SPC 3301 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Interpersonal Communication - Answers - The process of sending and receiving
messages between two or more persons with some effect and some immediate
feedback
Relational - Answers - - Referred to as dyadic
- Assumes whenever two people communicate, there is some relationship
- A connection has been made
- There is a tendency toward dyadic primacy
Developmental - Answers - - Interpersonal communication occurs on a continuum (a
range)
- IMPERSONAL → INTIMATE
- Focuses on "intimate" communication
The ______ model of communication depicts the ever widening scope of the
relationships as the participants continuously re-encounter each other. - Answers -
helical
according to Galvin's perspective of communication - Answers - we should think about
relationships on a continuum from impersonal to interpersonal.
_______ refers to "a private world of rules, understanding, meanings, and patterns of
acting and interpreting that partners create for their relationship" - Answers - relational
culture
the ______ is in affect when the nonverbal message is used to emphasize the verbal
message. - Answers - accenting, complementing
according to Mehrabian, the fundamental categories of meaning associated with
nonverbal behavior are: - Answers - immediacy, status, and responsiveness
in your reading, _____ is missing from the acronym SADFISH, which is associated with
basic/universal facial expressions - Answers - interest
______ was described in your readings as a "mental mirror" - Answers - self concept
_____ is the active process of creating meanings by selecting, organizing, and
interpreting people, objects, events, situations, and other phenomena" - Answers -
perception
, Linear Model (SMCR; telephone model) - Answers - One way; no emphasis on the
effects the sources have on each other's communication
3 Communication Models - Answers - - Linear Model (SMCR; telephone model)
- Interactional Model (circular/cyclic model)
- Transactional Model (helix/helical model)
the _____ view others hold of us - Answers - personality
Interactional Model (circular/cyclic model) - Answers - - Two ways; recognizes that each
source's communication affects the other
- Feedback results from the other person's communication; depicts communication as a
"process" but communication begins/ends in the same place
- No evolution or change
You cannot NOT communicate - Answers -
Transactional Model (helix/helical model) - Answers - - Source/receiver roles are
simultaneous
- Participation is continues and simultaneous (not one-way)
- All communications have a past, present, and future
- All communications play roles, roles may change as relationships change
- Communication must change in order to be successful
- This model gives a nod to feedback best
which of the following results was used to support the importance of reflected appraisal?
- Answers - high socioeconomic status students had a drop in self esteem when they
did poorly in school
_____ help us interpret, remember, and organize new information - Answers - schemata
sequential order in which we listen - Answers - sense, interpret, evaluate, explain
Harris and Sherblom suggests that the first thing to do when receiving/ listening to
feedback is acknowledge it - Answers - false
which of the following is among the five ways we can listen and respond when other
people want to discuss a problem or concern with us, according to David Johnson -
Answers - analyzing and interpreting, advising and evaluating, questioning and probing
____ is a "false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the
originally false conception come true. It is part of the process of interpersonal
expectancy. - Answers - self fufilling prophecy
Galvin's Model - Answers - - IMPERSONAL → INTERPERSONAL
ANSWERS
Interpersonal Communication - Answers - The process of sending and receiving
messages between two or more persons with some effect and some immediate
feedback
Relational - Answers - - Referred to as dyadic
- Assumes whenever two people communicate, there is some relationship
- A connection has been made
- There is a tendency toward dyadic primacy
Developmental - Answers - - Interpersonal communication occurs on a continuum (a
range)
- IMPERSONAL → INTIMATE
- Focuses on "intimate" communication
The ______ model of communication depicts the ever widening scope of the
relationships as the participants continuously re-encounter each other. - Answers -
helical
according to Galvin's perspective of communication - Answers - we should think about
relationships on a continuum from impersonal to interpersonal.
_______ refers to "a private world of rules, understanding, meanings, and patterns of
acting and interpreting that partners create for their relationship" - Answers - relational
culture
the ______ is in affect when the nonverbal message is used to emphasize the verbal
message. - Answers - accenting, complementing
according to Mehrabian, the fundamental categories of meaning associated with
nonverbal behavior are: - Answers - immediacy, status, and responsiveness
in your reading, _____ is missing from the acronym SADFISH, which is associated with
basic/universal facial expressions - Answers - interest
______ was described in your readings as a "mental mirror" - Answers - self concept
_____ is the active process of creating meanings by selecting, organizing, and
interpreting people, objects, events, situations, and other phenomena" - Answers -
perception
, Linear Model (SMCR; telephone model) - Answers - One way; no emphasis on the
effects the sources have on each other's communication
3 Communication Models - Answers - - Linear Model (SMCR; telephone model)
- Interactional Model (circular/cyclic model)
- Transactional Model (helix/helical model)
the _____ view others hold of us - Answers - personality
Interactional Model (circular/cyclic model) - Answers - - Two ways; recognizes that each
source's communication affects the other
- Feedback results from the other person's communication; depicts communication as a
"process" but communication begins/ends in the same place
- No evolution or change
You cannot NOT communicate - Answers -
Transactional Model (helix/helical model) - Answers - - Source/receiver roles are
simultaneous
- Participation is continues and simultaneous (not one-way)
- All communications have a past, present, and future
- All communications play roles, roles may change as relationships change
- Communication must change in order to be successful
- This model gives a nod to feedback best
which of the following results was used to support the importance of reflected appraisal?
- Answers - high socioeconomic status students had a drop in self esteem when they
did poorly in school
_____ help us interpret, remember, and organize new information - Answers - schemata
sequential order in which we listen - Answers - sense, interpret, evaluate, explain
Harris and Sherblom suggests that the first thing to do when receiving/ listening to
feedback is acknowledge it - Answers - false
which of the following is among the five ways we can listen and respond when other
people want to discuss a problem or concern with us, according to David Johnson -
Answers - analyzing and interpreting, advising and evaluating, questioning and probing
____ is a "false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the
originally false conception come true. It is part of the process of interpersonal
expectancy. - Answers - self fufilling prophecy
Galvin's Model - Answers - - IMPERSONAL → INTERPERSONAL
