COM 251 Quest 1 fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024

COM 251 Quest 1What is communication? - correct answer The relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response. Text - correct answer Any type of message 5 Features of Communication - correct answer 1. Messages 2. Creation of Messages 3. Interpretation of Messages 4. A Relational Process 5. Messages that Elicit a Response Messages - correct answer The core study of communications, the goal is to find shared meaning. Creation of Messages - correct answer -Some messages are planned and others are unintentional -messages are created via Channel Interpretation of Messages - correct answer -"Words don't mean things, people mean things" -Interpretation depends on context A Relational Process - correct answer Communication is a process and everything you say and do influences what is said/done in the future. "Cat out of the bag" Messages that Elicit a Response - correct answer Messages effect the people who receive it and are often created to provoke a response What is a theory? - correct answer Theory consists of a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work. 3 Parts of Theory Definition - correct answer 1. A set of hunches 2. Informed hunches 3. Hunches that are systematic A set of hunches - correct answer 1. need problem to solve, question to answer, puzzle to solve. 2. theory involves speculation and explanation 3. a theory needs multiple hunches (not one isolated idea) Informed hunches - correct answer Should be informed and investigated and alternative explanations should be considered Hunches that are systematic - correct answer -A theory is an integrated system of concepts (what the terms mean and how they relate to one another) -A theory ties ideas together as a whole Objective Approach - correct answer The assumption that truth is singular and accessible through unbiased sensory observation; committed to overcoming cause-effect relationships (Theory --- Research) Interpretive - correct answer The linguistic work of assigning meaning of value to communicate texts; assumes multiple meaning or truth is possible. (Research --- Theory) 5 Distinctions of Objective/Interpretive Theories - correct answer 1. Epistemology 2. Human Nature 3. Purpose of Theory 4. Research Methods 5. Human Nature (Determinism vs. Free Will), Epistemology - correct answer The study of the origin, nature, method, and limits of knowledge