CMS 100 Exam #1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Human Communication - Answer✔️✔️-The process of making sense out of
the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through
verbal and nonverbal messages.
Symbol - Answer✔️✔️-A word, sound, gesture, or visual image that
represents a thought, concept, object, or experience.
Ethics - Answer✔️✔️-The beliefs, values, and moral principles by which we
determine what is right or wrong.
Encoding - Answer✔️✔️-The process of translating ideas, feelings, and
thoughts into a code.
Decoding - Answer✔️✔️-The process of interpreting ideas, feelings, and
thoughts that have been translated into a code.
Receiver - Answer✔️✔️-The person who decodes a message and attempts to
make sense of what the source has encoded.
Noise - Answer✔️✔️-Interference, either literal or psychological, that hinders
the accurate encoding or decoding of a message.
Context - Answer✔️✔️-The physical, historical, and psychological
communication environment.
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Mediated Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Any communication that is carried
out using some channel other than those used in face-to-face
communication.
Asynchronous Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Communication in which
timing is out of sync; there is a time delay between when you send a
message and when it is received.
Synchronous Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Communication in which
messages occur in real time - when you speak or write, someone
immediately responds to your message.
Intrapersonal Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Communication that occurs
within yourself, including your thoughts and emotions.
Language - Answer✔️✔️-The system of symbols (words or vocabulary)
structured by rules (grammar) that makes it possible for people to
understand one another.
Nonverbal Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Communication by means other
than written or spoken language that creates meaning for someone.
Other-Oriented - Answer✔️✔️-Being focused on the needs and concerns of
others while maintaining one's personal integrity.
Interpersonal Communication - Answer✔️✔️-Communication that occurs
simultaneously between two people who attempt to mutually influence
each other, usually for the purpose of managing relationships.
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