CMN 101 Exam 1 Study Guide
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What are the two different ways in the ways scholars define
communication? What are the names of those two "models"?
Where is there agreement and where is there disagreement? -
correct answer ✅Received and not received.
Sender-Reciever and Receiver.
Agreement: information send intentionally. Disagreement: Whether
or not it must be received.
What is the definition of a theory? -
correct answer ✅A scholar's construction of experience based on
systemic observation.
What do theories seek to accompish? -
correct answer ✅Theories seek to describe, explain, predict, and
sometimes prescribe. In so doing, theories enable us to understand
our experience, control for possible problems, and generate new
ways of living.
What are the ways in which theories are evaluated? -
correct answer ✅Scope: Breadth of coverage
Heuristic Value: Degree of interest
Parsimony: Simplicity and elegance
, CMN 101 Exam 1 Study Guide
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Validity: Rings True
What are the ways in which theories grow? -
correct answer ✅Extension: Theory branches out and becomes
broader
Intension: Theory goes deeper.
What are the ways in which all the various theories of
Communication have been organized? What are the levels of
communication? -
correct answer ✅Intrapersonal: two people
Small Group: 3-12
Organizational: Large Numbers
Cultural: massive/millions
Mass: Millions
Mediated: Involving instrumentation for communication
What are the seven traditions in communication theory? Know
what the specific focuses on each one is. -
correct answer ✅Semiotics: Shared code
Phenomenology: Interpretation forms reality for people
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What are the two different ways in the ways scholars define
communication? What are the names of those two "models"?
Where is there agreement and where is there disagreement? -
correct answer ✅Received and not received.
Sender-Reciever and Receiver.
Agreement: information send intentionally. Disagreement: Whether
or not it must be received.
What is the definition of a theory? -
correct answer ✅A scholar's construction of experience based on
systemic observation.
What do theories seek to accompish? -
correct answer ✅Theories seek to describe, explain, predict, and
sometimes prescribe. In so doing, theories enable us to understand
our experience, control for possible problems, and generate new
ways of living.
What are the ways in which theories are evaluated? -
correct answer ✅Scope: Breadth of coverage
Heuristic Value: Degree of interest
Parsimony: Simplicity and elegance
, CMN 101 Exam 1 Study Guide
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Validity: Rings True
What are the ways in which theories grow? -
correct answer ✅Extension: Theory branches out and becomes
broader
Intension: Theory goes deeper.
What are the ways in which all the various theories of
Communication have been organized? What are the levels of
communication? -
correct answer ✅Intrapersonal: two people
Small Group: 3-12
Organizational: Large Numbers
Cultural: massive/millions
Mass: Millions
Mediated: Involving instrumentation for communication
What are the seven traditions in communication theory? Know
what the specific focuses on each one is. -
correct answer ✅Semiotics: Shared code
Phenomenology: Interpretation forms reality for people
