COMM 150 Final questions and answers graded A+

COMM 150 Final questions and answers graded A+ social context behind a classroom: why do students do better in the front? - correct answer -fewer distractions -you can see better from the proximity to the board and being able to clearly hear the message - there is more accountability with being closer to the authority figure -there is selection bias In class example: draws a circle with several dots. Why? - correct answer -the biggest thing in our field division is the wall and it didn't occur to us that the wall is part of it and why ignored most of what was happening -We ignore most of what is going on -a lot of sensory information that we divert our attention from What draws our attention? - correct answer Things that are weird, unusual, strange and things that are atypical What things do we ignore? - correct answer Things that are there all the time Information Sources: Perception (sensory) - correct answer gives us a warped and twisted view of what is happening around us Information Sources: Mass Media - correct answer -One of the ways we get information from the world, people are trying to buy people's attention. Attention is the thing they sell -Set to reward unusual information Example: UCSB crime rate - correct answer -we miss all the zeros that are on the board and what is typical(low low crime) and look for the biggest number Culture defined - correct answer -shared set of knowledge, values, beliefs, and habits of a social group -the biggest and most import source that's going to constrain