UCSB Comm 1 Midterm 1 Questions
With Correct Answers 2026
What is communication? - CORRECT ANSWER -•Discipline that grew out of other disciplines.
•Process by which individuals use symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information.
• Is also a systematic cognitive process meaning it doesn't just happen; there are patents and
norms people follow
-Encoding and decoding of the messages that are being transmitted
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER -Making/putting into words
Intrapersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication within a person
•Talking to self, dairy, etc
•Focuses on how we think or process info about other people (e.g. making attributions or
forming impressions
Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -Expressing one's self
Interpersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication with another dyad(pairs
of individuals) [e.g. partner, brother, family]
•Can be face to face or mediated
• focus is on relational development and Intimacy (e.g. Making friends or conflict)
Intergroup/Intercultural - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication between members of different
groups or cultures(e.g. Age groups, gender, religion)
• Focus is on interaction and identity based on group memberships (ingroup/outgroup
communication)
,Ingroup/outgroup - CORRECT ANSWER -Same/different
Small group - CORRECT ANSWER -•talking about people working together
•interaction among 3 or more people
•Focus is on how groups interact, achieve goals, make decisions(leadership)
Organizational - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication among other organizations (or between
different organizations)
•Focus is on formal and informal networks, rules, and norms in an org(e.g. Leadership,
collaboration mostly within a company workplace)
Public - CORRECT ANSWER -•1 or a few individuals to an audience
• face to face but with a "distance"
• focus' on public speaking (e.g. Rhetoric, performance)
Mass - CORRECT ANSWER -•Mediated messages disseminated(spread)on a large scale, have to
be mediated to go to large
• Traditionally professional communicators, but can be anyone
•Focus is on effects of messages on audiences or media role in society/culture(e.g. Tv
effects;news coverage, newspaper, radio)
LINEAR MODEL of COMMUNICATION - CORRECT ANSWER -•scholars proposed that a sender
originated communication with words of actions constituting the message
• The message is then carried through a channel(air and sound waves, written or visual, over
telephone lines, cables, or electronic transmissions) along the way some interference might
occur like noise
, INTERACTION MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER -•Shows communication as a 2-directional process
that incorporates feedback into communication between sender and receiver
•There is feedback...There is response
COMPETENT COMMUNICATION MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER -•Not only does it include
feedback, but also shows communication as ongoing.
•TRANSACTIONAL PROCESS; the individuals( or groups or organizations) are interdependent.
•face to face communication influences each individual at the same time
•4 main spheres of influence at play
Interdependent - CORRECT ANSWER -Their actions affect one another and they exchange
irreversible messages
1/4 main spheres of influence: THE COMMUNICATORS - CORRECT ANSWER -•2 individuals are
shown here but many variations are possible, one speaking to an audience of 200, 6 individuals
in a group meeting, etc.
-each is influenced by cognitions(thoughts they have about themselves or others, including
understanding of who they are, how successful they think they will be)
-Cognitions influence behavior when we communicated
2/4 main spheres of influence: THE RELATIONSHIP - CORRECT ANSWER -• among the
communicators
•Inner sphere
•E.g. When your mom kisses you, it doesn't have the same meaning as when a romantic partner
kisses you or you meet someone and you say "let's be friends" compared to when you were in a
long term rel. and tell your partner "let's be friends"
3/4 main spheres of influence: THE SITUATION - CORRECT ANSWER -• among the
communicators
With Correct Answers 2026
What is communication? - CORRECT ANSWER -•Discipline that grew out of other disciplines.
•Process by which individuals use symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information.
• Is also a systematic cognitive process meaning it doesn't just happen; there are patents and
norms people follow
-Encoding and decoding of the messages that are being transmitted
Encoding - CORRECT ANSWER -Making/putting into words
Intrapersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication within a person
•Talking to self, dairy, etc
•Focuses on how we think or process info about other people (e.g. making attributions or
forming impressions
Attribution - CORRECT ANSWER -Expressing one's self
Interpersonal Communications - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication with another dyad(pairs
of individuals) [e.g. partner, brother, family]
•Can be face to face or mediated
• focus is on relational development and Intimacy (e.g. Making friends or conflict)
Intergroup/Intercultural - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication between members of different
groups or cultures(e.g. Age groups, gender, religion)
• Focus is on interaction and identity based on group memberships (ingroup/outgroup
communication)
,Ingroup/outgroup - CORRECT ANSWER -Same/different
Small group - CORRECT ANSWER -•talking about people working together
•interaction among 3 or more people
•Focus is on how groups interact, achieve goals, make decisions(leadership)
Organizational - CORRECT ANSWER -•Communication among other organizations (or between
different organizations)
•Focus is on formal and informal networks, rules, and norms in an org(e.g. Leadership,
collaboration mostly within a company workplace)
Public - CORRECT ANSWER -•1 or a few individuals to an audience
• face to face but with a "distance"
• focus' on public speaking (e.g. Rhetoric, performance)
Mass - CORRECT ANSWER -•Mediated messages disseminated(spread)on a large scale, have to
be mediated to go to large
• Traditionally professional communicators, but can be anyone
•Focus is on effects of messages on audiences or media role in society/culture(e.g. Tv
effects;news coverage, newspaper, radio)
LINEAR MODEL of COMMUNICATION - CORRECT ANSWER -•scholars proposed that a sender
originated communication with words of actions constituting the message
• The message is then carried through a channel(air and sound waves, written or visual, over
telephone lines, cables, or electronic transmissions) along the way some interference might
occur like noise
, INTERACTION MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER -•Shows communication as a 2-directional process
that incorporates feedback into communication between sender and receiver
•There is feedback...There is response
COMPETENT COMMUNICATION MODEL - CORRECT ANSWER -•Not only does it include
feedback, but also shows communication as ongoing.
•TRANSACTIONAL PROCESS; the individuals( or groups or organizations) are interdependent.
•face to face communication influences each individual at the same time
•4 main spheres of influence at play
Interdependent - CORRECT ANSWER -Their actions affect one another and they exchange
irreversible messages
1/4 main spheres of influence: THE COMMUNICATORS - CORRECT ANSWER -•2 individuals are
shown here but many variations are possible, one speaking to an audience of 200, 6 individuals
in a group meeting, etc.
-each is influenced by cognitions(thoughts they have about themselves or others, including
understanding of who they are, how successful they think they will be)
-Cognitions influence behavior when we communicated
2/4 main spheres of influence: THE RELATIONSHIP - CORRECT ANSWER -• among the
communicators
•Inner sphere
•E.g. When your mom kisses you, it doesn't have the same meaning as when a romantic partner
kisses you or you meet someone and you say "let's be friends" compared to when you were in a
long term rel. and tell your partner "let's be friends"
3/4 main spheres of influence: THE SITUATION - CORRECT ANSWER -• among the
communicators
