Communication Exam 1

Question 1

Meanings are in words

Answer 1

• meanings reside in us

- Symbol stands for something other than itself

Question 2

Communication is a verbal process

Answer 2

Paralinguistic cues- tone of voice

Question 3

Telling is communicating

Answer 3

People might not be able to understand

Question 4

Communication will solve all of our problems

Answer 4

NO IT CANNOT

Question 5

Communication is a good thing

Answer 5

Depends on the situation

Question 6

The more communication the better

Answer 6

Sometimes it makes it worse

-blowing up your phone-it gets annoying

Question 7

Communication can breakdown

Answer 7

It can’t because there is no such thing

Question 8

Communication is a natural ability

Answer 8

Communication is never anything on it’s own it is merely a tool and we are using it

Question 9

You change a little bit to accommodate your audience- try to identify with them

Answer 9

Speech module

Question 10

Character; the most important thing

Answer 10

Ethos

Question 11

Focused on studying credibility

Answer 11

Human communication

Question 12

Effective use of language

Answer 12

Rhetoric

Question 13

Wants to explain and control-cue word: measurement

-uses surveys-experiments-frequency, quantity/amount intervening variable= confounding variable

Answer 13

Quantitative research

Question 14

Textual analysis, ethnography, historical research

Answer 14

Qualitative research

Question 15

Emotion

Answer 15

Pathos

Question 16

Logic

Answer 16

Logos

Question 17

How does the self-serving bias affect the accuracy of our perception?

Answer 17

We want something to turn out the way we intended it

Question 18

What are cognitive schemata?

Answer 18

• Prototypes
• personal constructs
• stereotypes
• scripts

Question 19

Perception Process

Answer 19

• Active process
• perception/communication influence each other
• consists of 3 interrelated processes

Question 20

The subjective process of creating explanations for what we observe and experience

Answer 20

Interpretation

Question 21

The art of explaining why: -
something happens 
-a person acts a particular way 
-locus
-stability
-specificity
-responsibility

Answer 21

Attributions

Question 22

What are the influences on perception?

Answer 22

• Physiological factors
• Positive visualization- how we perceive ourselves in life
• expectations

Question 23

What are the cognitive abilities?

Answer 23

• Cognitive complexity
• empathy
• social roles

Question 24

The way that act depending on who we’re with

Answer 24

Social roles

Question 25

What does language allow us to do?

Answer 25

- plan - dream - remember - evaluate - reflect on ourselves and the world around us - define who we are and want to be - create identity

Question 26

Verbal Communication

Answer 26

- Arbitrariness - ambiguity- don't always know what people mean - abstraction-vagueness

Question 27

Symbolic activities

Answer 27

Language defines phenomena | -totalizing

Question 28

What does language do?

Answer 28

- Evaluates phenomena - organizes experiences - allows hypothetical thought - allows self reflection - defines relationships and interaction

Question 29

Own your feelings and thoughts

Answer 29

-Avoid "you" language -rely on "I" statements •own responsibility •more descriptions

Question 30

Nonverbal language includes:

Answer 30

- Gestures - Body language - Features of environments

Question 31

What does nonverbal establish?

Answer 31

- Level meanings - responsiveness - liking - power

Question 32

Body language

Answer 32

Kinesics

Question 33

Study of touch

Answer 33

Haptics

Question 34

Skin color, sex, size, personal/social relationships, decisions about hiring, placement and promotion

Answer 34

Physical appearance

Question 35

Term for our perception of odors and scents

Answer 35

Olfactics

Question 36

Personal objects that we use

Answer 36

Artifacts

Question 37

Refers to space and how we use it

Answer 37

Proxemics

Question 38

Elements of settings that affect how we feel think and act

Answer 38

Environmental factors

Question 39

Refers to how we perceive and use time to define identities and interactions

Answer 39

Chronemics

Question 40

Tone

Answer 40

Paralanguage

Question 41

Lack of communication sound, can communicate powerful messages, can convey contentment, can also communicate awkwardness

Answer 41

Silence

Question 42

What are the 2 steps in perception?

Answer 42

- Selection- what you define as important in life | - Organization- organize perceptions in a meaningful way