COMM 307 Exam 1 Quiz collection

COMM 307 Exam 1 Quiz collection Which early scientist's theories ultimately led to the division between physical and social sciences? - ANS Charles Darwin Which early communication theorist believed that science worked against the enthusiasm and inspiration needed by public speakers? - ANS Everett Lee Hunt According to the study conducted by Wickersham, Sherblom, and Ricmond (2004), examining the top concepts studied in the field of communication, which of the following are the top 5? - ANS General Communication, Perception, Relationships, Students, Apprehension What is the process by which one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another person through verbal and nonverbal messages? - ANS Communication Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver(1949) are best known for which model of communication - ANS Source - Message - Channel - Receiver model Morse code, Radios, Television and the internet are all examples of which part of the SCMR model of communication? - ANS Channel When the letter "s" is added to the end of the word "communication," what does it signify? - ANS The use of mediated technologies What is the process of creating messages that we believe represent the meaning to be communicated and are likely to stimulate similar meaning in the mind of the receiver? - ANS Encoding Which prominent research university's method for teaching quantitative research methods is our textbook based on? - ANS West Virginia University In ancient Greece, people regularly differentiated between the physical and social sciences. True or False? - ANS False William James was the first social scientist in the United States to explore how Darwin's theory of natural selection could be applied in the social sciences. True or False? - ANS True What is the studious inquiry or examination, especially investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation, of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws? - ANS Research Based on the Major and Minor Premise what should the correct hypothesis be? Major Premise: Beatty Behnke, and Henderson (1980) found that respondents scored higher on the receiver apprehension test when information required psychological adjustment. Minor Premise: In a situation where people are surprised and overwhelmed as a result of a crisis situation, it is possible that the traumatic stress of the actual situation would require greater psychological adjustment on the part of the receivers, so they would report lower levels of understanding of the crisis itself. - ANS There will be a negative relationship between an individual's level of receiver apprehension and her or his perceived understanding of the crisis.