Communication Exam 1 Review

Question 1

Body position, body motions, and facial movements

Answer 1

Kinesics

Question 2

The physical process of sound waves hitting the eardrum

Answer 2

Hearing

Question 3

Speaker’s Credibility

Answer 3

Ethos

Question 4

Assuming we understand what another person thinks or feels

Answer 4

Mind reading

Question 5

Appeal to emotions

Answer 5

Pathos

Question 6

Absorbed in thoughts and concerns making it difficult to focus on what someone else is saying

Answer 6

Preoccupation

Question 7

Communication through technology

Answer 7

Messages

Question 8

Verbal signals are not intrinsically connected to what they represent

Answer 8

Arbitrary

Question 9

Believed truth could be discerned from careful observation of reality and that we must deal with realities

Answer 9

Aristotle

Question 10

The ability to perceive other people as unique individuals and situations are perceived as more comprehensive and integrated

Answer 10

Person centeredness

Question 11

Vocal but not actual words

Answer 11

Paralanguage

Question 12

The process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to spoken and/or nonverbal messages

Answer 12

Listening

Question 13

Putting together all that has been selected and organized to make sense of communication

Answer 13

Interpretation

Question 14

Listening carefully for the purpose of gathering ammunition to use in attacking a speaker

Answer 14

Ambushing

Question 15

Beliefs, values, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience shared by many people

Answer 15

Culture

Question 16

All aspects of communication other than words

Answer 16

Nonverbal

Question 17

Physical touch

Answer 17

Haptics

Question 18

Reflection of our interpretations of others’ communication back to them

Answer 18

Paraphrasing

Question 19

Deduction that goes beyond what you know or assume to be fact

Answer 19

Inference

Question 20

Stimulation, organization, and interpretation

Answer 20

Perception

Question 21

Research method where scholars identify and challenge communication practices that oppress, marginalize, or otherwise harm individuals and social groups

Answer 21

Critical

Question 22

Logic and reasoning

Answer 22

Logos

Question 23

The systematic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meaning

Answer 23

Communication

Question 24

Abstract, arbitrary, and ambiguous representations of other things

Answer 24

Symbol

Question 25

Pretending to listen

Answer 25

Pseudo Listening

Question 26

The literal message

Answer 26

Content

Question 27

Shared understanding among members of a particular culture or social group about what communication means and what behaviors are appropriate in various situations

Answer 27

Rules

Question 28

Focusing on what is happening in the moment

Answer 28

Mindfulness

Question 29

The bias where we attribute positive actions to internal, stable factors and our failures to external, unstable events out of our control

Answer 29

Self Serving

Question 30

A way to mark a flow of activity into meaningful units

Answer 30

Punctuation