Ch. 1 - Communication: What and Why

Question 1

Channel

Answer 1

The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver.

Question 2

Cognitive Complexity

Answer 2

The ability to understand issues from a variety of perspectives.

Question 3

Communication

Answer 3

The process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction.

Question 4

Communication Competence

Answer 4

The ability to achieve one’s goals through communication and, ideally, maintain healthy relationships.

Question 5

Decode

Answer 5

To attach meaning to a message

Question 6

Dyadic communication

Answer 6

Two-person communication.

Question 7

Encode

Answer 7

To put thoughts into symbols, most commonly words.

Question 8

Environment

Answer 8

Both the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the parties involved.

Question 9

Interpersonal Communication

Answer 9

Communication that occurs within a single person.

Question 10

Linear Communication Model

Answer 10

A characterization of communication as one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver

Question 11

Mass Communication

Answer 11

The transmission of messages too large, usually widespread audience be a TV, Internet, movies, magazines, and other forms of mass media.

Question 12

Media

Answer 12

Communication mechanisms such as phones and computers used to convey messages between people.

Question 13

Message

Answer 13

A sender’s planned and unplanned words and nonverbal behaviors.

Question 14

Noise

Answer 14

External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with accurate transmission and reception of a message.

Question 15

Organizational Communication

Answer 15

Interaction among members of a relatively large, permanent structure is (such as a nonprofit agency or business) in order to pursue shared goals.

Question 16

Public Communication

Answer 16

Communication that occurs when a group is too large for everyone to contribute. It is characterized by an equal amount of speaking in by limited verbal feedback..

Question 17

Receiver

Answer 17

One who notices and attends to a message.

Question 18

Self-monitoring

Answer 18

Paying close attention to one’s own behavior and using these observations to make effective choices.

Question 19

Sender

Answer 19

The originator of a message

Question 20

Small-Group Communication

Answer 20

Communication within a group of a size such that every member can participate actively with the other members.

Question 21

Symbol

Answer 21

An Arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, my dear, or event in ways that make communication possible.

Question 22

Transactional Communication Model

Answer 22

A characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing process involves feedback and includes unintentional (often ambiguous) messages.