COMM 300 SDSU Fallon Final Exam NEWEST 2025-2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Judgement - CORRECT ANSWER- - Evaluate the quality of communication
- Successful v. unsuccessful
Dimensions of Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Philosophical assumptions
Concepts
Explanations
Principles
Philisophical assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER- Basic beliefs that underline the theory
Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER- Building blocks of the theory
Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER- Dynamic connections made by the theory
,Principles - CORRECT ANSWER- Guidelines for action
Dimensions of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER- Level of observation
Intentionality
Judgement
Level of Observation - CORRECT ANSWER- How focused v. how broad
Intentionality - CORRECT ANSWER- - Done with purpose
- We communicate what we don't exactly mean to communicate
Philosophical Assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER- epistemology, ontology, axiology
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER- How do we know what we know?
Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER- the nature of human social interaction, the nature of
being
Axiology - CORRECT ANSWER- Study of value
Evaluating Communication Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Theoretical scope
Appropriateness
Heuristic Value
Validity
, Parsimony
Openness
What makes a theory good? - CORRECT ANSWER- Longevity
Nature of Social Science - CORRECT ANSWER- Realism vs. Nominalism
Positivism vs. Anti-positivism
Determinism vs. Voluntarism
Nomothetic vs. Ideographic
Realism vs. Nominalism - CORRECT ANSWER- Real things we can observe and whether
or not we do observe it, it still exists vs. we create the world that we are born into
Positivism vs. Anti-positivism - CORRECT ANSWER- The world exists the way it exists
(objective) vs. we can only understand from the standpoint of someone
experiencing, (subjective)
Determinism vs. Voluntarism - CORRECT ANSWER- our situation is determined by
outside forces / the conditions in which we live vs. human beings have their own
agency and are capable of making their own decisions
Nomothetic vs. Ideographic - CORRECT ANSWER- hypothesizing and manipulating
variables to see why things are the way they are, more quantitative vs. relies on
individual reports, more qualitative
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Judgement - CORRECT ANSWER- - Evaluate the quality of communication
- Successful v. unsuccessful
Dimensions of Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Philosophical assumptions
Concepts
Explanations
Principles
Philisophical assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER- Basic beliefs that underline the theory
Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER- Building blocks of the theory
Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER- Dynamic connections made by the theory
,Principles - CORRECT ANSWER- Guidelines for action
Dimensions of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER- Level of observation
Intentionality
Judgement
Level of Observation - CORRECT ANSWER- How focused v. how broad
Intentionality - CORRECT ANSWER- - Done with purpose
- We communicate what we don't exactly mean to communicate
Philosophical Assumptions - CORRECT ANSWER- epistemology, ontology, axiology
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER- How do we know what we know?
Ontology - CORRECT ANSWER- the nature of human social interaction, the nature of
being
Axiology - CORRECT ANSWER- Study of value
Evaluating Communication Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- Theoretical scope
Appropriateness
Heuristic Value
Validity
, Parsimony
Openness
What makes a theory good? - CORRECT ANSWER- Longevity
Nature of Social Science - CORRECT ANSWER- Realism vs. Nominalism
Positivism vs. Anti-positivism
Determinism vs. Voluntarism
Nomothetic vs. Ideographic
Realism vs. Nominalism - CORRECT ANSWER- Real things we can observe and whether
or not we do observe it, it still exists vs. we create the world that we are born into
Positivism vs. Anti-positivism - CORRECT ANSWER- The world exists the way it exists
(objective) vs. we can only understand from the standpoint of someone
experiencing, (subjective)
Determinism vs. Voluntarism - CORRECT ANSWER- our situation is determined by
outside forces / the conditions in which we live vs. human beings have their own
agency and are capable of making their own decisions
Nomothetic vs. Ideographic - CORRECT ANSWER- hypothesizing and manipulating
variables to see why things are the way they are, more quantitative vs. relies on
individual reports, more qualitative
