UCLA Comm 10 Midterm Top Predicted Questions and Correct Answers 2024

Norms - Rules on what is expected in a given situation. Types of Social Norms - Folkways, Mores, Taboos Folkways - Lightly held norms. Not a big deal if you break them. Mores - More strongly held norms. Breaking is a bigger deal. Taboos - Most strongly held norms. Laws against such action. Folkway Example - You should wear matching socks. More Example - Adults playing naked on the front lawn. Taboo Example - Having sex with a family member (incest). Having sex with a dead person (Necrophilia). Types of Pick Up Lines - Friendly, Offbeat, Humorous, Altar, Seductive. Friendly Pick Up Line Example - "Would you mind some conversation while we wait?" Offbeat Pick Up Line Example - "Do you think we are ever going to switch to the metric system?" Humorous Pick Up Line Example - "So what's a nice girl like you doing in an elevator like this?" Altar Pick Up Line Example - "You look just like my 3rd husband." (only had 2!) Seductive Pick Up Line Example - "You are the sexiest woman in the room." SEMCDR Model - Source, Encoder, Message, Channel, Decoder, Receiver. Source - The person with the thought/idea to communicate. Encoder - Takes the thought/idea and puts it into some form that people can understand. Message - Code-any system of symbols by which we communicate. Must be shared to be understood. (language) Content-What is being communicated. (the general idea) Treatment-how you say what you say. (non-verbal things like tone and volume) Double Bind - When the content and treatment of a message clash. (We tend to listen to the treatment in these cases) Channel - The medium used to get a message from source to receiver. (face to face, TV, etc.) Receiver - Person who receives the message being sent. Feedback - The receiver becoming the source. Circular Model - Model in which there is a constant change of source and and reciever. Feedback is involved. Linear Model - Can only define communication that is one way. (SEMCDR Model)