CMN 10V Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass |Revised

CMN 10V Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass |Revised What is Communication? - Each act of transmitting information including thoughts, ideas and emotions What is media? - the channels used to communicate, broad definition includes hands, voice and eyes What is technical media? - things we construct to amplify communication such as Television, internet, radio, and cell phones is the golden record communication? - No, there is no one to receive the it. It requires a process of sending and receiving Does communication require intent? - No, people are always sending information. theory - statement about reality that seeks to explain or predict relationships hypothesis - applies theory to specific situation transmission model - linear process, has a sender, message, channel, receiver, effect, noise can disrupt the transmission SMCR model - sender, message, channel, receiver, sender encodes, receiver decodes and can feedback loop polysemic - messages have multiple meanings, an example are insults circulation - production of communication, an example is the television broadcast Page 2/6 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 interpersonal communication - verbal and nonverbal interaction between two people or more interdependent people relational interpersonal communication - it is Always takes place within a relationship, Communication is Influenced by the relationship and It influences the development of the relationship self disclosure - sharing of personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to discover in other ways social exchange theory - relationships are analyzed based on rewards and costs, physical attractiveness, things someone can do for us, cost benefit analysis what is language? - system of symbols that people use to transfer meaning among themselves semantics - study of meaning of words syntax - study of word order speech acts - utterances with performative function, goal or affect such as thanking someone, give a warning or declaration pragmatics - study of how the context or social setting plays a role in the use and interpretation of language conversational implicature - focuses on how people are able to transfer meaning that is greater than what they are literally saying, saying I am cold in here means to turn the heater on figurative - language that relies on previous knowledge and understanding to understand metaphors, hyperbole and idioms Page 3/6 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 language attitudes - impressions made on people based on how they use language, slang, how you judge others status, solidarity, social group stereotypes solidarity - how close, warm, likeable the speaker is, how relateable they are to you. speech rate - relates to higher status, no affect on solidarity lexical diversity - how many unique words are uttered, higher status and lowers the solidarity how do accents affect communication? - the status and solidarity depend on the social group and stereotype relating to each taboo language - words that are forbidden or prohibited that have arbitrary negative emotion or discomfort and can change over time taboo language is paradoxical - we learn forbidden words and try not to say them, yet they have a place in society, provides emotional outlet individualistic culture - the individual precedes the group, personal go