COMM 104 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Communication - Answers - process through which people use messages to generate
meanings within and across contexts cultures channels and media
Communicator Style - Answers - in which individuals have developed a pattern of
avoiding expressing their opinions or feelings, protecting their rights, and identifying and
meeting their needs. As a result, passive individuals do not respond overtly to hurtful or
anger-inducing situations.
Hearing - Answers - phsiological process occurs when sound waves are recieved by ear
and brain
Trait Personality - Answers - approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists
are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual
patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion
Listening - Answers - mental process involves paying close attention to messages
State Personality - Answers - he condition or fact of relating to a particular person;
specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or
hostilely at an individual b : an offensively personal remark <angrily resorted to
personalities>
Listening Apprehension - Answers - experienced when a listening situations recieved as
threatening/ diff , interferes with ability to process messages
Communication Apprehension - Answers - fear of anxiety associated with real or
anticipated communication with another person
Critical Thinking - Answers - the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to
form a judgment.
Assertiveness - Answers - constructive and symbolic tendency to be interpesonally
dominant and forceful
Inductive reasoning - Answers - logical process in which multiple premises, all believed
true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion.
Inductive reasoning is often used in applications that involve prediction, forecasting, or
behavior.
Argumentativeness - Answers - constructive and symbolic motivation to attack another
persons argument or position on an issue
Communication - Answers - process through which people use messages to generate
meanings within and across contexts cultures channels and media
Communicator Style - Answers - in which individuals have developed a pattern of
avoiding expressing their opinions or feelings, protecting their rights, and identifying and
meeting their needs. As a result, passive individuals do not respond overtly to hurtful or
anger-inducing situations.
Hearing - Answers - phsiological process occurs when sound waves are recieved by ear
and brain
Trait Personality - Answers - approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists
are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual
patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion
Listening - Answers - mental process involves paying close attention to messages
State Personality - Answers - he condition or fact of relating to a particular person;
specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or
hostilely at an individual b : an offensively personal remark <angrily resorted to
personalities>
Listening Apprehension - Answers - experienced when a listening situations recieved as
threatening/ diff , interferes with ability to process messages
Communication Apprehension - Answers - fear of anxiety associated with real or
anticipated communication with another person
Critical Thinking - Answers - the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to
form a judgment.
Assertiveness - Answers - constructive and symbolic tendency to be interpesonally
dominant and forceful
Inductive reasoning - Answers - logical process in which multiple premises, all believed
true or found true most of the time, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion.
Inductive reasoning is often used in applications that involve prediction, forecasting, or
behavior.
Argumentativeness - Answers - constructive and symbolic motivation to attack another
persons argument or position on an issue
