CMST 1061 EXAMS SCRIPT UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
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✔✔Louise has prepared a brief questionnaire to find out how satisfied her clients are
with the service she has been providing them. She is engaging in which kind of
quantitative research method? - ✔✔survey
✔✔Media sometimes reinforce cultural stereotypes about race and ethnicity. - ✔✔true
✔✔Pathos is the proof that appeals to listeners' emotions. - ✔✔true
✔✔Stuart has just started preparing a speech for his communication class. He has
selected a topic and is thinking about the kind of arguments, reasoning and evidence he
might use in his speech. Stuart is focusing on which canon of public speaking? -
✔✔logos
✔✔The early 20th century philosopher John Dewey taught that communication was
important __________.= - ✔✔to express progressive thought through citizen
participation
✔✔The study of communication is more than __________ years old. - ✔✔2500
✔✔The study of communication, power, and empowerment, especially as it relates to
the issue of who is and who is not allowed to speak in a society, is strongly influenced
by which philosopher? - ✔✔micheal foucault
✔✔Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of
communication study? - ✔✔Intercultural Communication Studies
✔✔Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a person acts a
particular way. - ✔✔true
✔✔Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT __________. -
✔✔abstractions
✔✔The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called __________. -
✔✔person-centeredness
✔✔The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people, objects, events,
situations, and activities is known as __________ - ✔✔perception
, ✔✔Which of the following is a prototype? - ✔✔the person who is the best example of a
co-worker to you
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) In the meaning
triangle, the ______________ is whatever object, situation, thing, or even make-believe
idea, to which we have assigned a subjective response. - ✔✔referent
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) In the meaning
triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration aroused by either apprehending the
referent itself with our senses or by receiving a cue from another person. - ✔✔false
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) Socially
agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse conventionalized meanings
stored in schemata within our memory system are called: - ✔✔symbols
✔✔All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. - ✔✔true
✔✔Constitutive rules __________. - ✔✔define what a particular communication means
or stands for
✔✔Institutional facts are the meanings we attach to brute facts based on __________. -
✔✔human interpretation
✔✔Nathan laughs when his grandfather describes him as a "cool cat." "That's how we
used to describe someone who is neat, pleasing, good," his grandfather says. "Not
anymore," Nathan replies. This exchange reminds us that language is __________. -
✔✔arbitrary
✔✔Negating most of a person by spotlighting a single aspect of his/her identity is known
as __________. - ✔✔totalizing
✔✔The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they
represent. This is known as __________. - ✔✔arbitrariness
✔✔Words that slant perceptions are called __________. - ✔✔loaded language
✔✔According to our textbook, nonverbal communication is estimated to account for
what percentage of the total meaning of communication? - ✔✔65-93%
✔✔Assuming an attentive posture, holding eye contact, and nodding to show you
understand what another person is saying are nonverbal behaviors that convey which
dimension of relational level meanings? - ✔✔responsiveness
ANSWERS GRADED A+
"
✔✔Louise has prepared a brief questionnaire to find out how satisfied her clients are
with the service she has been providing them. She is engaging in which kind of
quantitative research method? - ✔✔survey
✔✔Media sometimes reinforce cultural stereotypes about race and ethnicity. - ✔✔true
✔✔Pathos is the proof that appeals to listeners' emotions. - ✔✔true
✔✔Stuart has just started preparing a speech for his communication class. He has
selected a topic and is thinking about the kind of arguments, reasoning and evidence he
might use in his speech. Stuart is focusing on which canon of public speaking? -
✔✔logos
✔✔The early 20th century philosopher John Dewey taught that communication was
important __________.= - ✔✔to express progressive thought through citizen
participation
✔✔The study of communication is more than __________ years old. - ✔✔2500
✔✔The study of communication, power, and empowerment, especially as it relates to
the issue of who is and who is not allowed to speak in a society, is strongly influenced
by which philosopher? - ✔✔micheal foucault
✔✔Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of
communication study? - ✔✔Intercultural Communication Studies
✔✔Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a person acts a
particular way. - ✔✔true
✔✔Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT __________. -
✔✔abstractions
✔✔The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called __________. -
✔✔person-centeredness
✔✔The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people, objects, events,
situations, and activities is known as __________ - ✔✔perception
, ✔✔Which of the following is a prototype? - ✔✔the person who is the best example of a
co-worker to you
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) In the meaning
triangle, the ______________ is whatever object, situation, thing, or even make-believe
idea, to which we have assigned a subjective response. - ✔✔referent
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) In the meaning
triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration aroused by either apprehending the
referent itself with our senses or by receiving a cue from another person. - ✔✔false
✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading for chapter 4) Socially
agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse conventionalized meanings
stored in schemata within our memory system are called: - ✔✔symbols
✔✔All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. - ✔✔true
✔✔Constitutive rules __________. - ✔✔define what a particular communication means
or stands for
✔✔Institutional facts are the meanings we attach to brute facts based on __________. -
✔✔human interpretation
✔✔Nathan laughs when his grandfather describes him as a "cool cat." "That's how we
used to describe someone who is neat, pleasing, good," his grandfather says. "Not
anymore," Nathan replies. This exchange reminds us that language is __________. -
✔✔arbitrary
✔✔Negating most of a person by spotlighting a single aspect of his/her identity is known
as __________. - ✔✔totalizing
✔✔The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they
represent. This is known as __________. - ✔✔arbitrariness
✔✔Words that slant perceptions are called __________. - ✔✔loaded language
✔✔According to our textbook, nonverbal communication is estimated to account for
what percentage of the total meaning of communication? - ✔✔65-93%
✔✔Assuming an attentive posture, holding eye contact, and nodding to show you
understand what another person is saying are nonverbal behaviors that convey which
dimension of relational level meanings? - ✔✔responsiveness
