Chp 1 Study Guide

Question 1

Content level of meaning

Answer 1

Literal information in a message

Question 2

Relationship level of meaning

Answer 2

Expresses the relationship between communicators

Question 3

Linear model of communication

Answer 3

A one way process in which one person acts on another person

Question 4

Interactive model of communication

Answer 4

Receivers respond to senders and senders listen to receivers

Question 5

Transactional mod of communication

Answer 5

People often simultaneously send and receive messages

Communication changes over time And is subject to noise

Communication occurs in systems

Question 6

Linear mod consists of 5 questions that describe early views of how communication worked

Answer 6

1) who
2) says what
3) in what channel
4) to whom
5) with what effect

Question 7

Feedback

Answer 7

Verbal or nonverbal; intentional or unintentional

Question 8

Noise

Answer 8

Anything that can interfere with the intended message

Question 9

List 5 common specialty areas in the field of communication study

Answer 9

1) education
2) research
3) training and consulting
4) Human relations and management
5) media productions, analysis, criticism

Question 10

Symbols

Answer 10

All language and many nonverbal behavior

Question 11

Symbols are the basis of ___, ___, and much____ behavior

Answer 11

Language
Thinking
Nonverbal

Question 12

What is the most harmful form of impersonal communication

Answer 12

Occurs when we ignore another person or threat them like an object