Intro communication

Question 1

What refers to the setting in which communication takes place?

Answer 1

context

Question 2

Who is the person that encodes and transmits a message?

Answer 2

sender

Question 3

What refers to the knowledge of effective and appropriate communication patterns and the ability to use and adapt that knowledge in various contexts?

Answer 3

communication competence

Question 4

Public social media posts are a form of what type of communication?

Answer 4

mass communication

Question 5

During a first date, people learn about each other by engaging in what type of communication?

Answer 5

interpersonal communication

Question 6

What needs are met by communication?

Answer 6

all of the above

Question 7

People typically do not lie because of norms that guide communication. This is referred to as what context?

Answer 7

social context

Question 8

An individual will typically interact differently with a friend than a parent due to their shared history. This is referred to as what context?

Answer 8

relational context

Question 9

What is considered noise in the communication process?

Answer 9

Chase develops a headache while in class.

Question 10

What are the verbal and nonverbal messages received in response to communication known as?

Answer 10

feedback

Question 11

What is communication with oneself using internal vocalization or reflective thinking called?

Answer 11

intrapersonal communication

Question 12

What is communication between people whose lives mutually influence one another called?

Answer 12

interpersonal communication

Question 13

What is communication among three or more people interacting to achieve a shared goal called?

Answer 13

group communication

Question 14

What is a sender-focused form of communication in which one person is typically responsible for conveying information to an audience?

Answer 14

public communication

Question 15

What is communication transmitted to many people through print or electronic media called?

Answer 15

mass communication

Question 16

What model of communication describes a linear, one-way process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver?

Answer 16

transmission model of communication

Question 17

What model of communication describes a process in which communicators generate social realities within social, relational, and cultural contexts?

Answer 17

transactional model of communication

Question 18

What model of communication describes a process in which participants alternate positions as sender and receiver?

Answer 18

interaction model of communication

Question 19

What is a primary function of nonverbal communication?

Answer 19

convey meaning

by reinforcing, substituting for, or contradicting verbal communication.

Question 20

Nonverbal communication is also used to influence others and regulate conversational flow. What is this called?

Answer 20

influence others

Question 21

What functions as a central part of relational communication and identity expression?

Answer 21

relational ; identity

Question 22

What are supportive messages?

Answer 22

messages communicated in an open, honest, and nonconfrontational way

Question 23

What refers to definitions that are accepted by the language group as a whole?

Answer 23

denotation

Question 24

What theory explores why and how people modify their communication to fit situational, social, cultural, and relational contexts?

Answer 24

Communication Accommodation Theory

Question 25

What are distinct styles of pronunciation called?

Answer 25

accents

Question 26

What model indicates the relationship among a thought, symbol, and referent?

Answer 26

triangle of meaning

Question 27

What is a relationship between two opposing concepts that constantly push and pull one another called?

Answer 27

dialectic

Question 28

What is something that stands in for or represents something else?

Answer 28

symbol

Question 29

What are conclusions based on direct observation or group consensus called?

Answer 29

facts

Question 30

What are changes in accent, dialect, or language referred to as?

Answer 30

code switching

Question 31

What refers to definitions based on emotion or experience-based associations people have with a word?

Answer 31

connotation

Question 32

What are new or adapted words that are specific to a group, context, and/or time period called?

Answer 32

slang

Question 33

What is language used to express a person's feelings and create similar feelings in another person called?

Answer 33

affective language

Question 34

What is the difference in sound between someone from the Midwest United States and someone from the southern United States called?

Answer 34

accent

Question 35

What are smiling, nodding, and making eye contact known as?

Answer 35

immediacy behaviors

Question 36

What kind of definition is based on emotion and experience?

Answer 36

connotative

Question 37

What type of messages help bring people closer together?

Answer 37

supportive

Question 38

What type of nonverbal communication was Joselin using when she showed the size of a ball with her hands?

Answer 38

illustrator

Question 39

What is the study of paralanguage?

Answer 39

vocalics

Question 40

What was Jackson experiencing when he looked away and avoided making eye contact after seeing someone drop her ice cream?

Answer 40

civil inattention

Question 41

What type of culture is Japan, where Riku bowed instead of shaking hands with Mario?

Answer 41

non-contact culture

Question 42

What are the words that represent an idea when you say, 'good night'?

Answer 42

symbols

Question 43

What does Communication Accommodation Theory state?

Answer 43

all of the above

Question 44

What are nonverbal cues that communicate intimacy and signal the connection between two people called?

Answer 44

tie signs

Question 45

What is the study of touch called?

Answer 45

haptics

Question 46

What is the study of paralanguage that includes vocal qualities such as pitch and rate?

Answer 46

vocalics

Question 47

What is the study of eye behavior called?

Answer 47

Oculesics

Question 48

What are objects and possessions that surround us called?

Answer 48

artifacts

Question 49

What are gestures that have specific agreed-on meaning called?

Answer 49

Emblems

Question 50

What is the study of how time affects communication called?

Answer 50

Chronemics

Question 51

What are verbal and nonverbal behaviors that lessen real or perceived distance called?

Answer 51

immediacy behaviors

Question 52

What is the study of how space and distance influence communication called?

Answer 52

proxemics

Question 53

What refers to cultural groups in which people stand farther apart while talking?

Answer 53

noncontact culture

Question 54

What refers to cultural groups in which people stand closer together and touch more frequently?

Answer 54

contact cultures

Question 55

What is the orientation to time where appointments may be scheduled at overlapping times?

Answer 55

polychronic

Question 56

What are touching behaviors and movements that indicate internal states called?

Answer 56

adaptors

Question 57

What is the vocalized but not verbal part of a spoken message called?

Answer 57

Paralanguage

Question 58

What is the orientation to time where time is seen as a commodity?

Answer 58

monochronic

Question 59

What is a social norm that leads us to avoid making eye contact in certain situations?

Answer 59

civil inattention

Question 60

What are gestures used to illustrate the verbal message they accompany called?

Answer 60

illustrators

Question 61

What is the study of hand, arm, body, and face movements called?

Answer 61

kinesics

Question 62

What would be the best organizational pattern for a speech about the history of the telephone?

Answer 62

chronological

Question 63

What is a one-sentence summary of the central idea of a speech called?

Answer 63

thesis

Question 64

What strategy did Josiah use to gain his audience's attention by stating a statistic?

Answer 64

statistics

Question 65

What is one of the most important parts of speech development that a presenter should conduct?

Answer 65

all of the above

Question 66

What kind of words should be avoided when delivering an informative speech?

Answer 66

all of the above

Question 67

What should be used to guide your audience and indicate where you are going in your speech?

Answer 67

signposts

Question 68

What is the tendency to retain the last thing heard known as?

Answer 68

recency effect

Question 69

What are the three main parts of a speech?

Answer 69

introduction, body, conclusion

Question 70

What type of speech teaches the audience something using factual, unbiased information?

Answer 70

informative

Question 71

What should be included in an introduction?

Answer 71

Gain attention, introduce the topic, credibility and relevance, and preview