SCOM COMMON FINAL (JMU SCOM GROUP
COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR KENNY
HOPKINSON) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
ability to use Correct Answers individual factors affect our
ability to do anything.
accentuation Correct Answers enhances power and seriousness
of a verbal message (pounding fist on table)
adaptors Correct Answers are touching behaviors and
movements that indicate internal states typically related to
arousal or anxiety. adaptors can be targeted to the self, objects or
others.
advising response Correct Answers tells people how they
should act
ambushing Correct Answers listening for weakness and
ignoring the strengths of a speaker message.
attribution Correct Answers we can see how our
communication with other is affected by the explanations we
create for others.
authority Correct Answers who is the creator and what are their
credentials?
captive audience Correct Answers they have been forced to see
your speech
,cause-effect pattern Correct Answers sets up a relationship
between ideas and shows progression from origin to result.
channel Correct Answers a sensory route on which a message
travels to the receiver for decoding.
chronemics Correct Answers how time affects communication,
physical time refers to the fixed cycle of days, years and
seasons.
chronological pattern Correct Answers helps to structure a
speech based on a time or a sequence. if a speech is ordered
based on time you may trace the development of an idea,
product or event
codes Correct Answers culturally agreed on and ever changing
systems of symbols that help us organize, understand, and
generate meaning.
communication competence
(knowledge, ability to use, and the ability to adapt) Correct
Answers the knowledge of effective and appropriate
communication patterns and the ability to use and adapt the
knowledge in various contexts.
competnece Correct Answers refers to the perception of a
speakers expertise in relation to the topic being discussed.
, comprehending Correct Answers shared meaning between or
among parties in transaction. the listening process begins with
comprehending.
confirming response Correct Answers enhances the persons
self-esteem and confidence. non empathetic
connotative meaning Correct Answers definitions that are based
on emotion or experience-based associations people have with a
word.
content-only response Correct Answers comprehends the literal
meaning of the messages from others but does not recognize the
feelings involved.
contradiction Correct Answers mixed messages,
inconsistencies, between verbal and non-verbal messages.
(saying "I am not sleepy" but yawning) can cause anxiety and
tension.
conversational narcissism Correct Answers the tendency to turn
the topics of conversation to themselves without showing
sustained interest in other topics.
critical listening Correct Answers entails listening with the goal
of analyzing or evaluating a message based on information
presented verbally and information that can be inferred from
context.
cultural context Correct Answers part of the transaction model
of communication, includes various aspects of identities such as
COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR KENNY
HOPKINSON) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
ability to use Correct Answers individual factors affect our
ability to do anything.
accentuation Correct Answers enhances power and seriousness
of a verbal message (pounding fist on table)
adaptors Correct Answers are touching behaviors and
movements that indicate internal states typically related to
arousal or anxiety. adaptors can be targeted to the self, objects or
others.
advising response Correct Answers tells people how they
should act
ambushing Correct Answers listening for weakness and
ignoring the strengths of a speaker message.
attribution Correct Answers we can see how our
communication with other is affected by the explanations we
create for others.
authority Correct Answers who is the creator and what are their
credentials?
captive audience Correct Answers they have been forced to see
your speech
,cause-effect pattern Correct Answers sets up a relationship
between ideas and shows progression from origin to result.
channel Correct Answers a sensory route on which a message
travels to the receiver for decoding.
chronemics Correct Answers how time affects communication,
physical time refers to the fixed cycle of days, years and
seasons.
chronological pattern Correct Answers helps to structure a
speech based on a time or a sequence. if a speech is ordered
based on time you may trace the development of an idea,
product or event
codes Correct Answers culturally agreed on and ever changing
systems of symbols that help us organize, understand, and
generate meaning.
communication competence
(knowledge, ability to use, and the ability to adapt) Correct
Answers the knowledge of effective and appropriate
communication patterns and the ability to use and adapt the
knowledge in various contexts.
competnece Correct Answers refers to the perception of a
speakers expertise in relation to the topic being discussed.
, comprehending Correct Answers shared meaning between or
among parties in transaction. the listening process begins with
comprehending.
confirming response Correct Answers enhances the persons
self-esteem and confidence. non empathetic
connotative meaning Correct Answers definitions that are based
on emotion or experience-based associations people have with a
word.
content-only response Correct Answers comprehends the literal
meaning of the messages from others but does not recognize the
feelings involved.
contradiction Correct Answers mixed messages,
inconsistencies, between verbal and non-verbal messages.
(saying "I am not sleepy" but yawning) can cause anxiety and
tension.
conversational narcissism Correct Answers the tendency to turn
the topics of conversation to themselves without showing
sustained interest in other topics.
critical listening Correct Answers entails listening with the goal
of analyzing or evaluating a message based on information
presented verbally and information that can be inferred from
context.
cultural context Correct Answers part of the transaction model
of communication, includes various aspects of identities such as
