CMST 1061 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Socially agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse conventionalized
meanings stored in schemata within our memory system are called: - ✔✔symbols
✔✔In the meaning triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration aroused by either
apprehending the referent itself with our senses or by receiving a cue from another
person. - ✔✔False
✔✔All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. - ✔✔True
✔✔The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they
represent. This is known as _____ - ✔✔arbitrariness
✔✔Words that slant perceptions are called _______ - ✔✔loaded language
✔✔Joaquin came to the United States from Mexico three months ago and he is still
having trouble understanding Americans' tendency to rush all the time. He is also
surprised when his teachers are irritated if he joins class a while after class has started.
Joaquin's confusion about American pace of life is based on which aspect of nonverbal
behavior? - ✔✔chronemics
✔✔People with high status and/or power tend to touch others and invade others' space
more than do people with less power and/or status. - ✔✔True
✔✔Rachel doesn't want to be interrupted while she's speaking so she avoids looking at
others until she has said all she wants to say. Then she looks at the person who wants
to respond. Rachel has used nonverbal behavior to _________ - ✔✔regulate interaction
✔✔The study of space and how people use it is known as ______ - ✔✔proxemics
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true about nonverbal communication? - ✔✔it does not
vary over time
✔✔As soon as the news program begins an interview with the President, Dolores quits
paying attention and she mumbles to herself, "I already know everything he has to say
and I don't want to hear it again." Dolores' ability to listen is being hindered by
_________ - ✔✔prejudgement
✔✔Bao is a teacher. When she is talking to students one on one, she gently
encourages them to express themselves by saying, "Tell me more," "go on," "I
understand." These are examples of _________ - ✔✔minimal encouragers
, ✔✔Monopolizing is hogging the stage by continuously focusing the conversation on
ourselves instead of the person who is talking. - ✔✔True
✔✔Putting together all that we have selected and organized in order to make sense of
communication, is known as ________ - ✔✔interpretation
✔✔When Jing says to Juana that she is having a difficult time in her chemistry class,
Juana's first response is to launch into an extended description of the difficulties she
had in her own physics class. By doing so, Juana is engaging in a faulty listening
practice known as _________ - ✔✔monopolizing
✔✔A form of certainty language that assumes our culture and its norms are the only
right ones is - ✔✔ethnocentrism
✔✔Communication that expresses the speaker's feelings without disparaging anyone
else is known as __________ communication. - ✔✔assertive
✔✔Descriptive communication fosters a more supportive climate than evaluative
communication. - ✔✔True
✔✔Samantha says, "Arguments are terrible. I believe nobody can win when conflict
breaks out." Samantha's orientation to conflict is best described as __________. -
✔✔lose-lose
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a level of interpersonal confirmation? - ✔✔a.
endorsement
b. acknowledgment
X c. ethnocentrism
d. recognition
✔✔communication - ✔✔A systemic process in which people interact with and through
symbols to create and interpret.
✔✔content level of meaning - ✔✔one of two level of meaning; the literal information in a
message
✔✔feedback - ✔✔verbal or nonverbal response to a message. the concept of feedback
as applied to human communication appeared first in interactive models of
communication
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔a state of equilibrium that systems strive for but cannot sustain
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Socially agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse conventionalized
meanings stored in schemata within our memory system are called: - ✔✔symbols
✔✔In the meaning triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration aroused by either
apprehending the referent itself with our senses or by receiving a cue from another
person. - ✔✔False
✔✔All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. - ✔✔True
✔✔The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they
represent. This is known as _____ - ✔✔arbitrariness
✔✔Words that slant perceptions are called _______ - ✔✔loaded language
✔✔Joaquin came to the United States from Mexico three months ago and he is still
having trouble understanding Americans' tendency to rush all the time. He is also
surprised when his teachers are irritated if he joins class a while after class has started.
Joaquin's confusion about American pace of life is based on which aspect of nonverbal
behavior? - ✔✔chronemics
✔✔People with high status and/or power tend to touch others and invade others' space
more than do people with less power and/or status. - ✔✔True
✔✔Rachel doesn't want to be interrupted while she's speaking so she avoids looking at
others until she has said all she wants to say. Then she looks at the person who wants
to respond. Rachel has used nonverbal behavior to _________ - ✔✔regulate interaction
✔✔The study of space and how people use it is known as ______ - ✔✔proxemics
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true about nonverbal communication? - ✔✔it does not
vary over time
✔✔As soon as the news program begins an interview with the President, Dolores quits
paying attention and she mumbles to herself, "I already know everything he has to say
and I don't want to hear it again." Dolores' ability to listen is being hindered by
_________ - ✔✔prejudgement
✔✔Bao is a teacher. When she is talking to students one on one, she gently
encourages them to express themselves by saying, "Tell me more," "go on," "I
understand." These are examples of _________ - ✔✔minimal encouragers
, ✔✔Monopolizing is hogging the stage by continuously focusing the conversation on
ourselves instead of the person who is talking. - ✔✔True
✔✔Putting together all that we have selected and organized in order to make sense of
communication, is known as ________ - ✔✔interpretation
✔✔When Jing says to Juana that she is having a difficult time in her chemistry class,
Juana's first response is to launch into an extended description of the difficulties she
had in her own physics class. By doing so, Juana is engaging in a faulty listening
practice known as _________ - ✔✔monopolizing
✔✔A form of certainty language that assumes our culture and its norms are the only
right ones is - ✔✔ethnocentrism
✔✔Communication that expresses the speaker's feelings without disparaging anyone
else is known as __________ communication. - ✔✔assertive
✔✔Descriptive communication fosters a more supportive climate than evaluative
communication. - ✔✔True
✔✔Samantha says, "Arguments are terrible. I believe nobody can win when conflict
breaks out." Samantha's orientation to conflict is best described as __________. -
✔✔lose-lose
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a level of interpersonal confirmation? - ✔✔a.
endorsement
b. acknowledgment
X c. ethnocentrism
d. recognition
✔✔communication - ✔✔A systemic process in which people interact with and through
symbols to create and interpret.
✔✔content level of meaning - ✔✔one of two level of meaning; the literal information in a
message
✔✔feedback - ✔✔verbal or nonverbal response to a message. the concept of feedback
as applied to human communication appeared first in interactive models of
communication
✔✔homeostasis - ✔✔a state of equilibrium that systems strive for but cannot sustain
