COM 100 Test 1 ASU Correctly
Answered.
Steps of Critical Thinking (5) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Identify the assertion or action.
2. Ask, "what is the evidence for and against the assertion or action?"
3. Ask, "what does the bulk of evidence point to?"
4. Ask, "what other explanations or conclusions are possible?"
5. Continue to keep an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion.
Components of Human Communication (7) - CORRECT ANSWER -Message Creation
-Meaning Creation
-Setting
-Participants
-Channels
-Noise
-Feedback
The Synergetic Model (details) - CORRECT ANSWER -synergy- two or more elements working together to
achieve something either one couldn't have achieved on its own
Influences of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Transactional
-Individual Forces
-Societal Forces
-Culture
-Context
Communication is Transactional (4) - CORRECT ANSWER -both a sender and receiver at the same time
-meaning is created
, -ongoing
-previous events influence meaning
Communication is Influenced by Individual Forces - CORRECT ANSWER demographics, age, race,
ethnicity, nationality, gender/sex, sexual orientation, regional identity, and socioeconomic class,
personality, cognitive, and physical ability
Communication is Influenced by Societal Forces - CORRECT ANSWER -political, historical, economic, and
social structures of a society influence this value hierarchy and affect how we view specific individual
characteristics
-individual characteristics derive from society
Communication is Influenced by Culture - CORRECT ANSWER -it changes over time and despite
commonalities not all people in groups think and act alike
-participants bring their beliefs, values, norms, and attitudes to each interaction and it shapes the
communication
Communication is Influenced by Context - CORRECT ANSWER - the meeting or aspects of the physical
environment in which the interaction occurs
Communicating Competently - CORRECT ANSWER Content- concrete outcomes to achieve in a n
interaction
Relationship- desire to change or maintain
Identity- how we would like others to see us
human communication - CORRECT ANSWER a transactional process in which people generate meaning
through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific contexts, influenced by individual
and social forces, and embedded in culture
messages - CORRECT ANSWER the building blocks of communication events
encoding and decoding - CORRECT ANSWER E- taking ideas and converting them into messages
Answered.
Steps of Critical Thinking (5) - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Identify the assertion or action.
2. Ask, "what is the evidence for and against the assertion or action?"
3. Ask, "what does the bulk of evidence point to?"
4. Ask, "what other explanations or conclusions are possible?"
5. Continue to keep an open mind for new evidence and new ways of evaluating the assertion.
Components of Human Communication (7) - CORRECT ANSWER -Message Creation
-Meaning Creation
-Setting
-Participants
-Channels
-Noise
-Feedback
The Synergetic Model (details) - CORRECT ANSWER -synergy- two or more elements working together to
achieve something either one couldn't have achieved on its own
Influences of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Transactional
-Individual Forces
-Societal Forces
-Culture
-Context
Communication is Transactional (4) - CORRECT ANSWER -both a sender and receiver at the same time
-meaning is created
, -ongoing
-previous events influence meaning
Communication is Influenced by Individual Forces - CORRECT ANSWER demographics, age, race,
ethnicity, nationality, gender/sex, sexual orientation, regional identity, and socioeconomic class,
personality, cognitive, and physical ability
Communication is Influenced by Societal Forces - CORRECT ANSWER -political, historical, economic, and
social structures of a society influence this value hierarchy and affect how we view specific individual
characteristics
-individual characteristics derive from society
Communication is Influenced by Culture - CORRECT ANSWER -it changes over time and despite
commonalities not all people in groups think and act alike
-participants bring their beliefs, values, norms, and attitudes to each interaction and it shapes the
communication
Communication is Influenced by Context - CORRECT ANSWER - the meeting or aspects of the physical
environment in which the interaction occurs
Communicating Competently - CORRECT ANSWER Content- concrete outcomes to achieve in a n
interaction
Relationship- desire to change or maintain
Identity- how we would like others to see us
human communication - CORRECT ANSWER a transactional process in which people generate meaning
through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages in specific contexts, influenced by individual
and social forces, and embedded in culture
messages - CORRECT ANSWER the building blocks of communication events
encoding and decoding - CORRECT ANSWER E- taking ideas and converting them into messages
