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UNL COMM 101 EXAM 3 FINAL
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
Destructive Marital Conflicts and their Effects - correct answer --
negative conflict between parents reduces the family's network of
friends and creates more loneliness
-Conflict between parents leads to focus on negative behaviors of
their children
-Ongoing conflict at home has a greater impact on adolescent
distress and symptoms than does parental divorce
Advantages of Studying Organizational Communication and
Conflict - correct answer -can learn to get along with fellow
employees, manager, public, be perceived as more skilled, help
prevent workplace conflict, learn productive responses, gain
cooperation, stop conflict from spreading
Linear Model - correct answer -First model. One-way. One person
acts upon another. Noise causes loss of information. What is
wrong with this model?
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Interactive Model - correct answer -Receivers give feedback.
Communicators create and interpret messages within personal
fields of experience. The more fields of experience overlap, the
better communicators understand. One person the sender and
another the receiver. Fails to capture the dynamic nature of
interpersonal communication.
I-It - correct answer -Rely on impersonal social roles.
Treat others as objects.
Do not acknowledge others' humanity.
Transactional Model - correct answer -Communication occurs
within systems (contexts) affecting meaning. Emphasizes the
potential equality & simultaneous dynamism. People assume
multiple roles. Noise is present throughout. Communication &
fields of experience can change over time.
I-You - correct answer -The majority of our interactions.
Acknowledged people as more than objects.
Don't fully, deeply engage each others' totality.
Share ideas & common interests.
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I-Thou - correct answer -Rarest & highest form of dialogue.
Affirm & cherish others in their wholeness & unique totality.
Goes beyond "seeming" in our social roles to "being" as
individuals.
We trust others to accept us completely, flaws & strengths
included.
Definition of Interpersonal Communication - correct answer -The
verbal & nonverbal interaction between two interdependent
people. We can think of interpersonal communication occurring
on a continuum. Social Role vs Personal Information.
Selective - correct answer -We don't want to (& can't)
communicate with everyone.
Systematic - correct answer -It takes place within various
contexts. All parts of a system are interdependent. Parts of the
system: time, culture, personal experiences, relational histories,
power. Noise exists throughout the system: Physiological Physical
Psychological Semantic
UNL COMM 101 EXAM 3 FINAL
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|
ACE YOUR GRADES.
Destructive Marital Conflicts and their Effects - correct answer --
negative conflict between parents reduces the family's network of
friends and creates more loneliness
-Conflict between parents leads to focus on negative behaviors of
their children
-Ongoing conflict at home has a greater impact on adolescent
distress and symptoms than does parental divorce
Advantages of Studying Organizational Communication and
Conflict - correct answer -can learn to get along with fellow
employees, manager, public, be perceived as more skilled, help
prevent workplace conflict, learn productive responses, gain
cooperation, stop conflict from spreading
Linear Model - correct answer -First model. One-way. One person
acts upon another. Noise causes loss of information. What is
wrong with this model?
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Interactive Model - correct answer -Receivers give feedback.
Communicators create and interpret messages within personal
fields of experience. The more fields of experience overlap, the
better communicators understand. One person the sender and
another the receiver. Fails to capture the dynamic nature of
interpersonal communication.
I-It - correct answer -Rely on impersonal social roles.
Treat others as objects.
Do not acknowledge others' humanity.
Transactional Model - correct answer -Communication occurs
within systems (contexts) affecting meaning. Emphasizes the
potential equality & simultaneous dynamism. People assume
multiple roles. Noise is present throughout. Communication &
fields of experience can change over time.
I-You - correct answer -The majority of our interactions.
Acknowledged people as more than objects.
Don't fully, deeply engage each others' totality.
Share ideas & common interests.
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I-Thou - correct answer -Rarest & highest form of dialogue.
Affirm & cherish others in their wholeness & unique totality.
Goes beyond "seeming" in our social roles to "being" as
individuals.
We trust others to accept us completely, flaws & strengths
included.
Definition of Interpersonal Communication - correct answer -The
verbal & nonverbal interaction between two interdependent
people. We can think of interpersonal communication occurring
on a continuum. Social Role vs Personal Information.
Selective - correct answer -We don't want to (& can't)
communicate with everyone.
Systematic - correct answer -It takes place within various
contexts. All parts of a system are interdependent. Parts of the
system: time, culture, personal experiences, relational histories,
power. Noise exists throughout the system: Physiological Physical
Psychological Semantic
