Final Exam

Question 1

the exchange of messages to create meaning between at least two people

Answer 1

interpersonal communication

Question 2

the transmission of a message from a single sender to numerous receivers

Answer 2

public communication

Question 3

the transmission of messages to create meaning within one’s self

Answer 3

intrapersonal communication

Question 4

communication that occurs between at least three people in a small group

Answer 4

small group communication

Question 5

communication where a single sender transmits a message to a great number of unseen receivers through a mediated system

Answer 5

mass communication

Question 6

what are the four levels of language

Answer 6

phonetic, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic

Question 7

Date and person of telephone

Answer 7

March 10, 1876; Alexander Graham Bell; Thomas A. Watson helped(trained mechanic who had extensive knowledge regarding electricity)

Question 8

the first level of language where the focus is placed on sounds and the alphabet

Answer 8

phonetics

Question 9

the second level of language is the level focused on words and their meanings

Answer 9

Semantic

Question 10

the third level of language is the level that focuses of how words are arranged to form phrases and sentences, otherwise known as syntax

Answer 10

Syntactic

Question 11

the fourth level of language looks at how language is used in social situations

Answer 11

Pragmatic

Question 12

telegraph

Answer 12

Samuel Morse created morse code; created a telegraph machine that used only one wire rather than 26; first telegraph line was constructed from Baltimore to Washington DC; a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection

Question 13

go from New York to San francisco in 10 days; ride by horseback to carry mail to people; Riders went 125 miles at which point they would hand the mail over to another rider waiting for them along the route; follow Oregon Trail

Answer 13

pony express; would depart twice a week

Question 14

came after the invention of telephone; when electricity worked together with magnetism an invisible set of waves are formed that has the ability to travel at the speed of light- electromagnetic waves; wireless telegraph; allowed people to be entertained, informed, and enlightened

Answer 14

radio

Question 15

the predecessor to the Internet created by the US Military to link all of their computers together forming a network

Answer 15

ARPANET

Question 16

listening in search of a way to understand someone’s feelings

Answer 16

Empathetic Listening

Question 17

listening for differences in sounds and signs

Answer 17

Discriminative listening

Question 18

listening that occurs when we are genuinely concerned for or care about another person

Answer 18

Sympathetic Listening

Question 19

listening to hear information that will satisfy our own needs

Answer 19

Appreciative listening

Question 20

the ear’s physical reception of sound waves

Answer 20

Hearing

Question 21

the brain’s reception and interpretation of surrounding stimuli

Answer 21

listening

Question 22

the study of time, particularly how people organize and use it and this organization;s effect on communication

Answer 22

Chronemics

Question 23

the study of how physical touch affects communication

Answer 23

Haptics

Question 24

the study of how bodily movements communicate messages

Answer 24

Kinesics

Question 25

the study of how humans use space and distance and how this affects communication

Answer 25

proxemics

Question 26

occurs when nonverbal codes conflict with verbal codes

Answer 26

contradiction

Question 27

occurs when the same message is sent using verbal and nonverbal codes

Answer 27

repetition

Question 28

occurs when nonverbal codes are used in place of verbal codes

Answer 28

substitution

Question 29

the use of nonverbal codes to monitor and control your interaction with others

Answer 29

regulation

Question 30

the tendency of members of a group to agree on a solution based on group consensus alone rather than weighing all of the possible options

Answer 30

Groupthink

Question 31

groups that evolve spontaneously or form to serve a specific purpose

Answer 31

emergent work groups

Question 32

a group where members are all responsible for performing the same activity and pool their work together to create a finished project

Answer 32

additive work groups

Question 33

a group where members are responsible for solving a problem

Answer 33

disjunctive task work groups

Question 34

a group where members perform tasks that are different but related in order to meet a goal

Answer 34

conjunctive work group