COM 207 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE || with Complete Solutions.
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Course
COM 207
Institution
COM 207
What is a theory? correct answers A set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work
What is Communication? correct answers Relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a responce
Paradigm correct answers how you are making sense of the world around you
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COM 207 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE || with Complete
Solutions.
What is a theory? correct answers A set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things
work
What is Communication? correct answers Relational process of creating and interpreting
messages that elicit a responce
Paradigm correct answers how you are making sense of the world around you
Ontology correct answers the nature of reality; how things come to be; informs the paradigm
Epistemology correct answers how do we know what we know?; the study of the origin, nature,
method, and limits of knowledge
Axiology correct answers ethics; the role of values in the way research is conducted; why are
you doing research in the first place? What should be the outcomes of research?
Social Science/Objective correct answers Behavioral science (experiments, surveys,
observations); the assumption that truth is singular and is accessible through unbiased sensory
observation; committed to uncovering cause-and-effect relationships
Interpretive correct answers Humanities (art.literature, life as it is lived); the linguistic work of
assigning meaning of value to communicative texts; assumes that multiple meanings of truths are
possbile
Critical correct answers Variable
Objective (criteria) correct answers Prediction of future events; explanation of data; relative
simplicity; hypotheses that can be tested; practical utility; quantitative research
Interpretive (criteria) correct answers clarification of values; new understanding of people;
aesthetic appeal; community of agreement; reform of society; qualitative research
Sensing correct answers useful for appreciating the realities of a situation
Intuition correct answers reveals the meanings, relationships, and possibilities that go beyond the
information from your senses
Socio-psychological tradition correct answers communication as interpersonal interaction and
influence
Cybernetic Tradition correct answers communication as a system of information processing
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