Chapter 1: Launching your study

Question 1

Burgoon’s definition of theory:

Answer 1

a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work

Question 2

Explain theory as the image of a net:

Answer 2

theory allows you to catch the real meaning of everything communicated to you

Question 3

Explain theory as the image of a lens:

Answer 3

theory lets you see the world through may colored glasses

Question 4

Explain theory as the image of a map:

Answer 4

theory gives us different options to get where you need to go

Question 5

Griffin’s definition of communication:

Answer 5

communication is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response

Question 6

Message:

Answer 6

a stimulus that a source sends to a receiver (can be verbal or nonverbal)

Question 7

Creation of Messages:

Answer 7

conscious choice involved

Question 8

Interpretation of Messages:

Answer 8

words and symbols are polysemic (more than one meaning)

Question 9

A Relational Process:

Answer 9

communication occurs between two or more people and changes the connections between those people

Question 10

Eliciting a Response:

Answer 10

if there’s no response then it’s not communication

Question 11

Does the textbook link theory to it’s creators?

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

Does the textbook include theory critiques?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

In the discussion regarding what constitutes a message, we said that a message is a stimulus that:

Answer 13

can be verbal or nonverbal

Question 14

To help define communication, Griffin suggests that there is _____ in the creation of messages

Answer 14

conscious choice

Question 15

A(n) _____ is a set of systematic, informed hunches about the way things work.

Answer 15

theory

Question 16

The idea that communication is a relational process was discussed in class to indicate that ______

Answer 16

it takes place between two or more people and is ever-changing

Question 17

Griffin suggests that communication experts use communication theories all the time. He argues this allows a “life fulfilled.”

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The idea that no theory can fully portray the constantly changing interaction between people is discussed in reference to the _____ metaphor.

Answer 18

theories as maps, the roads are always changing