JMU SCOM Final Exam with 100%
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Myth - correct answer ✔✔a belief that is contradicted by fact
3 communication myths - correct answer ✔✔1. communication is a cure-all
2. communication is just common sense
3. quantity equals quality
hindsight bias - correct answer ✔✔the tendency to look back after a fact or outcome has been
revealed and say to yourself, "I knew it all along"
serial arguements - correct answer ✔✔recurring arguments that never get resolved
communication - correct answer ✔✔a transactional process of sharing meaning with others
fields of experience - correct answer ✔✔include our cultural background, ethnicity, geographic
location, extent of travel and general personal experiences accumulated over the course of a
lifetime
linear model - correct answer ✔✔one way channel → a sender sends a message through a
channel to a receiver in an atmosphere of noise
interactive model - correct answer ✔✔A model that represents communication as a feedback
process, in which listeners and speakers both simultaneously send and receive messages.
,transactional model - correct answer ✔✔A model that emphasizes the bidirectional effects of
parents and adolescents on each other.
content dimension - correct answer ✔✔what is actually said and done
relationship dimension - correct answer ✔✔refers to how that message defines or redefines the
association between individuals
communication competence - correct answer ✔✔engaging in communication with others that
is perceived to be both effective and appropriate in a given context
effectiveness - correct answer ✔✔the degree which you have progressed toward the
achievement of your goals
appropriateness - correct answer ✔✔is behavior that is viewed as legitimate for or fitting to the
context
context - correct answer ✔✔the environment in which communication occurs: who, what,
where, when, why
rule - correct answer ✔✔a prescription that indicates what behavior is obligated, prohibited, or
preferred in a given context
communication skill - correct answer ✔✔is the ability to perform a communication behavior
effectively and repeatedly
sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔receptive accuracy whereby we can detect, decode, and
comprehend signals in our social environment
, ethics - correct answer ✔✔a system for judging moral correctness by using an agreed-upon set
of standards to determine what constitutes right and wrong behavior
communication climate - correct answer ✔✔the emotional atmosphere, the pervading or
enveloping tone that we create by the way we communicate with others.
constructive communication climate - correct answer ✔✔composed of two general elements: a
pattern of openness, or a willingness to communicate, and a pattern of supportiveness, or a
confirmation of the worth and value of others and a willingness to help others be successful
destructive communication climate - correct answer ✔✔composed of two general elements: a
pattern of closedness and a pattern of defensiveness
cooperation - correct answer ✔✔the process of mutually inclusive goal attainment; for me to
achieve my goal, you must also achieve your goal.
empathy - correct answer ✔✔"thinking and feeling what you perceive another to be thinking or
feeling"
cohesiveness - correct answer ✔✔the degree of liking we have for members of a group, and the
level of commitment to the group that this liking produces
sensation - correct answer ✔✔the process by which our sense organs that contain sense
receptors change physical energy into neutral impluses that are sent to our brain
perception - correct answer ✔✔the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data
threshold - correct answer ✔✔the minimum amount of energy, that triggers a sensation for
each human sensory system
complete solutions already passed
Myth - correct answer ✔✔a belief that is contradicted by fact
3 communication myths - correct answer ✔✔1. communication is a cure-all
2. communication is just common sense
3. quantity equals quality
hindsight bias - correct answer ✔✔the tendency to look back after a fact or outcome has been
revealed and say to yourself, "I knew it all along"
serial arguements - correct answer ✔✔recurring arguments that never get resolved
communication - correct answer ✔✔a transactional process of sharing meaning with others
fields of experience - correct answer ✔✔include our cultural background, ethnicity, geographic
location, extent of travel and general personal experiences accumulated over the course of a
lifetime
linear model - correct answer ✔✔one way channel → a sender sends a message through a
channel to a receiver in an atmosphere of noise
interactive model - correct answer ✔✔A model that represents communication as a feedback
process, in which listeners and speakers both simultaneously send and receive messages.
,transactional model - correct answer ✔✔A model that emphasizes the bidirectional effects of
parents and adolescents on each other.
content dimension - correct answer ✔✔what is actually said and done
relationship dimension - correct answer ✔✔refers to how that message defines or redefines the
association between individuals
communication competence - correct answer ✔✔engaging in communication with others that
is perceived to be both effective and appropriate in a given context
effectiveness - correct answer ✔✔the degree which you have progressed toward the
achievement of your goals
appropriateness - correct answer ✔✔is behavior that is viewed as legitimate for or fitting to the
context
context - correct answer ✔✔the environment in which communication occurs: who, what,
where, when, why
rule - correct answer ✔✔a prescription that indicates what behavior is obligated, prohibited, or
preferred in a given context
communication skill - correct answer ✔✔is the ability to perform a communication behavior
effectively and repeatedly
sensitivity - correct answer ✔✔receptive accuracy whereby we can detect, decode, and
comprehend signals in our social environment
, ethics - correct answer ✔✔a system for judging moral correctness by using an agreed-upon set
of standards to determine what constitutes right and wrong behavior
communication climate - correct answer ✔✔the emotional atmosphere, the pervading or
enveloping tone that we create by the way we communicate with others.
constructive communication climate - correct answer ✔✔composed of two general elements: a
pattern of openness, or a willingness to communicate, and a pattern of supportiveness, or a
confirmation of the worth and value of others and a willingness to help others be successful
destructive communication climate - correct answer ✔✔composed of two general elements: a
pattern of closedness and a pattern of defensiveness
cooperation - correct answer ✔✔the process of mutually inclusive goal attainment; for me to
achieve my goal, you must also achieve your goal.
empathy - correct answer ✔✔"thinking and feeling what you perceive another to be thinking or
feeling"
cohesiveness - correct answer ✔✔the degree of liking we have for members of a group, and the
level of commitment to the group that this liking produces
sensation - correct answer ✔✔the process by which our sense organs that contain sense
receptors change physical energy into neutral impluses that are sent to our brain
perception - correct answer ✔✔the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting data
threshold - correct answer ✔✔the minimum amount of energy, that triggers a sensation for
each human sensory system
