendly to you and want to learn more about you.

Question: Which of the following would be an appropriate topic for disclosure in the workplace?

Answer: none of the above

Question: When communicating with others, it is important to allow others to ___________.

Answer: choose whether or not to disclose

Question: Describe your Johari Window. Which area or areas are largest for you? Smallest?

Answer: The largest areas for me in my Johari Window is the blind area. The smallest is probably the open section. I’m not very open to people and I don’t know a lot about myself.

Question: A person would be most likely to disclose during which of the following communication situations?

Answer: while chatting online

Question: What is self-disclosure?

Answer: Voluntarily sharing information about yourself, that others could not find out unless you told them.

Question: Describe 3 aspects of your Open Self.

Answer:

Question: How does reciprocity affect disclosure?

Answer: Because you should only disclose if your communication partner is also disclosing, reciprocity can help you to decide how much and when to self-disclose during communication.