SPC 3301 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
content meaning - Answers - the content of, or denotative information in,
communication. content-level meanings are literal.
dual perspective - Answers - The ability to understand both your own and another's
perspective, beliefs, thoughts, and feelings.
ethics - Answers - the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles and codes
of conduct. Because interpersonal communication affects people, sometimes
profoundly, it always has ethical implications.
feedback - Answers - responses to messages. feedback is continuous and it may be
verbal, nonverbal, or both; it may be intentional or unintentional.
I-It Communication - Answers - Impersonal communication in which people are treated
as objects or as instrumental to our purposes.
Interactive Model - Answers - A model that represents communication as a feedback
process, in which listeners and speakers both simultaneously send and receive
messages.
interpersonal communication - Answers - A selective, systemic process that allows
people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one another and create shared
meanings.
interpersonal communication competence - Answers - Proficiency in communication
that is interpersonally effective and appropriate. Competence includes the abilities to
monitor oneself, to engage in dual perspective, to enact a range of communication
skills, and to adapt communication appropriately.
I-Thou Communication - Answers - Fully interpersonal communication in which people
acknowledge and deal with each other as unique individuals who meet fully in dialogue.
I-You Communication - Answers - Communication midway between impersonal and
interpersonal communication, in which the other is acknowledged as a human being but
not fully engaged as a unique individual.
linear models - Answers - A model that represents communication as a one-way
process that flows in one direction, from sender to receiver. Linear models do not
capture the dynamism of communication or the active participation of all
communicators.
, Metacommunication - Answers - Communication about communication. When
excessive, as in unproductive conflict interaction, metacommunication becomes self-
absorbing and diverts partners from the issues causing conflict.
model - Answers - representations of what something is and how it works
monitoring - Answers - observing and regulating your own communication
noise - Answers - Anything that distorts communication such that it is harder for people
to understand each other. Noise can be physical, psychological, semantic, and so forth
person-centeredness - Answers - the ability to perceive another as a unique individual
and to differentiate them from social roles and generalizations based on their
membership in social groups
process - Answers - an ongoing, continuous, dynamic flow that has no clear-cut
beginning or ending and is always evolving and changing. Interpersonal communication
is a process.
relationship meaning - Answers - what communication expresses about relationships
between communicators. The three dimensions of relationship-level meanings are liking
or disliking, responsiveness, and power (control).
symbols - Answers - an abstract, arbitrary and ambiguous representation of a
phenomenon.
systemic - Answers - Taking place within multiple systems that influence what is
communicated and what meanings are constructed; a quality of interpersonal
communication. Examples of systems affecting communication include physical context,
culture, personal histories, and previous interactions between people.
transactional model - Answers - A model of communication as a dynamic process that
changes over time and in which participants assume multiple roles.
Buber would agree that "seeming" is a more intimate form of communication than
"being." - Answers - false
We are often communicating two kinds of meaning when we relate to others, content
meaning and relationship meaning - Answers - trueSemantic noise refers to the way we
might be distracted by someone else's appearance.
Semantic noise refers to the way we might be distracted by someone else's
appearance. - Answers - false
ANSWERS
content meaning - Answers - the content of, or denotative information in,
communication. content-level meanings are literal.
dual perspective - Answers - The ability to understand both your own and another's
perspective, beliefs, thoughts, and feelings.
ethics - Answers - the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles and codes
of conduct. Because interpersonal communication affects people, sometimes
profoundly, it always has ethical implications.
feedback - Answers - responses to messages. feedback is continuous and it may be
verbal, nonverbal, or both; it may be intentional or unintentional.
I-It Communication - Answers - Impersonal communication in which people are treated
as objects or as instrumental to our purposes.
Interactive Model - Answers - A model that represents communication as a feedback
process, in which listeners and speakers both simultaneously send and receive
messages.
interpersonal communication - Answers - A selective, systemic process that allows
people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one another and create shared
meanings.
interpersonal communication competence - Answers - Proficiency in communication
that is interpersonally effective and appropriate. Competence includes the abilities to
monitor oneself, to engage in dual perspective, to enact a range of communication
skills, and to adapt communication appropriately.
I-Thou Communication - Answers - Fully interpersonal communication in which people
acknowledge and deal with each other as unique individuals who meet fully in dialogue.
I-You Communication - Answers - Communication midway between impersonal and
interpersonal communication, in which the other is acknowledged as a human being but
not fully engaged as a unique individual.
linear models - Answers - A model that represents communication as a one-way
process that flows in one direction, from sender to receiver. Linear models do not
capture the dynamism of communication or the active participation of all
communicators.
, Metacommunication - Answers - Communication about communication. When
excessive, as in unproductive conflict interaction, metacommunication becomes self-
absorbing and diverts partners from the issues causing conflict.
model - Answers - representations of what something is and how it works
monitoring - Answers - observing and regulating your own communication
noise - Answers - Anything that distorts communication such that it is harder for people
to understand each other. Noise can be physical, psychological, semantic, and so forth
person-centeredness - Answers - the ability to perceive another as a unique individual
and to differentiate them from social roles and generalizations based on their
membership in social groups
process - Answers - an ongoing, continuous, dynamic flow that has no clear-cut
beginning or ending and is always evolving and changing. Interpersonal communication
is a process.
relationship meaning - Answers - what communication expresses about relationships
between communicators. The three dimensions of relationship-level meanings are liking
or disliking, responsiveness, and power (control).
symbols - Answers - an abstract, arbitrary and ambiguous representation of a
phenomenon.
systemic - Answers - Taking place within multiple systems that influence what is
communicated and what meanings are constructed; a quality of interpersonal
communication. Examples of systems affecting communication include physical context,
culture, personal histories, and previous interactions between people.
transactional model - Answers - A model of communication as a dynamic process that
changes over time and in which participants assume multiple roles.
Buber would agree that "seeming" is a more intimate form of communication than
"being." - Answers - false
We are often communicating two kinds of meaning when we relate to others, content
meaning and relationship meaning - Answers - trueSemantic noise refers to the way we
might be distracted by someone else's appearance.
Semantic noise refers to the way we might be distracted by someone else's
appearance. - Answers - false
