Exam 1

Question 1

What University created Communication?

Answer 1

Harvard in 1639

Question 2

What was the department that Com was originally apart of?

Answer 2

English

Question 3

What departments started to emerge after?

Answer 3

Public, speaking, speech com, Human Com, Com Studies

Question 4

When did communication become it’s on department?

Answer 4

In the 1950s

Question 5

What courses were originally taught in the field of com?

Answer 5

Public speaking, speech, speech com etc.

Question 6

Professional Association

Answer 6

Where people go to meet others in the same profession or research as them. Examples like NCA and WSC

Question 7

What do consultants do?

Answer 7

They go to different businesses and government jobs and train employees on communication skills, leadership, interpersonal com skills and teamwork.

Question 8

Civility?

Answer 8

Treating others with respect so that we can have a lasting, peaceful and positive interactions.

Question 9

Examples of Civility?

Answer 9

Politeness, Respect, Asssertiveness

Question 10

Presentness

Answer 10

Giving your undivided attention to someone, avoiding mental distractions and noise.

Question 11

Unconditional Positive Regard

Answer 11

Accepting others with a positive attitude. An open mind is an attempt to see the good in others.

Question 12

Mutual Equality

Answer 12

Knowing that a person can make an equal contribution to an interaction

Question 13

Attitudes necessary for dialogue?

Answer 13

Open-mindedness, Genuines, Agreeableness, Ethical Integrity

Question 14

Metatheory

Answer 14

Theory about theory

Question 15

Ontology

Answer 15

The study of nature of reality.

Question 16

Realist

Answer 16

Believing the world exists, is out there and tangible

Question 17

Nominalist

Answer 17

Believe without individual cognition

Question 18

Social Constructionist

Answer 18

Believe our ideas about reality are constructed through social and interpersonal and interpersonal communication

Question 19

Epistemology

Answer 19

Branch of philosophy involving study of nature of knowledge

Question 20

Objectiveness

Answer 20

Scientists, Scholars, Positivism, assume the truth is singular
Quantitative/Deductive
Use experiments, surveys, questionnaires and data
Truth is discovered

Question 21

Subjectiveness

Answer 21

Truth is interpretative, the knower cannot be separated from the known
Multiple meanings and realties
Qualitative/ Inductive
Ground theory: research collected through observations like interviews and research questions

Question 22

Axiology

Answer 22

The study of values. Researchers must consider their value systems and how that may or may not influence their research

Question 23

Positivism

Answer 23

Realist
Big T
Quantitative 
Objective 
Social Scientific
Deductive