WGU Intro to Communication 2025/2026
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communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔exchange of verbal and nonverbal
messages with the intent of stimulating particular meanings in the minds of
others
ad hominem - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when someone refutes an argument
by attacking the person who presented the argument rather than the
argument itself
adaptors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔movements that communicators engage in,
sometimes unconsciously, to relieve stress and anxiety
,affect displays - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nonverbal movements that reveals emotion
affection needs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the need for others to approve of us,
which is an external affirmation of our value and identity
appeal to misplaced authority - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔replies on the reputatoin of
an expert in an unrelated field
asynchronous communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔communication that occurs
outside of the constraints of time and place
asynchronous new media - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔new media that does not allow
for immediate feedback when a message is sent
attribution error - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔in interpreting our own or others' behavior,
we rely on faulty explanations, reasons, or information
bad apple effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔poisonous impact of having just one
ineffective team member
behavioral intention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔individual's expectation or plan that
he or she will behave in some particular way
, bias-free language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔communicates respect through being
sensitive to others' sex, race, age, physical condition, and other
characteristics
Body of the speech - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔middle section of speech in which you
provide support with logic, "tell your audience" (logos)
brief report - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔represents a highly structured overview of
very specific information for the intended audience. shorter than an
instructional presentation
chronemics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ways in which comunicators use time and
the messages they communicate as a result of how they manage their time
closure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔our ability to fill in missing information to complete
a perception
co-cultures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔reflect the unique beliefs, ways of thinking,
communication patterns and styles, and customs of members of particular
groups that exist within the umbrella culture
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Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔exchange of verbal and nonverbal
messages with the intent of stimulating particular meanings in the minds of
others
ad hominem - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when someone refutes an argument
by attacking the person who presented the argument rather than the
argument itself
adaptors - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔movements that communicators engage in,
sometimes unconsciously, to relieve stress and anxiety
,affect displays - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔nonverbal movements that reveals emotion
affection needs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the need for others to approve of us,
which is an external affirmation of our value and identity
appeal to misplaced authority - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔replies on the reputatoin of
an expert in an unrelated field
asynchronous communication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔communication that occurs
outside of the constraints of time and place
asynchronous new media - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔new media that does not allow
for immediate feedback when a message is sent
attribution error - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔in interpreting our own or others' behavior,
we rely on faulty explanations, reasons, or information
bad apple effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔poisonous impact of having just one
ineffective team member
behavioral intention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔individual's expectation or plan that
he or she will behave in some particular way
, bias-free language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔communicates respect through being
sensitive to others' sex, race, age, physical condition, and other
characteristics
Body of the speech - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔middle section of speech in which you
provide support with logic, "tell your audience" (logos)
brief report - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔represents a highly structured overview of
very specific information for the intended audience. shorter than an
instructional presentation
chronemics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the ways in which comunicators use time and
the messages they communicate as a result of how they manage their time
closure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔our ability to fill in missing information to complete
a perception
co-cultures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔reflect the unique beliefs, ways of thinking,
communication patterns and styles, and customs of members of particular
groups that exist within the umbrella culture
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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