SPC1017 Questions & 100% Correct Answers

Communication ~~> Any process in which people, through the use of symbols, verbally and/or non verbally, consciously or non consciously, intentionally or not intentionally, generate meanings (info, ideas, feelings, and perceptions) w/in and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and...

Senders-Receivers ~~> Send and Receive messages at the same time Symbol ~~> Something that represents something else Abstract Symbol ~~> A symbol that while having little to no resemblance, represents something else. Non-Verbal Symbols ~~> Communicating without words (Gestur...

When Elizabeth moved from New York to Savannah, Georgia, she had a hard time adjusting to the slower pace, to people opening doors for her, and to people calling her ma'am. She felt that what others intended as friendly gestures invaded her personal space. Elizabeth experienced ____ a. cultu...

Cognitive Development ~~> Development of the thinking and organizing systems of your brain, Involves language, mental imagery, reasoning, problem solving, and memory development. Began before birth *Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis ~~> Suggests that language you use to some extent determines or...

The sender encodes a message and receiver decodes it ~~> TRUE Interpersonal communication refers to the internal conversations that we have in our minds as we "talk to ourselves" so to speak ~~> FALSE Meaning shared in a communication interaction can be affected by the physical con...

Denotative ~~> Dictionary definition of the word, could have multiple meanings Connotative ~~> Feelings or associations we have with words (positive, negative) Semantic Triangle ~~> Happens from experience; THOUGHT, SYMBOL, REFERENT Thought ~~> Part of the Semantic Triangle, w...

Ethnocentricity ~~> the belief that ones own culture is superior to all others- thus resulting in judgements of others based on the other norms of our culture Assimilation ~~> process whereby people of different cultures adapt so completely to the norms of the dominate culture that ...

Group norms, diversity, cohesiveness, and ______ all help develop group culture. ~~> *-role structures-* True or false: Most group norms are established directly. ~~> False Small groups are important for a number of reasons, including which of the following? ~~> -*Groups can be ...

Public Speaking ~~> A teachable, learnable process of developing, supporting, organizing and orally presenting ideas Audience Centered Public Speaking ~~> Someone who consideres and adapts to the audience at every stage of the public speaking process Public Speaking Anxiety ~~> ...

Which type of communication involves preparing and delivering a message to an audience to achieve a specific purpose? ~~> Public communication Communication competence consists of appropriateness, effectiveness, and ethics. ~~> True Chris is trying to arrange a meeting with his partn...

Which statement best describes how self-concept is developed? ~~> Our self-concept is influenced by external and internal factors and changes over time News channels like Fox and MSNBC are referred to as conservative or liberal. This is an example of ______ language ~~> Polarizing Mi...

How you acquire your ability to use words depends on 3 things: ~~> 1. Native Architecture 2. Cognitive Development 3. Environmental Influences Cognitive Development ~~> the development of the thinking and organizing systems of your brain. Not only language but also mental imagery, rea...

What is communication? ~~> A dynamic ongoing process where people create or "Encode" and send messages that other people receive, interpret "decode" and respond to - producing shared meaning. Characteristics of communication ~~> Symbolic and Arbitrary Personal Non-Intentional 3...

Steps of the Integrated Listening Model (ILM) ~~> Listening preparation, receiving, constructive meaning, responding, remembering Listening preparation ~~> All the physical, mental and behavioral aspects that create a readiness to listen Receiving ~~> Process of taking in, acqui...