Communications Module 1 Exam
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What is the process of creating meaning - correct answer Communication
What are the three models of the communication process? - correct answer
1. Linear model- the oldest, most simplified model
2. Interaction model- a more expansive version of the linear model
3. Transactional model- the most complex and contemporary.
Encoding - correct answer transforming a message into a sign or symbol
Decoding - correct answer interpreting the sign or symbol
transmissional view - correct answer the perspective that communication is
the process of sending and receiving information from one communicator to
another
constitutive view - correct answer the perspective that communication creates
something that did not previously exist
Ritual View - correct answer the perspective that communication is directed
not toward the extension of messages in space but toward the maintenance of
society in time and the representation of shared beliefs
Power of culture - correct answer Influence over culture increases power to
define social reality
, What is the link between communication and perception? - correct answer
Because we continuously form perceptions of others and our contexts, we are
always communicating.
Schemas - correct answer concepts or mental frameworks formed from the
past that are used to process new information
How are schemas related to stereotypes? - correct answer A stereotype is a
more troubling form of schema
Signs - correct answer a signal that must be taken in a literal fashion
Symbols - correct answer something that has meaning in itself and also
stands for something else
How does communication influence identity? - correct answer You are what
you communicate!
Your identity is transacted through your communication
What is the theory of symbolic interaction? - correct answer Social theories
that focus on how people use shared symbols and construct society as a
result of their everyday interactions
How we develop a sense of self through our interaction with others and by
self-reflection
Concepts of significant and generalized other - correct answer Significant
other- influential people in the different situations in which you find yourself
Generalized other- your sense of how others see you.
Question and answers rated A+
What is the process of creating meaning - correct answer Communication
What are the three models of the communication process? - correct answer
1. Linear model- the oldest, most simplified model
2. Interaction model- a more expansive version of the linear model
3. Transactional model- the most complex and contemporary.
Encoding - correct answer transforming a message into a sign or symbol
Decoding - correct answer interpreting the sign or symbol
transmissional view - correct answer the perspective that communication is
the process of sending and receiving information from one communicator to
another
constitutive view - correct answer the perspective that communication creates
something that did not previously exist
Ritual View - correct answer the perspective that communication is directed
not toward the extension of messages in space but toward the maintenance of
society in time and the representation of shared beliefs
Power of culture - correct answer Influence over culture increases power to
define social reality
, What is the link between communication and perception? - correct answer
Because we continuously form perceptions of others and our contexts, we are
always communicating.
Schemas - correct answer concepts or mental frameworks formed from the
past that are used to process new information
How are schemas related to stereotypes? - correct answer A stereotype is a
more troubling form of schema
Signs - correct answer a signal that must be taken in a literal fashion
Symbols - correct answer something that has meaning in itself and also
stands for something else
How does communication influence identity? - correct answer You are what
you communicate!
Your identity is transacted through your communication
What is the theory of symbolic interaction? - correct answer Social theories
that focus on how people use shared symbols and construct society as a
result of their everyday interactions
How we develop a sense of self through our interaction with others and by
self-reflection
Concepts of significant and generalized other - correct answer Significant
other- influential people in the different situations in which you find yourself
Generalized other- your sense of how others see you.
