Functions of Communication

Question 1

Means of the speaker to regulate or control the behavior of human beings

Answer 1

Regulation

Question 2

A two-way process that helps people to understand each other, can either be verbal or non-verbal

Answer 2

Communication

Question 3

Strategy of the speaker used to command his or her listener directly or indirectly

Answer 3

Regulation

Question 4

Regulation can occur in the form of:

Answer 4

Imperatives, rhetorical questions

Question 5

Questions not intended to get information but to influence human behavior

Answer 5

Rhetorical questions

Question 6

When the speaker wants to make others aware of certain data, concepts, and processes - knowledge

Answer 6

Information

Question 7

Usually comes in the form of statements of facts

Answer 7

Giving information

Question 8

Giving information can be in the form of:

Answer 8

Declaratives, rhetorical questions

Question 9

A question someone asks without expecting an answer

Answer 9

Rhetorical devices

Question 10

Can come in the form of questions intended for getting information, commands, and even through statements

Answer 10

Getting information

Question 11

Getting information can be in the form of:

Answer 11

Interrogatives, imperatives

Question 12

Enables humans to get to know the world; enables them to process and structure what they learn about it

Answer 12

Information as a function of communication

Question 13

Steps to avoid fake news:

Answer 13

Evaluate; Google it; Get news from news sources; Distinguish opinion from fact; Watch out for red flags

Question 14

Factors to consider when evaluating:

Answer 14

Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

Question 15

The most familiar and primary reason why people communicate; allows people to be connected with one another

Answer 15

Social interaction

Question 16

Developed and maintained by human beings through social interaction

Answer 16

Bonds, intimacy, relations, and association

Question 17

The words usually used in social interaction are mostly informal terms and casually delivered.

Answer 17

Verbal cues

Question 18

The tone is friendly, even teasing, and the bodily action is relaxed (social interaction).

Answer 18

Nonverbal cues

Question 19

The most natural result of communication

Answer 19

Social interaction

Question 20

Communication is always _____ and always involve ________.

Answer 20

social, interaction

Question 21

To appeal to the listener’s feeling; used by the speaker for the purpose of moving another person to act; to move in the particular direction the speaker wants that person to move

Answer 21

Emotional expression

Question 22

He famously noted that it is now widely accepted that people can reliably discriminate between six different classes o facial expression.

Answer 22

Paul Ekman

Question 23

Six facial expressions:

Answer 23

HSASAD: Happy, sad, angry, surprised, afraid, disgust

Question 24

This ability is said to transcend cultural or linguistic barriers; not culturally specific, even when taking account into social norms of emotional responses.

Answer 24

Emotional expression

Question 25

Emotional expression is a language form most commonly expressed _____ through:

Answer 25

Non-verbally; gestures, facial expressions, other simple or energetic body movements

Question 26

Emotional expression can be in the form of:

Answer 26

Interjections, exclamations

Question 27

Characterized by the speaker and listener being respectful of each other’s culture as well as of their age, gender, social status, and religion (emotional expression)

Answer 27

Verbal cues

Question 28

These include hand gestures, bodily action (including posture), vocal tone (paralanguage), and eye contact in emotional expression.

Answer 28

Nonverbal cues

Question 29

Influencing or persuading people to move from where they are to a certain point; causing people to decide or act on something; can possibly change other’s behavior in positive and desirable way or sometimes the opposite

Answer 29

Motivation

Question 30

Issues in motivation:

Answer 30

Influence people in a negative way; manipulate others to their advantage through the use of emotional appeal; taking advantage of those who are not highly educated