UNL COMM 101 EXAM 3 FINAL
EXAM
The Nature of Conflict - ANSWERS-Mental health and overall
happiness improve with a constructive conflict process. Resolving
conflict reduces a common stressor. Our family of origin then leaves
us into either constructive or destructive ways of handling conflict as
this carries over to how romantic relationships are handled later in
life.
Destructive Marital Conflicts and their Effects - ANSWERS--negative
conflict between parents reduces the family's network of friends and
creates more loneliness
-Conflict between parents leads to focus on negative behaviors of
their children
-Ongoing conflict at home has a greater impact on adolescent distress
and symptoms than does parental divorce
Advantages of Studying Organizational Communication and Conflict
- ANSWERS-can learn to get along with fellow employees, manager,
public, be perceived as more skilled, help prevent workplace conflict,
learn productive responses, gain cooperation, stop conflict from
spreading
Linear Model - ANSWERS-First model. One-way. One person acts
upon another. Noise causes loss of information. What is wrong with
this model?
,Interactive Model - ANSWERS-Receivers give feedback.
Communicators create and interpret messages within personal fields
of experience. The more fields of experience overlap, the better
communicators understand. One person the sender and another the
receiver. Fails to capture the dynamic nature of interpersonal
communication.
I-It - ANSWERS-Rely on impersonal social roles.
Treat others as objects.
Do not acknowledge others' humanity.
Transactional Model - ANSWERS-Communication occurs within
systems (contexts) affecting meaning. Emphasizes the potential
equality & simultaneous dynamism. People assume multiple roles.
Noise is present throughout. Communication & fields of experience
can change over time.
I-You - ANSWERS-The majority of our interactions.
Acknowledged people as more than objects.
Don't fully, deeply engage each others' totality.
Share ideas & common interests.
I-Thou - ANSWERS-Rarest & highest form of dialogue.
Affirm & cherish others in their wholeness & unique totality.
Goes beyond "seeming" in our social roles to "being" as individuals.
, We trust others to accept us completely, flaws & strengths included.
Definition of Interpersonal Communication - ANSWERS-The verbal
& nonverbal interaction between two interdependent people. We can
think of interpersonal communication occurring on a continuum.
Social Role vs Personal Information.
Selective - ANSWERS-We don't want to (& can't) communicate with
everyone.
Systematic - ANSWERS-It takes place within various contexts. All
parts of a system are interdependent. Parts of the system: time,
culture, personal experiences, relational histories, power. Noise exists
throughout the system: Physiological Physical Psychological
Semantic
Unique - ANSWERS-Relationships go beyond social roles, every
person (& your relationship with them) is unique and therefore
irreplaceable.
Processual - ANSWERS-Relationships and their communication are
continuous, are active, are processes, can evolve over time, have no
start or stop, are irreversible.
Transactional - ANSWERS-People are not just receivers or senders.
Individual - ANSWERS-No two people or relationships are alike.
EXAM
The Nature of Conflict - ANSWERS-Mental health and overall
happiness improve with a constructive conflict process. Resolving
conflict reduces a common stressor. Our family of origin then leaves
us into either constructive or destructive ways of handling conflict as
this carries over to how romantic relationships are handled later in
life.
Destructive Marital Conflicts and their Effects - ANSWERS--negative
conflict between parents reduces the family's network of friends and
creates more loneliness
-Conflict between parents leads to focus on negative behaviors of
their children
-Ongoing conflict at home has a greater impact on adolescent distress
and symptoms than does parental divorce
Advantages of Studying Organizational Communication and Conflict
- ANSWERS-can learn to get along with fellow employees, manager,
public, be perceived as more skilled, help prevent workplace conflict,
learn productive responses, gain cooperation, stop conflict from
spreading
Linear Model - ANSWERS-First model. One-way. One person acts
upon another. Noise causes loss of information. What is wrong with
this model?
,Interactive Model - ANSWERS-Receivers give feedback.
Communicators create and interpret messages within personal fields
of experience. The more fields of experience overlap, the better
communicators understand. One person the sender and another the
receiver. Fails to capture the dynamic nature of interpersonal
communication.
I-It - ANSWERS-Rely on impersonal social roles.
Treat others as objects.
Do not acknowledge others' humanity.
Transactional Model - ANSWERS-Communication occurs within
systems (contexts) affecting meaning. Emphasizes the potential
equality & simultaneous dynamism. People assume multiple roles.
Noise is present throughout. Communication & fields of experience
can change over time.
I-You - ANSWERS-The majority of our interactions.
Acknowledged people as more than objects.
Don't fully, deeply engage each others' totality.
Share ideas & common interests.
I-Thou - ANSWERS-Rarest & highest form of dialogue.
Affirm & cherish others in their wholeness & unique totality.
Goes beyond "seeming" in our social roles to "being" as individuals.
, We trust others to accept us completely, flaws & strengths included.
Definition of Interpersonal Communication - ANSWERS-The verbal
& nonverbal interaction between two interdependent people. We can
think of interpersonal communication occurring on a continuum.
Social Role vs Personal Information.
Selective - ANSWERS-We don't want to (& can't) communicate with
everyone.
Systematic - ANSWERS-It takes place within various contexts. All
parts of a system are interdependent. Parts of the system: time,
culture, personal experiences, relational histories, power. Noise exists
throughout the system: Physiological Physical Psychological
Semantic
Unique - ANSWERS-Relationships go beyond social roles, every
person (& your relationship with them) is unique and therefore
irreplaceable.
Processual - ANSWERS-Relationships and their communication are
continuous, are active, are processes, can evolve over time, have no
start or stop, are irreversible.
Transactional - ANSWERS-People are not just receivers or senders.
Individual - ANSWERS-No two people or relationships are alike.
