LIBERTY UNIVERSITY - COMS 101 TEST #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Words are LITERAL if... - Answers they are used to signify the person, place, thing, etc. that the
words evidently symbolize.
Words are FIGURATIVE if... - Answers they are used indirectly to signify a secondary meaning
that is not patently obvious when the words are taken at face value.
Dysphemism - Answers the figurative use of a harsh term instead of a mild term for an intended
effect.
Kinesics - Answers the use of BODY LANGUAGE and movements to impact a recipient's
interpretation of the message.
Proxemics - Answers the use of SPACE to impact a recipient's interpretation of the message.
Haptics - Answers The sender's use of TOUCH to impact a recipient's interpretation of the
message.
Monochromic cultures - Answers view time in highly STRUCTURED manner
Polychromic cultures - Answers are LESS structured and have fewer rules governing the use of
time.
A person's answers to questions about communications significance will be powerfully
influenced by his or her... - Answers worldview
a worldview is the belief system that you practice in daily life, not just the... - Answers set of
beliefs statements that you overwhelm when asked to do so.
If the beliefs a person professes contradict the ones he/she actually practice, he/she is... -
Answers hypocritical, delusional, or ignorant.
the 3 majors factors contribute to the development of one's worldview: - Answers socialization,
physical constitution, and spiritual constitution.
Autonomous worldview systems are... - Answers belief that people develop on their own,
primarily in response to what human standards have taught them to deem believable or
acceptable.
pragmatic truth standards... - Answers hold a belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it simply
"works" for the person who holds it, regardless of whether it logically makes consists with
anyone else's experiences or standards.
Utilitarian truth standards... - Answers hold a belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it
promotes the greatest good not for the individual but for humanity as a whole.
Words are LITERAL if... - Answers they are used to signify the person, place, thing, etc. that the
words evidently symbolize.
Words are FIGURATIVE if... - Answers they are used indirectly to signify a secondary meaning
that is not patently obvious when the words are taken at face value.
Dysphemism - Answers the figurative use of a harsh term instead of a mild term for an intended
effect.
Kinesics - Answers the use of BODY LANGUAGE and movements to impact a recipient's
interpretation of the message.
Proxemics - Answers the use of SPACE to impact a recipient's interpretation of the message.
Haptics - Answers The sender's use of TOUCH to impact a recipient's interpretation of the
message.
Monochromic cultures - Answers view time in highly STRUCTURED manner
Polychromic cultures - Answers are LESS structured and have fewer rules governing the use of
time.
A person's answers to questions about communications significance will be powerfully
influenced by his or her... - Answers worldview
a worldview is the belief system that you practice in daily life, not just the... - Answers set of
beliefs statements that you overwhelm when asked to do so.
If the beliefs a person professes contradict the ones he/she actually practice, he/she is... -
Answers hypocritical, delusional, or ignorant.
the 3 majors factors contribute to the development of one's worldview: - Answers socialization,
physical constitution, and spiritual constitution.
Autonomous worldview systems are... - Answers belief that people develop on their own,
primarily in response to what human standards have taught them to deem believable or
acceptable.
pragmatic truth standards... - Answers hold a belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it simply
"works" for the person who holds it, regardless of whether it logically makes consists with
anyone else's experiences or standards.
Utilitarian truth standards... - Answers hold a belief, feeling, or behavior is acceptable if it
promotes the greatest good not for the individual but for humanity as a whole.
