CMN 3V midterm 1 study guide
Questions and Answers | 2026
Update | 100% Correct
Graded A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Explain elements of the communication model. ANSWER - 1.participants
(senders/receivers)
2.messages (verbal/nonverbal content)
3.encoding (turning thoughts into comm.)
4.decoding (turning comm. into thoughts), 5.channels (where encoded messages are sent)
What is communication apprehension. ANSWER - fear/anxiety due to real or imagined
communication with someone else (ex. public speaking)
What is "professional communication"?. ANSWER - appropriate to the situation,
clear/concise, ethical (principles that guide your decisions)
How does language reflect, build and determine context?. ANSWER - language uses words
that have rules:
What is ambiguous language? What does it "look" like?. ANSWER - evasive language
(lying to parents), equivocation (white lie), euphemism ("passed away" vs died)
What is concrete language? What does it "look" like?. ANSWER - gives readers a clear
understanding of what you are writing about (abstract= human, concrete=caroline
figueroa)
, What is inflammatory language? What types are there?. ANSWER - def: speaking and
selecting words in a manner intended to cause an emotional response and incite action
types: bias, hate speech, labeling
How would you describe nonverbal communication?. ANSWER - It is:
-communicative,can convey a message & can add to messages
-spontaneous and unintentional
-linear (fast & fluid) & irreversible
- ambiguous because can have many interpretations (crying can be caused by happy and sad
events)
What are the elements of nonverbal communication?. ANSWER - affect displays,
complementing, contradicting, emblems, illustrators, masking, object adaptors, regulators,
repeating, replacing, self-adaptors
affect displays. ANSWER - express emotions/feelings (frowning, shaking head for no)
complementing. ANSWER - Reinforcing verbal communication
contradicting. ANSWER - Contradicting verbal communication
emblems. ANSWER - reinforce message (nodding (yes or no)) or intentional movements
that have a direct verbal translation (used to substitute for words) (ex. thumbs up)
illustrators. ANSWER - intentional movements that reinforce the verbal messages and
help visually explain whats being said (add to or clarify a verbal meaning) (ex. using hands
to show how big something is)
masking. ANSWER - Substituting more appropriate displays for less appropriate displays
object adaptors. ANSWER - use of an object in a way it wasn't designed for (tapping
pencil)
Questions and Answers | 2026
Update | 100% Correct
Graded A+
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Explain elements of the communication model. ANSWER - 1.participants
(senders/receivers)
2.messages (verbal/nonverbal content)
3.encoding (turning thoughts into comm.)
4.decoding (turning comm. into thoughts), 5.channels (where encoded messages are sent)
What is communication apprehension. ANSWER - fear/anxiety due to real or imagined
communication with someone else (ex. public speaking)
What is "professional communication"?. ANSWER - appropriate to the situation,
clear/concise, ethical (principles that guide your decisions)
How does language reflect, build and determine context?. ANSWER - language uses words
that have rules:
What is ambiguous language? What does it "look" like?. ANSWER - evasive language
(lying to parents), equivocation (white lie), euphemism ("passed away" vs died)
What is concrete language? What does it "look" like?. ANSWER - gives readers a clear
understanding of what you are writing about (abstract= human, concrete=caroline
figueroa)
, What is inflammatory language? What types are there?. ANSWER - def: speaking and
selecting words in a manner intended to cause an emotional response and incite action
types: bias, hate speech, labeling
How would you describe nonverbal communication?. ANSWER - It is:
-communicative,can convey a message & can add to messages
-spontaneous and unintentional
-linear (fast & fluid) & irreversible
- ambiguous because can have many interpretations (crying can be caused by happy and sad
events)
What are the elements of nonverbal communication?. ANSWER - affect displays,
complementing, contradicting, emblems, illustrators, masking, object adaptors, regulators,
repeating, replacing, self-adaptors
affect displays. ANSWER - express emotions/feelings (frowning, shaking head for no)
complementing. ANSWER - Reinforcing verbal communication
contradicting. ANSWER - Contradicting verbal communication
emblems. ANSWER - reinforce message (nodding (yes or no)) or intentional movements
that have a direct verbal translation (used to substitute for words) (ex. thumbs up)
illustrators. ANSWER - intentional movements that reinforce the verbal messages and
help visually explain whats being said (add to or clarify a verbal meaning) (ex. using hands
to show how big something is)
masking. ANSWER - Substituting more appropriate displays for less appropriate displays
object adaptors. ANSWER - use of an object in a way it wasn't designed for (tapping
pencil)
