COMM 1000 STIFANO EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Why Study Communication?
Answer:
-it keeps you alive -doing it well is a skill -it impacts everything -employers
value it.
Question:
Human Communication
Answer:
The process of managing messages for the purpose of creating shared
meaning.
Question:
A transaction
Answer:
-between at least two people -simultaneously sending and receiving messages
-to and from one another
Question:
Messages
Answer:
Verbal or nonverbal, intentional or non-intentional
Question:
Input
Answer:
all the stimuli both past and present that give us our information about the
world
Question:
Verbal message
Answer:
any type of spoken communication that uses one or more words.
Question:
Nonverbal messages
Answer:
include nonverbal aspects of behavior; facial expression, posture, tone of
voice, hand movements, manner of dress and so on. Or they are all the
messages we transmit without words or over and above the words we use.
Question:
Channels
Answer:
the medium through which a message is sent
,Question:
Interference
Answer:
Prevents message from being received, or pre-vents intended meaning from
being understood
Question:
Technical interference
Answer:
factors that cause the receiver to perceive distortion in the intended
information or stimuli. ex: your ears are ringing so you can't hear the person
Question:
Semantic interference
Answer:
occurs when the receiver does not attribute the same meaning to the signal
that the sender does. ex: you have different meanings of words, leads to
misunderstanding
Question:
Feedback
Answer:
the return to you of behavior you have generated (the response)
Question:
Other factors
Answer:
listening, feedback, time.
Question:
Model of Human communication
Answer:
1 input Filters sender receiver, messages, channel, interference, 2 sender
receiver
Question:
Interpersonal communication
Answer:
Communication with another dyadic
Question:
Intrapersonal communication
Answer:
communication within a person
Question:
Interviewing
Answer:
focusing on question and answer pattern
Question:
Small group communication
, Answer:
3 or more members of a group influencing one another.
Question:
Public communication
Answer:
speaking publicly to others, one person gives most of the info and everyone
else just listens
Question:
Organizational communication
Answer:
the flow of messages within a network of inter-dependent relationships ex:
hospitals, businesses, school
Question:
Mass Communication
Answer:
communication in front of the media ex: social media, news, politics,
entertainment
Question:
Health communication
Answer:
communication between a doctor and patient
Question:
Elements of effective communication
Answer:
• Understanding
• Pleasure
• Attitude Influence
• Improved Relationships
• Action
Question:
Field of Communication
Answer:
Humanistic approaches and social scientific approaches
Question:
Humanistic approaches
Answer:
.Rhetoric .Interpretivists .Critical scholars
Question:
Rhetoric
Answer:
the art of using language to persuade people ex: comparing Trump's speech to
Hitler's
Question:
Interpretivists
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Why Study Communication?
Answer:
-it keeps you alive -doing it well is a skill -it impacts everything -employers
value it.
Question:
Human Communication
Answer:
The process of managing messages for the purpose of creating shared
meaning.
Question:
A transaction
Answer:
-between at least two people -simultaneously sending and receiving messages
-to and from one another
Question:
Messages
Answer:
Verbal or nonverbal, intentional or non-intentional
Question:
Input
Answer:
all the stimuli both past and present that give us our information about the
world
Question:
Verbal message
Answer:
any type of spoken communication that uses one or more words.
Question:
Nonverbal messages
Answer:
include nonverbal aspects of behavior; facial expression, posture, tone of
voice, hand movements, manner of dress and so on. Or they are all the
messages we transmit without words or over and above the words we use.
Question:
Channels
Answer:
the medium through which a message is sent
,Question:
Interference
Answer:
Prevents message from being received, or pre-vents intended meaning from
being understood
Question:
Technical interference
Answer:
factors that cause the receiver to perceive distortion in the intended
information or stimuli. ex: your ears are ringing so you can't hear the person
Question:
Semantic interference
Answer:
occurs when the receiver does not attribute the same meaning to the signal
that the sender does. ex: you have different meanings of words, leads to
misunderstanding
Question:
Feedback
Answer:
the return to you of behavior you have generated (the response)
Question:
Other factors
Answer:
listening, feedback, time.
Question:
Model of Human communication
Answer:
1 input Filters sender receiver, messages, channel, interference, 2 sender
receiver
Question:
Interpersonal communication
Answer:
Communication with another dyadic
Question:
Intrapersonal communication
Answer:
communication within a person
Question:
Interviewing
Answer:
focusing on question and answer pattern
Question:
Small group communication
, Answer:
3 or more members of a group influencing one another.
Question:
Public communication
Answer:
speaking publicly to others, one person gives most of the info and everyone
else just listens
Question:
Organizational communication
Answer:
the flow of messages within a network of inter-dependent relationships ex:
hospitals, businesses, school
Question:
Mass Communication
Answer:
communication in front of the media ex: social media, news, politics,
entertainment
Question:
Health communication
Answer:
communication between a doctor and patient
Question:
Elements of effective communication
Answer:
• Understanding
• Pleasure
• Attitude Influence
• Improved Relationships
• Action
Question:
Field of Communication
Answer:
Humanistic approaches and social scientific approaches
Question:
Humanistic approaches
Answer:
.Rhetoric .Interpretivists .Critical scholars
Question:
Rhetoric
Answer:
the art of using language to persuade people ex: comparing Trump's speech to
Hitler's
Question:
Interpretivists
