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CMN 003 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS.
GRADED A+

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Communication. ANSWER - is the process by which individuals use
symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information.


The Functional Perspective. ANSWER - how communication behaviors helps (or
don't help) us accomplish our goals in personal, group, organizational, public, or
technologically mediated situations.


Goal-Oriented Communication. ANSWER - Influencing others, expressing
affiliation, managing relationships


6 Characteristics of Communication. ANSWER - symbols, shared code, linked to
culture,
transactional process, various channels, not always intentional


Competent Communication. ANSWER - appropriate and effective, process
oriented, communication skills used, uses tech to assist,


Modeling communication. ANSWER - models used to describe communication
process.

, Communication processing. ANSWER - gathering, organizing, and evaluating
info received


The Competent Communication Model. ANSWER - A transactional process
where communication takes place between interdependent parties
simultaneously encoding and decoding within a relational context, a situational
context, and a cultural context


Language. ANSWER - the system of symbols (words) with grammatical
rules we use to communicate and think about experiences and feelings.


The Nature of Language. ANSWER - language is symbolic, filled with multiple
meanings, informed by our thoughts, ruled by grammar, and bound by context.


Communication accommodation theory (CAT). ANSWER - how competent
communicators adjust their language and nonverbal behaviors to the person,
group, and context.


The 5 Functions of Language. ANSWER - controlling, informing, feeling,
imagining, ritualizing


Communication acquisition. ANSWER - learn language and how to use


Semantics. ANSWER - meaning


Pragmatics. ANSWER - use and use in context


high abstraction. ANSWER - human talk, not clear. aid in evasion,
equivocation, euphemisms

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