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CMST EXAM #1TRUE - correct answer ✔✔According to the supplementary reading "the meaning of meaning", meaning
is our internal response to either the reality (objects, events, or situations experienced through our
senses) or the symbols used by a language community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog
for a particular person or a group of people would be their internal response (images appearing in their
mind, or loving feelings aroused) when they either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear
the word "dog".
The major distinction between the linear and interactive models of communication is - correct answer
✔✔the interactive model includes feedback, or a response to the message
The statement that communication is systemic means that __________ - correct answer ✔✔the various
parts affect each other
Stuart has just started preparing a persusaive 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 persuasion? - correct answer ✔✔Logos
The study of communication is more than __________ years old. - correct answer ✔✔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? - correct
answer ✔✔Michel Foucault
Which of the following is NOT a "proof" identified by Aristotle as the tools of persuasion? - correct
answer ✔✔tanthos
Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of communication study? - correct
answer ✔✔Intercultural Communication Studies
, TRUE - correct answer ✔✔Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a person
acts a particular way.
Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT __________. - correct answer ✔✔abstractions
The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called __________. - correct answer ✔✔person-
centeredness
The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people, objects, events, situations, and
activities is known as __________ - correct answer ✔✔perception
Which of the following is a prototype? - correct answer ✔✔the person who is the best example of a co-
worker to you
(This question is based on the supplementary reading "the nature of language") Socially agreed-upon
labels that we use to identify and arouse conventionalized meanings stored in schemata within our
memory system are called: - correct answer ✔✔symbols
FALSE - correct answer ✔✔(This question is based on the supplementary reading "the nature of
language") 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.
TRUE - correct answer ✔✔All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic.
The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to what they represent. This is known
as __________. - correct answer ✔✔arbitrariness
Words that slant perceptions are called __________. - correct answer ✔✔loaded language
Joaquin came to the United States from Mexico three months ago and he is still having trouble
understanding Americans' tendency to rush all the time. He is also surprised when his teachers are
irritated if he joins class a while after class has started. Joaquin's confusion about American pace of life is
based on which aspect of nonverbal behavior? - correct answer ✔✔chronemics
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