WWU Comm 220 (Jason Lind) Exam #1
questions with accurate answers
_______________ are built on an understanding of concepts, principles,
and theories that explain the human communication process as it takes
place in a variety of contexts for many purposes Ans✓✓✓ practical
skills
abstract Ans✓✓✓ exist in thought, vague or unclear
abstraction Ans✓✓✓ exist in thought
Abstraction Ans✓✓✓ existing in thought (different levels from vague
to specific)
Ambiguous Ans✓✓✓ open to more than one interpretation (equivocal)
Ambiguous Ans✓✓✓ open to more than one interpretation/equivocal .
Does Not have clear - cut, precise meanings
Arbitrary Ans✓✓✓ based on random choice. Not intrinsically
(naturally) connected
"Spash" that's kind of what it sounds like but for everyone it's different
,Everyone's dog picture looks different
Some people may be lost based on the way your speaking
Arbitrary Ans✓✓✓ random choice, not intrinsically connected
Basic needs for communication: Ans✓✓✓ -Physical / Health
- Identity / Personal
(Get a sense of who you are)
-Social / Relationships
(Have an identity with the people we are around)
-Practical / Professional
BUT statement Ans✓✓✓ "good statement" BUT "mean statement"
Climate Ans✓✓✓ tone of a relationship
Common concepts of communication: Ans✓✓✓ Perception
(Process where we observe the world to make sense out of it)
, Language
(Study of out verbal symbols, words)
Nonverbal
(Space around you, appearance
Ex. art on our campus)
Listening
(Understanding what they mean, Responding and remembering)
Climates
Tone and feeling of a relationship
Communication can be __________ and ____________ Ans✓✓✓
intentional
unintentional
Communication Ans✓✓✓ the process of interactions with and through
symbols to interpret meaning
Communication definition key words Ans✓✓✓ process - symbols -
meaning
questions with accurate answers
_______________ are built on an understanding of concepts, principles,
and theories that explain the human communication process as it takes
place in a variety of contexts for many purposes Ans✓✓✓ practical
skills
abstract Ans✓✓✓ exist in thought, vague or unclear
abstraction Ans✓✓✓ exist in thought
Abstraction Ans✓✓✓ existing in thought (different levels from vague
to specific)
Ambiguous Ans✓✓✓ open to more than one interpretation (equivocal)
Ambiguous Ans✓✓✓ open to more than one interpretation/equivocal .
Does Not have clear - cut, precise meanings
Arbitrary Ans✓✓✓ based on random choice. Not intrinsically
(naturally) connected
"Spash" that's kind of what it sounds like but for everyone it's different
,Everyone's dog picture looks different
Some people may be lost based on the way your speaking
Arbitrary Ans✓✓✓ random choice, not intrinsically connected
Basic needs for communication: Ans✓✓✓ -Physical / Health
- Identity / Personal
(Get a sense of who you are)
-Social / Relationships
(Have an identity with the people we are around)
-Practical / Professional
BUT statement Ans✓✓✓ "good statement" BUT "mean statement"
Climate Ans✓✓✓ tone of a relationship
Common concepts of communication: Ans✓✓✓ Perception
(Process where we observe the world to make sense out of it)
, Language
(Study of out verbal symbols, words)
Nonverbal
(Space around you, appearance
Ex. art on our campus)
Listening
(Understanding what they mean, Responding and remembering)
Climates
Tone and feeling of a relationship
Communication can be __________ and ____________ Ans✓✓✓
intentional
unintentional
Communication Ans✓✓✓ the process of interactions with and through
symbols to interpret meaning
Communication definition key words Ans✓✓✓ process - symbols -
meaning
