Comm 101 Unit 1

Question 1

Communication is the study of ______

Answer 1

Messages

Question 2

Example of Intentional Verbal?

Answer 2

Manager praising an employee

Question 3

Example of Unintentional Verbal?

Answer 3

Sending a text to the wrong person.

Question 4

Example of intentional non verbal?

Answer 4

Firm handshake to show confidence in an interview.

Question 5

Example of unintentional non-verbal?

Answer 5

Fidgeting with your hands or shaking your leg during a meeting.

Question 6

Why study communications?

Answer 6

1) It is persuasive (its everywhere)
2) It is practical
- Personal outcomes
-Professional outcomes
3) People think they are better at communication than they actually are.

Question 7

What are 3 traits common in having good communication skills?

Answer 7

STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: ability to have a convo
TEAM PLAYER: group projects & working w/ others
LEADER: being the person to guide

Question 8

CommunicatioN vs CommunicationS

Answer 8

Communication: The study of messages (Theoretical Communication)
Communications: the practice of using messages (Applied Communication)

Question 9

What is cognitive/cognition?

Answer 9

“What are your thoughts about…?”

Question 10

Affect

Answer 10

Emotional process, the feelings you feel. Ex: you ride a rollercoaster because you feel something.

Question 11

Social

Answer 11

refers to people. Humans are a social species.

Question 12

Context

Answer 12

meaning could differ. What are the circumstances? (Clickbait- posting things out of context)

Question 13

Quantitative

Answer 13

Quantity- counting things, time, numbers, statistics
(EX: looking at how many messages you have sent in a day)

Question 14

Qualitative

Answer 14

NOT asking “How many texts did you send today?” but “Who is the person you have texted the most today? Why are you texting them? Tell me about that.”

Question 15

Implication

Answer 15

ROOT WORD: to imply- to indicate by inference rather than by direct statement. - EX: If you keep asking someone to hang out and they keep saying they are busy, they are probably not busy, they are hoping you can tell the implication that they don’t want to hang out with you.

Question 16

Communication is _____

Answer 16

SYMBOLIC
1) Digital Codes
2) Analogic Codes
OVERT AND COVERT- obvious & hidden
ENCODING AND DECODING
A MEANS AND AN END- the idea that sometimes communication is used as a goal to achieve something.

Question 17

Truths about humans

Answer 17

A) Humans are social
B) Humans are polite
C) Humans deceive

Question 18

What are the different names for Communications over the years?

Answer 18

Rhetoric
Elocution
Speech
Communications

Question 19

What are the conditions in Athens?

Answer 19

Military and economic success
Adversary system
Democracy
Cosmopolitan City

Question 20

What is Aristotles Definition?

Answer 20

“The art of discovering all the available means of persuasion”

Question 21

What is the relationship between Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

Answer 21

Socrates was a teacher to Plato and Plato was a teacher to Aristotle.

Question 22

What is Aristotles Resolution?

Answer 22

-Rhetoric is used and it matters
-Aristotles Empiricism versus
-Probable Truth

Question 23

Why did X occur?

Answer 23

“Why” from the perspective of Science
“Why” from the perspective if history

Question 24

Science

Answer 24

An emphasis on careful observation to produce knowledge; use of scientific method.

Question 25

What are the steps to the scientific method?

Answer 25

1) Ask a question 2) Do background research 3) Construct a hypothesis 4) Collect data 5) Analyze your data and draw conclusions 6) Communicate your results

Question 26

Humanism

Answer 26

An emphasis on individual human experience as the basis of morality and knowledge.

Question 27

Philosophical Orientation

Answer 27

Philosophical orientation refers to the assumptions scholars make about the world, people, and their own role in that world.

Question 28

What are the standards for theory? (science)

Answer 28

Prediction of Future events Explanation of data Relative simplicity Testable hypotheses Practical Utility Quantitative research

Question 29

What are the standards for theory? (Humanism)

Answer 29

Clarification of values New understanding of people Aesthetic Appeal Community of agreement Reform of society Qualitative research

Question 30

Definition of research?

Answer 30

A set of systematic procedures for gathering credible information about some object or process.

Question 31

Communications focuses on what?

Answer 31

Message related behavior

Question 32

What are the components of communication research?

Answer 32

1) Theory 2) Method 3) Results 4) Discussion

Question 33

What is the goal of communication theory?

Answer 33

The ultimate goal of communication research is the development of communication theory.

Question 34

What are the types of theories?

Answer 34

Implicit & Explicit

Question 35

What are the traditions in the field of communication?

Answer 35

Socio-psychological Cybernetic Rhetorical Semiotic Sociocultural Critical Phenomenological