COM 212 EXAM 1
1. What is communication?
Answer Communication is the process whereby humans collectively create and regulate social reality
We create our own reality through communication
Often, we allow what we have created through communication to control us
Communication always takes place in a cultural context Face Theory
Answer
Communication is a process
2. What is communication competence?
Answer engaging in communication with others that is perceived to be both ettective and appropriate
in a given context
3. What is performative competence?
Answer Actually being able to communicate competently
4. Process competence
, Answer Understanding what it means to communicate competently in any given situation
5. Message competence
Answer The ability to make message choices that others can comprehend AND the ability to comprehend the
message choices of others
- Verbal
- Nonverbal
- Listening
6. Role competence
Answer The ability to take on social roles and know what is appropriate behavior given those roles
7. Goal competence
Answer Ability to set goals, anticipate probable consequences, and choose ettective lines of action
8. What is a process?
Answer A process is an action as opposed to a thing; unlike things which are static, processes are ingoing
with no beginning or end
9. What is culture?
,Answer Cultures are sets of values, beliefs, norms and customs, rules and codes, that socially define groups of
people
Culture attects Communication
10. What is social-constructionist perspective?
Answer Social Constructionism suggests that people create their own social realities through
interactions with others
Communication creates our social world, and our social worlds influence our communication
11. What is model of communication competence?
Answer
12. What is the process model/perspective of communication?
Answer Linear Model of Com- munication
Sender>Channel>Noise>Receiver>
Interactive Model
, Sender>Channel>Noise>Receiver>
Receiver>Noise>Channel>Sender
Transactional/Process Model
All ditterent ways
13. What is interpersonal communication?
Answer A dyadic communication that takes place whenever two
individuals, sharing the roles of sender and receiver, become connected through the mutual activity of creating meaning
14. What is intrapersonal communication?
Answer self-talk
Intrapersonal communication is a communicator's internal use of language or thought. It can be useful to envision
intrapersonal communication occurring in the mind of the individual in a model which contains a sender, receiver, and
feedback loop.
15. What is cultural-level data
Answer general info about culture
1. What is communication?
Answer Communication is the process whereby humans collectively create and regulate social reality
We create our own reality through communication
Often, we allow what we have created through communication to control us
Communication always takes place in a cultural context Face Theory
Answer
Communication is a process
2. What is communication competence?
Answer engaging in communication with others that is perceived to be both ettective and appropriate
in a given context
3. What is performative competence?
Answer Actually being able to communicate competently
4. Process competence
, Answer Understanding what it means to communicate competently in any given situation
5. Message competence
Answer The ability to make message choices that others can comprehend AND the ability to comprehend the
message choices of others
- Verbal
- Nonverbal
- Listening
6. Role competence
Answer The ability to take on social roles and know what is appropriate behavior given those roles
7. Goal competence
Answer Ability to set goals, anticipate probable consequences, and choose ettective lines of action
8. What is a process?
Answer A process is an action as opposed to a thing; unlike things which are static, processes are ingoing
with no beginning or end
9. What is culture?
,Answer Cultures are sets of values, beliefs, norms and customs, rules and codes, that socially define groups of
people
Culture attects Communication
10. What is social-constructionist perspective?
Answer Social Constructionism suggests that people create their own social realities through
interactions with others
Communication creates our social world, and our social worlds influence our communication
11. What is model of communication competence?
Answer
12. What is the process model/perspective of communication?
Answer Linear Model of Com- munication
Sender>Channel>Noise>Receiver>
Interactive Model
, Sender>Channel>Noise>Receiver>
Receiver>Noise>Channel>Sender
Transactional/Process Model
All ditterent ways
13. What is interpersonal communication?
Answer A dyadic communication that takes place whenever two
individuals, sharing the roles of sender and receiver, become connected through the mutual activity of creating meaning
14. What is intrapersonal communication?
Answer self-talk
Intrapersonal communication is a communicator's internal use of language or thought. It can be useful to envision
intrapersonal communication occurring in the mind of the individual in a model which contains a sender, receiver, and
feedback loop.
15. What is cultural-level data
Answer general info about culture
