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COMM 200 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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How is communication defined? ANS✔✔ Comm is the human process of
creating/ interpreting messages; ongoing, ever-changing, ever-evolving
What are common principles of comm? ANS✔✔ physical need, relational
need, identity need, instrumental need
What is the comm model and its components? ANS✔✔ Sender/receiver,
between which the message (verbal & nonverbal) is exchanged. There is
also feedback exchanged during this process. Other components include
context, paradigms, and noise while communicating.
Define the models...
Interactional
Transactional
Constructivist ANS✔✔ Interactional: turn taking
Transactional: process; simultaneously send/receive
Constructivist: does NOT focus on direction, but on the
creation/interpretation of meaning
What does it mean when we say that comm is constitutive? ANS✔✔ We
create meaning through our communication
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Communication vs communications ANS✔✔ Communication: human process
of creating/interpreting messages
Communications: products of communicating
What are common areas of study in the communication discipline? ANS✔✔
Interpersonal, inTRApersonal, public speaking/rhetoric & persuasion,
organizational, family, intercultural, health, instructional
Define comm theory ANS✔✔ Comm theory "offers an account of WHAT
something is, HOW it works, what it PRODUCES/CAUSES to happen, and
what can change HOW IT OPERATES."
Define research ANS✔✔ Research is systematic inquiry or investigation into
a subject or phenomena of interest
Key differences between functionalist/positivist, interpretivist and critical
research ANS✔✔ Functionalist: scientific perspective, OBJECTIVE ("big T"
truths), surveys & experiments, quantifiable
Interpretivist: SUBJECTIVE ("little t" truths),
interviews/observations/ethnography, individual cases
Critical: focuses on oppression/critique/emancipation, same methods as
interpretivist
Define interpersonal comm ANS✔✔ using messages to generate meaning
between AT LEAST 2 people in a situation that allows mutual opportunities
for both speaking and listening
What are the most important components of communication competence?
ANS✔✔ self-awareness, adaptability, empathy, cognitive complexity, ethics
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