COMM 200 Exam 1 Questions With All
Correct & Verified Answers
Importance of outside of class and inside of the class communication with professors Correct
answer--Students' communication with professors in class is important for academic success!
You get immediate feedback
You and the professor can be more attentive
The importance of in-class communication
Evaluated more positively by instructors
Leads to greater satisfaction for the class in general
Students who do not communication in-class perceive instructors and the school less positively
-Out-of-Class communication
--Meeting with your professors outside of class time is positively associated with:
Academic performance
Student retention
Positive affect for learning
Specific career planning
Personal development
Comfort in the classroom
Increased confidence in making career choices
Students' overall satisfaction with college
OCC benefits professors too!
Different definitions of Plagiarism Correct answer-Collusion- lending your work to another person
to submit as his or her own
Fabrication- deliberately creating false information on a works cited page
Plagiarism - the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or not;
allowing another writer to write any part of your essay
Cheating - getting academic credit through fraudulent means.
Turnitin
Systematic Inquiry Correct answer-The process of asking questions and systematically attempting
to answer them, and understanding the limitations of the conclusion/s reached
When conducting research, three factors motivate the choices we make Correct answer--intended
outcomes (understanding, prediction and control, critical/cultural change)
-theoretical preferences
-methodological preferences (rhetorical, quantitative, qualitative)
Rhetoric Correct answer-Interpretive - Humanist/Rhetoric Grounded in Interpretation, Analysis,
Criticism
-Methods include: critical, theoretical, and historical
Bias in research: The focus of research is subjectivity - all research has bias
-Focus is on: understanding. "Subjective," understanding multiple realities and experiences. More
case specific
-We are studying an artifact/thing
A persuasive document
A play, book, movie, cartoon, advertisement, museum
-Trying to find out, in depth, what the persuasive message is
, Social Science Correct answer-Objective - Social Scientific Grounded in Empiricism Largely
Quantitative Data
-Methods include: experiments, surveys, content analysis, meta-analysis
-Bias in research: Personal opinions should not affect research - minimize bias
-Focus is on: prediction and control. "Objective," describe, explain, and predict observable behavior.
Looks for patterns and trends, generalizations
Epistemology Correct answer-Ways of knowing; -Scientific Approach- Reality is accessible through
senses A good theory should hold true unless conditions change, "Truth"
-Interpretive Approach- Meaning is in the mind of the beholder and the text There are multiple
meanings, "truth
What is Reality?
Singular Truth vs. Multiple Realities
Depending on the lens you're viewing things through
Science Vs. Interpretivism Correct answer--What's reality? (Epistemology)
Singular Truth vs. Multiple realities
-Where's the control? (Human Nature)
Determinism vs. Free Will
-What do you value?
Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
-What's the point?
Universal laws vs. Unique rules
Understand how a social science research is conducted and be familiar with parts of a social science
article. Correct answer--The methods of study are empirical and often quantitative—for example;
questionnaires, surveys,participant observation, statistical analysis
Simply put, communication theory research includes numbers
Tiffini Library Lecture Correct answer-3 step process
1) find article in the database and click on the title of the article
2) look at the source line of the record
3) look at the comm journals list (PDF) to make sure your article citation is there
-Not a comm topic if: you are looking at animal behavior, yu do not have any comm variables, it is not
examining one of the main areas of comm research
-3 sections of a database interference: Modify search; results; export options
-Always use connectors to search databases// NEVER use propositions
AND (tiff lecture) Correct answer-will connect different terms EX: cats AND dogs
OR (tiff lecture) Correct answer-will look at related terms EX: Cats OR felines AND dogs
Advanced searching (tiff lecture) Correct answer-lets you expand or limit your search to get more
or less articles
Asterisk (tiff lecture) Correct answer-expands root terms ( Raci* looks for racist, racists, racsim)
EX: Raci* AND cultivation
Quotation marks (tiff lecture) Correct answer-searches for phrases
EX: Emoji* AND "Romantic relationships"; "fake news" AND viewer* or audience* ; "hurtful
message*" AND romantic relationships
Correct & Verified Answers
Importance of outside of class and inside of the class communication with professors Correct
answer--Students' communication with professors in class is important for academic success!
