CMN 120 Midterm 1 Questions and All
Correct Answers.
interpersonal communication - Answer the production and processing of verbal and
nonverbal messages between two or a few persons
production - Answer part of interpersonal communication definition
creating interpersonal messages
the things we say (verbal, nonverbally, through text, etc. )
processing - Answer part of interpersonal communication definition
sharing understanding with our messages
linear model - Answer model of interpersonal communication
one way
sender -----message[channel]-----> receiver
doesn't include feedback, noise, context/environment
sender - Answer person producing the messages
receiver - Answer person being communicated to
message - Answer things actually being communicated
channel - Answer means through which the message is communicated
feedback - Answer way for the receiver to indicate they have received the message from the
sender
makes both people a sender and receiver simultaneously
,noise - Answer any sort of interference that prevents the message from being received
properly
can be physical or psychological
context/environment - Answer affect the type of messages you give off and the way you
interpret the messages you're receiving
transactional model of interpersonal communication - Answer Sender
-----message/feedback-----> receiver
/receiver ------message/feedback--->/sender
[Context] ~interference~ [environment]
elements that define interpersonal communication - Answer intentionality
shared info/meaning
transmission
bond
intentionality - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
done with purpose
controversial
shared info/meaning - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
i.e. speak the same language
transmission - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
messages we want to send can't just stay in our head, actually have to communicate them
through some channel
without this, we have intrapersonal communication
bond - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
, recognize that there is a relationship between us and the person we are sending messages to
interpersonal communication paradigms - Answer post-positivist perspective
interpretive perspective
critical perspective
post-positivist perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
aka socio-psychological approach
very strong scientific approach; follows scientific method
effort to generalize about communication phenomena for a wide number of people
UCD communication faculty
Single objective truth for the world
Surveys, experiments
Attachment theory, uncertainty reduction theory, (most theories we'll talk about)
logical-empirical tradition, scientific approach to advance predictions and offer generalized, law-
like cause and effect explanations of functional explanations about how variables or structures
are interdependent with one another
interpretive perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
Not single objective truth; everybody has their own truth
Understanding individual perspectives and individual realities
Interviews, focus groups
Social interactionism
rejects single objective view, detailed understandings of how particular social realities are
produced and maintained through everyday practices of individuals, relational parties, families,
and so on (native's point of view: perspectives and language choices of individuals being
studied)
critical perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
Giving a voice to the voiceless - typically marginalized groups, minorities
Correct Answers.
interpersonal communication - Answer the production and processing of verbal and
nonverbal messages between two or a few persons
production - Answer part of interpersonal communication definition
creating interpersonal messages
the things we say (verbal, nonverbally, through text, etc. )
processing - Answer part of interpersonal communication definition
sharing understanding with our messages
linear model - Answer model of interpersonal communication
one way
sender -----message[channel]-----> receiver
doesn't include feedback, noise, context/environment
sender - Answer person producing the messages
receiver - Answer person being communicated to
message - Answer things actually being communicated
channel - Answer means through which the message is communicated
feedback - Answer way for the receiver to indicate they have received the message from the
sender
makes both people a sender and receiver simultaneously
,noise - Answer any sort of interference that prevents the message from being received
properly
can be physical or psychological
context/environment - Answer affect the type of messages you give off and the way you
interpret the messages you're receiving
transactional model of interpersonal communication - Answer Sender
-----message/feedback-----> receiver
/receiver ------message/feedback--->/sender
[Context] ~interference~ [environment]
elements that define interpersonal communication - Answer intentionality
shared info/meaning
transmission
bond
intentionality - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
done with purpose
controversial
shared info/meaning - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
i.e. speak the same language
transmission - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
messages we want to send can't just stay in our head, actually have to communicate them
through some channel
without this, we have intrapersonal communication
bond - Answer elements that define interpersonal communication
, recognize that there is a relationship between us and the person we are sending messages to
interpersonal communication paradigms - Answer post-positivist perspective
interpretive perspective
critical perspective
post-positivist perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
aka socio-psychological approach
very strong scientific approach; follows scientific method
effort to generalize about communication phenomena for a wide number of people
UCD communication faculty
Single objective truth for the world
Surveys, experiments
Attachment theory, uncertainty reduction theory, (most theories we'll talk about)
logical-empirical tradition, scientific approach to advance predictions and offer generalized, law-
like cause and effect explanations of functional explanations about how variables or structures
are interdependent with one another
interpretive perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
Not single objective truth; everybody has their own truth
Understanding individual perspectives and individual realities
Interviews, focus groups
Social interactionism
rejects single objective view, detailed understandings of how particular social realities are
produced and maintained through everyday practices of individuals, relational parties, families,
and so on (native's point of view: perspectives and language choices of individuals being
studied)
critical perspective - Answer interpersonal communication paradigms
Giving a voice to the voiceless - typically marginalized groups, minorities
