CMST 1061 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔rituals have ___ audiences while festivals have ___ audiences - ✔✔integral,
accidental (coincidental)
✔✔five similarities between rituals and festivals - ✔✔temporally bounded, spatially
bounded, organized pattern of activity, spectators, aesthetically heightened.
✔✔4 types of cultural storytelling - ✔✔personal narrative, family storytelling,
ethnographic narrative, fairytale
✔✔family storytelling consists of what 3 things - ✔✔content, emotion, meaning
✔✔functions of parody- - ✔✔point out shortcomings, offer a social commentary/change
✔✔the imparting, conveying, or exchanging of information via spoken words, sounds, or
visual symbols - ✔✔communication
✔✔What is imparting - ✔✔sharing or revealing
✔✔what is conveying - ✔✔passing or transferring of someting
✔✔what is exchanging - ✔✔equally giving or receiving
✔✔_____ consists of facts, instruction, knowledge, wisdom, advice, and insight -
✔✔information
✔✔What is social context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on with
whom we are communicating (5 yr old vs boss)
✔✔What is physical context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on
where we are (library)
✔✔What is chronological context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on
time of day or year (some people are morning people or spring people)
✔✔What are the 6 components of communication? - ✔✔People, Message, Channel,
Feedback, Noise, Shared Meaning
✔✔In terms of communication, what is people? - ✔✔sender and receiver. Also includes
unintentional audience
, ✔✔What is a sidestream listener? - ✔✔Person who listens in on a conversation which is
not directed to them
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Message? - ✔✔content that is encoded by the
sender, then decoded by the receiver
✔✔Two types of channels - ✔✔verbal and nonverbal channels
✔✔In terms of communication, what is channel? - ✔✔delivery of the message
✔✔5 types of nonverbal channels - ✔✔auditory, visual,, olfactory(smell), tactile,
gustatory (taste)
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Feedback? - ✔✔receivers response to the
message
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Noise? - ✔✔interference
✔✔What is external noise? - ✔✔interference coming through the sense channels (hard
to talk in a bathroom cause it smells so bad)
✔✔What is pyschological noise? - ✔✔Distraction from concerns in your head
✔✔What is physiological noise? - ✔✔distraction from your body (headache)
✔✔What is organizational noise? - ✔✔distraction from structure of the message
because your friend backtracks too much
✔✔What is semantic noise? - ✔✔due to language or cultural barrier (don;t know what
soda pop is or other words)
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Shared Meaning? - ✔✔End goal of
communication
✔✔What are the 5 pathways of communication? - ✔✔Professional, Public Discourse,
Communication in Human Relationships, Visual and Mediated, Art and Culture
✔✔defined as the interaction of 3-12 people working together to achieve a common
goal - ✔✔small group communication
✔✔what does interaction mean in terms of small group communication? - ✔✔individuals
share ideas and opinions, make decisions, and solve problems together
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔rituals have ___ audiences while festivals have ___ audiences - ✔✔integral,
accidental (coincidental)
✔✔five similarities between rituals and festivals - ✔✔temporally bounded, spatially
bounded, organized pattern of activity, spectators, aesthetically heightened.
✔✔4 types of cultural storytelling - ✔✔personal narrative, family storytelling,
ethnographic narrative, fairytale
✔✔family storytelling consists of what 3 things - ✔✔content, emotion, meaning
✔✔functions of parody- - ✔✔point out shortcomings, offer a social commentary/change
✔✔the imparting, conveying, or exchanging of information via spoken words, sounds, or
visual symbols - ✔✔communication
✔✔What is imparting - ✔✔sharing or revealing
✔✔what is conveying - ✔✔passing or transferring of someting
✔✔what is exchanging - ✔✔equally giving or receiving
✔✔_____ consists of facts, instruction, knowledge, wisdom, advice, and insight -
✔✔information
✔✔What is social context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on with
whom we are communicating (5 yr old vs boss)
✔✔What is physical context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on
where we are (library)
✔✔What is chronological context? - ✔✔We change how we communicate depending on
time of day or year (some people are morning people or spring people)
✔✔What are the 6 components of communication? - ✔✔People, Message, Channel,
Feedback, Noise, Shared Meaning
✔✔In terms of communication, what is people? - ✔✔sender and receiver. Also includes
unintentional audience
, ✔✔What is a sidestream listener? - ✔✔Person who listens in on a conversation which is
not directed to them
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Message? - ✔✔content that is encoded by the
sender, then decoded by the receiver
✔✔Two types of channels - ✔✔verbal and nonverbal channels
✔✔In terms of communication, what is channel? - ✔✔delivery of the message
✔✔5 types of nonverbal channels - ✔✔auditory, visual,, olfactory(smell), tactile,
gustatory (taste)
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Feedback? - ✔✔receivers response to the
message
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Noise? - ✔✔interference
✔✔What is external noise? - ✔✔interference coming through the sense channels (hard
to talk in a bathroom cause it smells so bad)
✔✔What is pyschological noise? - ✔✔Distraction from concerns in your head
✔✔What is physiological noise? - ✔✔distraction from your body (headache)
✔✔What is organizational noise? - ✔✔distraction from structure of the message
because your friend backtracks too much
✔✔What is semantic noise? - ✔✔due to language or cultural barrier (don;t know what
soda pop is or other words)
✔✔In terms of communication, what is Shared Meaning? - ✔✔End goal of
communication
✔✔What are the 5 pathways of communication? - ✔✔Professional, Public Discourse,
Communication in Human Relationships, Visual and Mediated, Art and Culture
✔✔defined as the interaction of 3-12 people working together to achieve a common
goal - ✔✔small group communication
✔✔what does interaction mean in terms of small group communication? - ✔✔individuals
share ideas and opinions, make decisions, and solve problems together
