CMN 10V UC Davis test 1
communication definition - correct answer a process of sharing meaning
Laswell 1948 linear model of communication - correct answer Who -> what -> channel
-> whom _. effet
Shannon & Weaver 1949 model - correct answer speaker -> message -> channel -> receiver -> effect
noise - correct answer any disturbance that interferes with the transmission of a message
David Berlo's SMCR Model - correct answer speaker -> message -> channel -> receiver (-> feedback loop). Message is encoded then sent through the channel as symbols (like words, music, pictures) then decoded by the receiver back into concepts.
reception and audience theories - correct answer messages are polysemic - multiple meanings. There are factors that predict why receivers receive the message they do
Stuart Hall: Encoding and Decoding - correct answer production (encoding) - circulation - use (consumption and decoding) - reproduction (application or effects of the
message received)
modes of encoding (Hall) - correct answer dominant (decoding matches encoding), negotiating (shares some traits with dominant meaning but differs with the receiver's experiences),
oppositional (the opposite of the intended meaning)
Nature of Interpersonal Communication - correct answer 1. occurs among interdependent individuals
2. inherently relational
3. exists on a continuum
4. involves choices
5. inevitable and irreversible
6. verbal and nonverbal
role relationship - correct answer Two people who share some degree of behavioral interdependence; although people in such relationships are usually interchangeable and
are not psychologically or behaviorally unique.
interpersonal relationship - correct answer two people who share repeated interactions over time, can influence one another, and have unique interaction patterns close relationship - correct answer two people in an interpersonal relationship characterized by enduring bonds, emotional attachment, personal need fulfillment, and irreplaceability
Relational Development Model - correct answer contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration
contact - correct answer perceptual then interactional (both impersonal). First four minutes of initial interaction. You can exit contact at this stage
involvement - correct answer testing initial impression - intensifying. Note you can exit contact at this stage, re-do this stage, or head back to the contact stage. Or you can progress to intimacy.
intimacy - correct answer establishing a close relationship and you come to share each others' social networks. Interpersonal commitment and social bonding phase
deterioration - correct answer weakening of bonds - intrapersonal dissatisfaction then withdrawal
possibility 1: repair - correct answer intrapersonal repair and interpersonal repair
possibility 2: dissolution - correct answer interpersonal separation - reidentifying as individuals. Also social/public separation
Social Penetration Theory - correct answer theory that proposes relationships develop
through increases in self-disclosure
The social penetration model is used to describe which two dimensions of communication? - correct answer breadth and depth
social exchange theory - correct answer the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs
comparison level - correct answer the cost-benefit ratio that people believe they deserve or could attain in another relationship
Relational Dialectics (Baxter and Montgomery) - correct answer All dyads struggle with opposing needs or desires. Autonomy vs connection, openness vs closedness, novelty vs predictability
language - correct answer a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another
speech acts - correct answer communicative acts that carry meaning beyond the words and phrases used within them, for example, apologies and promises
communication definition - correct answer a process of sharing meaning
Laswell 1948 linear model of communication - correct answer Who -> what -> channel
-> whom _. effet
Shannon & Weaver 1949 model - correct answer speaker -> message -> channel -> receiver -> effect
noise - correct answer any disturbance that interferes with the transmission of a message
David Berlo's SMCR Model - correct answer speaker -> message -> channel -> receiver (-> feedback loop). Message is encoded then sent through the channel as symbols (like words, music, pictures) then decoded by the receiver back into concepts.
reception and audience theories - correct answer messages are polysemic - multiple meanings. There are factors that predict why receivers receive the message they do
Stuart Hall: Encoding and Decoding - correct answer production (encoding) - circulation - use (consumption and decoding) - reproduction (application or effects of the
message received)
modes of encoding (Hall) - correct answer dominant (decoding matches encoding), negotiating (shares some traits with dominant meaning but differs with the receiver's experiences),
oppositional (the opposite of the intended meaning)
Nature of Interpersonal Communication - correct answer 1. occurs among interdependent individuals
2. inherently relational
3. exists on a continuum
4. involves choices
5. inevitable and irreversible
6. verbal and nonverbal
role relationship - correct answer Two people who share some degree of behavioral interdependence; although people in such relationships are usually interchangeable and
are not psychologically or behaviorally unique.
interpersonal relationship - correct answer two people who share repeated interactions over time, can influence one another, and have unique interaction patterns close relationship - correct answer two people in an interpersonal relationship characterized by enduring bonds, emotional attachment, personal need fulfillment, and irreplaceability
Relational Development Model - correct answer contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration
contact - correct answer perceptual then interactional (both impersonal). First four minutes of initial interaction. You can exit contact at this stage
involvement - correct answer testing initial impression - intensifying. Note you can exit contact at this stage, re-do this stage, or head back to the contact stage. Or you can progress to intimacy.
intimacy - correct answer establishing a close relationship and you come to share each others' social networks. Interpersonal commitment and social bonding phase
deterioration - correct answer weakening of bonds - intrapersonal dissatisfaction then withdrawal
possibility 1: repair - correct answer intrapersonal repair and interpersonal repair
possibility 2: dissolution - correct answer interpersonal separation - reidentifying as individuals. Also social/public separation
Social Penetration Theory - correct answer theory that proposes relationships develop
through increases in self-disclosure
The social penetration model is used to describe which two dimensions of communication? - correct answer breadth and depth
social exchange theory - correct answer the theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize benefits and minimize costs
comparison level - correct answer the cost-benefit ratio that people believe they deserve or could attain in another relationship
Relational Dialectics (Baxter and Montgomery) - correct answer All dyads struggle with opposing needs or desires. Autonomy vs connection, openness vs closedness, novelty vs predictability
language - correct answer a system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another
speech acts - correct answer communicative acts that carry meaning beyond the words and phrases used within them, for example, apologies and promises
