COM 207 Quiz 1 Review Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Update 2025-2026
theory - Answers a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work
theories as nets - Answers -"Nets cast to catch what we call the world"
-mesh finer and finer
-different kinds of small nets to capture distinct types of communication in local situations
theories as lenses - Answers -many scholars see their theoretical constructions as similar to the
lens of a camera or a pair of glasses as apposed to a mirror that accurately reflects the world
out there
-theories shape our perception by focusing on some features of communication while ignoring
other features
theories as maps - Answers -communication theories are maps of the way communication
works
-guide us through unfamiliar territory
communication - Answers the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that
elicit a response
5 features of communication - Answers messages, creation of messages, interpretation of
messages, relational process, messages that elicit a response
messages - Answers -crossroads discipline (intersection of interests)
-text (a record of a message that can be analyzed by others, ex: book, film, photo, recording)
creation of messages - Answers -the content and form of a text are usually constructed,
invented, planned, crafted, constituted, selected, or adopted by the communicator
-"thank you", "whatever", swear words to express out feelings
interpretation of messages - Answers -words don't mean things, people mean things
-words/symbols are polysemic (open to multiple interpretations)
relational process - Answers -takes place between two people and affects the nature of the
connections among those people
-flow of communication is never the same
messages that elicit a response - Answers -the effect of the message upon people who receive
it
, -text is crafted/sent in a way to provoke a response
behavioral scientist - Answers a scholar who applies the scientific method to describe, predict,
and explain recurring forms of human behavior (conducts experiments)
rhetorician - Answers a scholar who studies the ways in which symbolic forms can be used to
identify with people, or to persuade them toward a certain point of view (interprets texts)
objective approach - Answers -the assumption that truth is singular and is accessible through
unbiased sensory observation; committed to uncovering cause-and-effect relationships
-explain and predict
source credibility - Answers -perceived competence and trustworthiness of a speaker or writer
that affects how the message is received
-expertise and trustworthiness
identification - Answers -a perceived role relationship that affects self-image and attitudes;
based on attractiveness of the role model and sustained if the relationship remains salient
interpretive approach - Answers the linguistic work of assigning meaning or value to
communicative texts; assumes that multiple meanings or truths are possible
Burke's dramatistic pentad - Answers A five-pronged method of rhetorical criticism to analyze a
speaker's persuasive strategy—act, scene, agent, agency, purpose.
humanistic scholarship - Answers -study of what it's like to be another person in a specific time
and place; assumes there are few important pan human similarities
-growing number of postmodern communication theorists reject this tradition
epistemology - Answers the study of the origin, nature, method, and limits of knowledge
determinism - Answers the assumption that behavior is caused by heredity and environment
empirical evidence - Answers data collected through direct observation
emancipation - Answers liberation from any form of political, economic, racial, religious, or
sexual oppression; empowerment
methatheory - Answers theory about theory; the stated or inherent assumptions made when
creating a theory
Language is essential for what 3 characteristics to develop? - Answers Mind, self, society
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers -the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of
how the other will react; a conversation
theory - Answers a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work
theories as nets - Answers -"Nets cast to catch what we call the world"
-mesh finer and finer
-different kinds of small nets to capture distinct types of communication in local situations
theories as lenses - Answers -many scholars see their theoretical constructions as similar to the
lens of a camera or a pair of glasses as apposed to a mirror that accurately reflects the world
out there
-theories shape our perception by focusing on some features of communication while ignoring
other features
theories as maps - Answers -communication theories are maps of the way communication
works
-guide us through unfamiliar territory
communication - Answers the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that
elicit a response
5 features of communication - Answers messages, creation of messages, interpretation of
messages, relational process, messages that elicit a response
messages - Answers -crossroads discipline (intersection of interests)
-text (a record of a message that can be analyzed by others, ex: book, film, photo, recording)
creation of messages - Answers -the content and form of a text are usually constructed,
invented, planned, crafted, constituted, selected, or adopted by the communicator
-"thank you", "whatever", swear words to express out feelings
interpretation of messages - Answers -words don't mean things, people mean things
-words/symbols are polysemic (open to multiple interpretations)
relational process - Answers -takes place between two people and affects the nature of the
connections among those people
-flow of communication is never the same
messages that elicit a response - Answers -the effect of the message upon people who receive
it
, -text is crafted/sent in a way to provoke a response
behavioral scientist - Answers a scholar who applies the scientific method to describe, predict,
and explain recurring forms of human behavior (conducts experiments)
rhetorician - Answers a scholar who studies the ways in which symbolic forms can be used to
identify with people, or to persuade them toward a certain point of view (interprets texts)
objective approach - Answers -the assumption that truth is singular and is accessible through
unbiased sensory observation; committed to uncovering cause-and-effect relationships
-explain and predict
source credibility - Answers -perceived competence and trustworthiness of a speaker or writer
that affects how the message is received
-expertise and trustworthiness
identification - Answers -a perceived role relationship that affects self-image and attitudes;
based on attractiveness of the role model and sustained if the relationship remains salient
interpretive approach - Answers the linguistic work of assigning meaning or value to
communicative texts; assumes that multiple meanings or truths are possible
Burke's dramatistic pentad - Answers A five-pronged method of rhetorical criticism to analyze a
speaker's persuasive strategy—act, scene, agent, agency, purpose.
humanistic scholarship - Answers -study of what it's like to be another person in a specific time
and place; assumes there are few important pan human similarities
-growing number of postmodern communication theorists reject this tradition
epistemology - Answers the study of the origin, nature, method, and limits of knowledge
determinism - Answers the assumption that behavior is caused by heredity and environment
empirical evidence - Answers data collected through direct observation
emancipation - Answers liberation from any form of political, economic, racial, religious, or
sexual oppression; empowerment
methatheory - Answers theory about theory; the stated or inherent assumptions made when
creating a theory
Language is essential for what 3 characteristics to develop? - Answers Mind, self, society
Symbolic Interactionism - Answers -the ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of
how the other will react; a conversation
