SPCH 1311 Exam 1 Review questions n
correct answers
Feedforward Message - correct answer ✔✔is information you provide before sending your primary
messages.
Feedback Messages - correct answer ✔✔when you send a message- in addition to self feedback, you
also get feedback from others.
Channel - correct answer ✔✔is the vehicle or medium through which messages pass.
Noise - correct answer ✔✔anything that interferes with you receiving a message
Encoding - correct answer ✔✔when you put your ideas into speech, you're putting them into a code;
hence you're encoding.
Decoding - correct answer ✔✔when you translate the sound waves (speech signals) that impinge on
your ears or read the words on a screen, into ideas, you take them out of the code they're in; hence
decoding.
Phatic Communication - correct answer ✔✔"small talk" that opens the way for "big talk"
Mindfulness - correct answer ✔✔is a state of awareness in which you're conscious of your reasons for
thinking or behaving
Ethnic Identity - correct answer ✔✔as you learn your cultures ways, you develop an ethnic identity- for
example, you self-identity as a member of the group, your embrace (largely) the attitudes and beliefs of
the group, and behave as a member of the group.
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔is an extreme ethnic identity; its the tendency to see others and
their behavior through your own cultural filters, often as distortions of your own behaviors. Its the
tendency to evaluate the values, beliefs, and behaviors of your own culture as superior and as more
positive, logical, and natural than those of other cultures.
Communication Competence - correct answer ✔✔the ability to communicate effectively.
Code Switching - correct answer ✔✔refers to using more than one language in conversation, often in the
same sentence... refers to using different language styles depending on the situation.
Mindlessness - correct answer ✔✔you lack conscious awareness of what or how you're thinking.
Self-concept - correct answer ✔✔is your image of who you are. how you perceive yourself.
Self-esteem - correct answer ✔✔is a measure of how valuable you think you are. If you have a high self-
esteem you think highly of yourself. Same with low self esteem.
Self-disclosure - correct answer ✔✔means communicating information about yourself to another
person.
Selective Perception - correct answer ✔✔selective attention and selective exposure.
Selective Exposure - correct answer ✔✔you tend to expose yourself to information that will confirm your
existing beliefs, you contribute to your objectives, or will prove satisfying in some way.
Proximity - correct answer ✔✔physical closeness
Similarity - correct answer ✔✔the quality or state of being similar
Selective Attention - correct answer ✔✔you attend to those things that you anticipate will fulfill your
needs or will prove enjoyable. if you are daydreaming in class you don't know what the professor is
saying until he calls your name.
correct answers
Feedforward Message - correct answer ✔✔is information you provide before sending your primary
messages.
Feedback Messages - correct answer ✔✔when you send a message- in addition to self feedback, you
also get feedback from others.
Channel - correct answer ✔✔is the vehicle or medium through which messages pass.
Noise - correct answer ✔✔anything that interferes with you receiving a message
Encoding - correct answer ✔✔when you put your ideas into speech, you're putting them into a code;
hence you're encoding.
Decoding - correct answer ✔✔when you translate the sound waves (speech signals) that impinge on
your ears or read the words on a screen, into ideas, you take them out of the code they're in; hence
decoding.
Phatic Communication - correct answer ✔✔"small talk" that opens the way for "big talk"
Mindfulness - correct answer ✔✔is a state of awareness in which you're conscious of your reasons for
thinking or behaving
Ethnic Identity - correct answer ✔✔as you learn your cultures ways, you develop an ethnic identity- for
example, you self-identity as a member of the group, your embrace (largely) the attitudes and beliefs of
the group, and behave as a member of the group.
, Ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔is an extreme ethnic identity; its the tendency to see others and
their behavior through your own cultural filters, often as distortions of your own behaviors. Its the
tendency to evaluate the values, beliefs, and behaviors of your own culture as superior and as more
positive, logical, and natural than those of other cultures.
Communication Competence - correct answer ✔✔the ability to communicate effectively.
Code Switching - correct answer ✔✔refers to using more than one language in conversation, often in the
same sentence... refers to using different language styles depending on the situation.
Mindlessness - correct answer ✔✔you lack conscious awareness of what or how you're thinking.
Self-concept - correct answer ✔✔is your image of who you are. how you perceive yourself.
Self-esteem - correct answer ✔✔is a measure of how valuable you think you are. If you have a high self-
esteem you think highly of yourself. Same with low self esteem.
Self-disclosure - correct answer ✔✔means communicating information about yourself to another
person.
Selective Perception - correct answer ✔✔selective attention and selective exposure.
Selective Exposure - correct answer ✔✔you tend to expose yourself to information that will confirm your
existing beliefs, you contribute to your objectives, or will prove satisfying in some way.
Proximity - correct answer ✔✔physical closeness
Similarity - correct answer ✔✔the quality or state of being similar
Selective Attention - correct answer ✔✔you attend to those things that you anticipate will fulfill your
needs or will prove enjoyable. if you are daydreaming in class you don't know what the professor is
saying until he calls your name.
