SLHS 1150 Exam 1 Final Questions
and All Correct Answers 2026
Updated.
What is Communication? - Answer The process of sharing ideas involving a sender who
encodes a message and a receiver who perceives the message
Can one be within a society without communication? Why? - Answer It is near impossible;
Due to the difficulty in relationships
Is communication second nature? - Answer Yes and as humans we take it for granted and
could become shocked if we do not have it
What happens when you lose communication skills? - Answer We have to adapt and learn
how to navigate through our newfound obstacles; we could be put into shock at first
What is Modality? - Answer A manner or a method which information is transferred
What is the Communication Model? - Answer Sender -- Shared Modality -- Receiver --
Feedback (Loops)
What are the modalities of communication? - Answer 1.) Speech
2.) Sign Language
3.) Reading and Writing
4.) Gestures
5.)Pictures or Drawings
6.) Electronic Communication (ie. Texting)
What is the process of typical communication? - Answer Formulate -- Transmission --
Reception -- Comprehension -- Feedback
What are the different types of Feedback? - Answer Linguistic - "I agree"
Para linguistic - Gestures, eye contact
What's the importance of feedback? - Answer Prevents communication breakdown
(Feedback is seen as just as important as the information the sender provides
,Tools used to Communicate - Answer Speech - Neuromuscular process by way we create the
sound and thus language
Language - Putting labels to sounds to formulate our ideas or thoughts
Hearing - One's perception of sound
Seeing - One's perception of sight
What are the purposes of communication ? (And thus forms of communication) - Answer
Instrumental Function - Access to things
Regulatory - Allows us to control things
Interactional - Conversations with one another
Personal - Giving reminders
Heuristic - Learning
Imaginative - People and animals imagine
Information - To maintain information
What is effective communication? - Answer Occurs when the whole speech chain is done
successfully
What is a speech chain? - Answer A scientific point of view of communication
What is Grice's Maxims? - Answer Principles of effective communication
Principle of quantity - Saying enough so somebody understands
Principle of quality - Having coherent sentences or ideas to create a connection
Principle of Relevance - Is it relevant to a person or a story
Principle of Manner - How to approach (Politeness)
What is the Critical Period? - Answer The first 5 years of life as they are most important for
our language development
What is the sensitive period? - Answer When we learn with very little effort
What are the ingredients of communication? - Answer Speech, Language, and Hearing
What is the definition language? - Answer A socially shared code that uses a system to
represent ideas
, What are the features of language? - Answer 1.) Universal - Everybody uses language to
communicate
2.) Species Specific - Understand all parts of language
3.) Productivity - Never ends; we can say what we want to
4.) Rate of Acquisition - How quickly we learn but also how effective we are in communicating
What are the Language Domains? - Answer Form - Syntax and Morphology
Content - Semantic components of language (Vocab)
Use - The realm of pragmatics (Use of language in context)
What are the Domains? - Answer Semantics - Meaning of words and word combinations
Syntax - Rules of language and organization of sentences
Morphology - Organization of words (The endings of words)
Phonology - Sounds we use to make syllables and words (Small # of sounds are called
Phonemes)
Pragmatics - Use of language for the social purposes
What are the two groups that believe in the meaning of language? - Answer Formalists - All
parts of language are equal
Functionalists - The pragmatics are the big idea of language
What is speech? - Answer The very precise activation of muscles in three systems
What are the systems of speech? - Answer Respiration - Lungs
Phonation - Trachea
Articulation - Tongue, Teeth, and Jaw
What is the model of speech production? - Answer Perceptual Target - Idea that allows you to
create sounds
Motor Scheme - The creation of air to make sounds
Speech Output - Creating sound out of the mouth
Feedback - Personal or others
What are the essential building blocks of speech? - Answer Breath stream - Exhalation of air
Voice - The quality can effect your speech
and All Correct Answers 2026
Updated.
What is Communication? - Answer The process of sharing ideas involving a sender who
encodes a message and a receiver who perceives the message
Can one be within a society without communication? Why? - Answer It is near impossible;
Due to the difficulty in relationships
Is communication second nature? - Answer Yes and as humans we take it for granted and
could become shocked if we do not have it
What happens when you lose communication skills? - Answer We have to adapt and learn
how to navigate through our newfound obstacles; we could be put into shock at first
What is Modality? - Answer A manner or a method which information is transferred
What is the Communication Model? - Answer Sender -- Shared Modality -- Receiver --
Feedback (Loops)
What are the modalities of communication? - Answer 1.) Speech
2.) Sign Language
3.) Reading and Writing
4.) Gestures
5.)Pictures or Drawings
6.) Electronic Communication (ie. Texting)
What is the process of typical communication? - Answer Formulate -- Transmission --
Reception -- Comprehension -- Feedback
What are the different types of Feedback? - Answer Linguistic - "I agree"
Para linguistic - Gestures, eye contact
What's the importance of feedback? - Answer Prevents communication breakdown
(Feedback is seen as just as important as the information the sender provides
,Tools used to Communicate - Answer Speech - Neuromuscular process by way we create the
sound and thus language
Language - Putting labels to sounds to formulate our ideas or thoughts
Hearing - One's perception of sound
Seeing - One's perception of sight
What are the purposes of communication ? (And thus forms of communication) - Answer
Instrumental Function - Access to things
Regulatory - Allows us to control things
Interactional - Conversations with one another
Personal - Giving reminders
Heuristic - Learning
Imaginative - People and animals imagine
Information - To maintain information
What is effective communication? - Answer Occurs when the whole speech chain is done
successfully
What is a speech chain? - Answer A scientific point of view of communication
What is Grice's Maxims? - Answer Principles of effective communication
Principle of quantity - Saying enough so somebody understands
Principle of quality - Having coherent sentences or ideas to create a connection
Principle of Relevance - Is it relevant to a person or a story
Principle of Manner - How to approach (Politeness)
What is the Critical Period? - Answer The first 5 years of life as they are most important for
our language development
What is the sensitive period? - Answer When we learn with very little effort
What are the ingredients of communication? - Answer Speech, Language, and Hearing
What is the definition language? - Answer A socially shared code that uses a system to
represent ideas
, What are the features of language? - Answer 1.) Universal - Everybody uses language to
communicate
2.) Species Specific - Understand all parts of language
3.) Productivity - Never ends; we can say what we want to
4.) Rate of Acquisition - How quickly we learn but also how effective we are in communicating
What are the Language Domains? - Answer Form - Syntax and Morphology
Content - Semantic components of language (Vocab)
Use - The realm of pragmatics (Use of language in context)
What are the Domains? - Answer Semantics - Meaning of words and word combinations
Syntax - Rules of language and organization of sentences
Morphology - Organization of words (The endings of words)
Phonology - Sounds we use to make syllables and words (Small # of sounds are called
Phonemes)
Pragmatics - Use of language for the social purposes
What are the two groups that believe in the meaning of language? - Answer Formalists - All
parts of language are equal
Functionalists - The pragmatics are the big idea of language
What is speech? - Answer The very precise activation of muscles in three systems
What are the systems of speech? - Answer Respiration - Lungs
Phonation - Trachea
Articulation - Tongue, Teeth, and Jaw
What is the model of speech production? - Answer Perceptual Target - Idea that allows you to
create sounds
Motor Scheme - The creation of air to make sounds
Speech Output - Creating sound out of the mouth
Feedback - Personal or others
What are the essential building blocks of speech? - Answer Breath stream - Exhalation of air
Voice - The quality can effect your speech
