COMM 220 Midterm (WWU) questions with
accurate answers
active participants Ans✓✓✓ audience is making meaning and
connections with presentation
alliance Ans✓✓✓ a relationship in which parties are interdependent
and responsible for and to each other.
at the most basic level it is about relationship, working to understand
yourself through the eyes of others
collaborative learning Ans✓✓✓ learning through a community of
peers
focus on student-to-student relationships
contexts Ans✓✓✓ our role of listeners is shaped by this listening
situation
critical inquiry Ans✓✓✓ asking complex questions and sorting out
implications of your actions
critical paradigm Ans✓✓✓ is a stance or way of relating to others that
is informed by a commitment to working towards genuine
understanding.
critical perspective Ans✓✓✓ discerns inequities in power
, question and challenge what we experience
cultural expectations Ans✓✓✓ how we perform certain norms for
vocal and verbal communication also help to reinforce
cultural location Ans✓✓✓ how we listen or the agency we have as
listeners is always filtered through and influenced by cultural locations.
culture Ans✓✓✓ a system of shared meanings and assumptions
deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ top-down approach
a larger claim that must be supported through a series of hypotheses
dialogic listening Ans✓✓✓ listening as part of a conversation or
exchange of thoughts and ideas
*increases learning
dialogic listening Ans✓✓✓ this requires an awareness of the impact of
culture, privilege, and power on our communication interactions
dialogue Ans✓✓✓ conversation between two or more people
includes agreements and disagreements
ethics Ans✓✓✓ being truthful and ethical when trying to persuade
accurate answers
active participants Ans✓✓✓ audience is making meaning and
connections with presentation
alliance Ans✓✓✓ a relationship in which parties are interdependent
and responsible for and to each other.
at the most basic level it is about relationship, working to understand
yourself through the eyes of others
collaborative learning Ans✓✓✓ learning through a community of
peers
focus on student-to-student relationships
contexts Ans✓✓✓ our role of listeners is shaped by this listening
situation
critical inquiry Ans✓✓✓ asking complex questions and sorting out
implications of your actions
critical paradigm Ans✓✓✓ is a stance or way of relating to others that
is informed by a commitment to working towards genuine
understanding.
critical perspective Ans✓✓✓ discerns inequities in power
, question and challenge what we experience
cultural expectations Ans✓✓✓ how we perform certain norms for
vocal and verbal communication also help to reinforce
cultural location Ans✓✓✓ how we listen or the agency we have as
listeners is always filtered through and influenced by cultural locations.
culture Ans✓✓✓ a system of shared meanings and assumptions
deductive reasoning Ans✓✓✓ top-down approach
a larger claim that must be supported through a series of hypotheses
dialogic listening Ans✓✓✓ listening as part of a conversation or
exchange of thoughts and ideas
*increases learning
dialogic listening Ans✓✓✓ this requires an awareness of the impact of
culture, privilege, and power on our communication interactions
dialogue Ans✓✓✓ conversation between two or more people
includes agreements and disagreements
ethics Ans✓✓✓ being truthful and ethical when trying to persuade