You get immediate feedback
You and the professor can be more attentive
The importance of in-class communication
Evaluated more positively by instructors
Leads to greater satisfaction for the class in general
Students who do not communication in-class perceive instructors and the school less positively
-Out-of-Class communication
--Meeting with your professors outside of class time is positively associated with:
Academic performance
Student retention
Positive affect for learning
Specific career planning
Personal development
Comfort in the classroom
Increased confidence in making career choices
Students' overall satisfaction with college
OCC benefits professors too!
Different definitions of Plagiarism Correct answer-Collusion- lending your work to another person
to submit as his or her own
Fabrication- deliberately creating false information on a works cited page
Plagiarism - the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or not;
allowing another writer to write any part of your essay
Cheating - getting academic credit through fraudulent means.
Turnitin
Systematic Inquiry Correct answer-The process of asking questions and systematically attempting
to answer them, and understanding the limitations of the conclusion/s reached
When conducting research, three factors motivate the choices we make Correct answer--intended
outcomes (understanding, prediction and control, critical/cultural change)
-theoretical preferences
-methodological preferences (rhetorical, quantitative, qualitative)
Rhetoric Correct answer-Interpretive - Humanist/Rhetoric Grounded in Interpretation, Analysis,
Criticism
-Methods include: critical, theoretical, and historical
Bias in research: The focus of research is subjectivity - all research has bias
-Focus is on: understanding. "Subjective," understanding multiple realities and experiences. More
case specific
-We are studying an artifact/thing
A persuasive document
A play, book, movie, cartoon, advertisement, museum
-Trying to find out, in depth, what the persuasive message is
, Social Science Correct answer-Objective - Social Scientific Grounded in Empiricism Largely
Quantitative Data
-Methods include: experiments, surveys, content analysis, meta-analysis
-Bias in research: Personal opinions should not affect research - minimize bias
-Focus is on: prediction and control. "Objective," describe, explain, and predict observable behavior.
Looks for patterns and trends, generalizations
Epistemology Correct answer-Ways of knowing; -Scientific Approach- Reality is accessible through
senses A good theory should hold true unless conditions change, "Truth"
-Interpretive Approach- Meaning is in the mind of the beholder and the text There are multiple
meanings, "truth
What is Reality?
Singular Truth vs. Multiple Realities
Depending on the lens you're viewing things through
Science Vs. Interpretivism Correct answer--What's reality? (Epistemology)
Singular Truth vs. Multiple realities
-Where's the control? (Human Nature)
Determinism vs. Free Will
-What do you value?
Objectivity vs. Subjectivity
-What's the point?
Universal laws vs. Unique rules
Understand how a social science research is conducted and be familiar with parts of a social science
article. Correct answer--The methods of study are empirical and often quantitative—for example;
questionnaires, surveys,participant observation, statistical analysis
Simply put, communication theory research includes numbers
Tiffini Library Lecture Correct answer-3 step process
1) find article in the database and click on the title of the article
2) look at the source line of the record
3) look at the comm journals list (PDF) to make sure your article citation is there
-Not a comm topic if: you are looking at animal behavior, yu do not have any comm variables, it is not
examining one of the main areas of comm research
-3 sections of a database interference: Modify search; results; export options
-Always use connectors to search databases// NEVER use propositions
AND (tiff lecture) Correct answer-will connect different terms EX: cats AND dogs
OR (tiff lecture) Correct answer-will look at related terms EX: Cats OR felines AND dogs
Advanced searching (tiff lecture) Correct answer-lets you expand or limit your search to get more
or less articles
Asterisk (tiff lecture) Correct answer-expands root terms ( Raci* looks for racist, racists, racsim)
EX: Raci* AND cultivation
Quotation marks (tiff lecture) Correct answer-searches for phrases
EX: Emoji* AND "Romantic relationships"; "fake news" AND viewer* or audience* ; "hurtful
message*" AND romantic relationships
