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WWU COMM 220 (JASON LIND) EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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WWU COMM 220 (JASON LIND) EXAM #1Why do we communicate? - ANSWERS-to create shared meaning
Climate - ANSWERS-tone of a relationship
Theory - ANSWERS-abstract system of concepts and their relationships that help
us to understand a phenomenon
Grand Theory - ANSWERS-universally accepted theory
Mid-range Theory - ANSWERS-explains the behavior of a specific group of people
or all people within a specified time or context
Narrow Theory - ANSWERS-very limited aspect of a phenomenon in specific
situations
Concept - ANSWERS-words/terms for the most important element in a theory
Nominal Concept - ANSWERS-non observable trait (emotions)
Real Concept - ANSWERS-observable trait
,Relationship - ANSWERS-way the concepts in a theory combine
Goals of Theory - ANSWERS-Explanation, understanding, prediction, social change
Explanation - ANSWERS-offer reasons to the cause of a phenomenon
Understanding - ANSWERS-grasp and comprehend the intended meaning of a
particular phenomenon
Prediction - ANSWERS-predict future outcomes
Social Change - ANSWERS-facilitate social change through criticism of current
systems
First order realities - ANSWERS-(computer, desk, chair) physically observable
qualities of a thing
Second order realities - ANSWERS-combination of first order realities inside a
room that change your observation
(chairs, desks, computers in a room change it from just a room into a classroom)
, Implicit Personality Theory - ANSWERS-system of rules that tells you which
characteristics go with other characteristics
Superimposing - ANSWERS-placing a familiar structure over an unfamiliar one
Interpretation - ANSWERS-attached meaning
Interpersonal - ANSWERS-relationships with others
Intrapersonal - ANSWERS-relationship with ourselves
Standpoint Theory - ANSWERS-a person's position in society alters their vision of
society in general
Language - ANSWERS-A collection of symbols, letters or words with arbitrary
meanings that are governed by rules and used to communicate
Semiotics - ANSWERS-study of verbal and nonverbal signs that can stand for
something else and how their interpretations impact society
Arbitrary - ANSWERS-random choice, not intrinsically connected
Ambiguous - ANSWERS-open to more than one interpretation (equivocal)
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