Midterm

Question 1

Channels

Answer 1

The route travelled by the message and the means of transportation

Question 2

Internal noise

Answer 2

Thoughts and feelings that compete for attention and interfere with the communication process.

Note: daydreaming thinking in your head

Question 3

External noise

Answer 3

Sights, sounds, and other stimuli that draw people’s attention away from the message

Question 4

Complementary feedback

Answer 4

A message that signals agreement about who is in control

Question 5

Symmetrical feedback

Answer 5

A message that signals disagreement about who is in control

Question 6

Why do we talk to strangers on planes and buses?

Answer 6

To meet social needs

Question 7

Interpersonal communication

Answer 7

Informal interaction between two people who have an identifiable relationship with eachother

Question 8

Constructed messages

Answer 8

Messages that are formed carefully and thoughtfully when our known scripts are inadequate for the situation

Question 9

Spontaneous expressions

Answer 9

Messages spoken without much conscious thought

Question 10

Scripted message

Answer 10

“I’m fine thanks”

Question 11

Prejudice

Answer 11

Judging a person based on the characteristics of a group to which the person belongs without regard to how the person may vary from the group characteristic

Question 12

Self concept

Answer 12

The perception we have of our skills abilities knowledge competencies and personality traits

Question 13

Uncertainty reduction

Answer 13

Communication theory that explains how individuals monitor their social environment to know more about themselves and others

Question 14

Self perception

Answer 14

The overall view we have of ourselves which includes both our self concept and self esteem

Question 15

Discrimination

Answer 15

Acting differently toward a person based on prejudice

Question 16

Self fufilling prophecy

Answer 16

An accurate perception of a scale characteristic or situation that leads to behaviors that perpetuate that false perception as true

Question 17

Stereotype

Answer 17

Exaggerated or oversimplifies generalization used to describe a group

Question 18

Improving our perception of others

Answer 18

1) question the accuracy of your perceptions
2) Chose to use conscious processing as you get to know people
3) seek more information to verify perceptions
4) realize that your perception of a person will change over time
5) Seek clarification respectfully by perception checking

Question 19

Which is not a good thing to do?

Answer 19

Trust your first impression

Question 20

Self esteem

Answer 20

The evaluation we make about our personal worthiness based on our self concept

Question 21

What 3 things effect what we pay attention to

Answer 21

Needs interests expectations

Question 22

Self talk

Answer 22

The internal conversation we have with ourselves in our thoughts

Question 23

Power distance

Answer 23

The extent to which members of the culture expect and except the power will be equally or unequally

Question 24

Altruism

Answer 24

I display of genuine and unselfish concern for the welfare of others

Question 25

Egocentricity

Answer 25

A selfish interest in one’s own means to the exclusion of everything else

Question 26

Collectivist cultures

Answer 26

Cultures that value communication collaboration shared interest harmony the public good and avoiding embarrassment

Question 27

Culture shock

Answer 27

Psychological discomfort when engaging a new cultural situation

Question 28

Coculture

Answer 28

A group consisting of a smaller number of people who hold common values beliefs attitudes and customs that different from those of the dominant culture

Question 29

Denotation

Answer 29

The direct explicit meaning of a word and a dictionary or language community

Question 30

Connotation

Answer 30

Feelings are evaluations associated with the word

Question 31

Concrete language

Answer 31

Words that clarifies semantic meaning by appealing to the senses

Question 32

True or false jargon and slaying are appropriate and my situation?

Answer 32

False

Question 33

What are the three characteristics of language

Answer 33

Arbitrary abstract and changes over time

Question 34

Speech communities

Answer 34

Smaller groups that speak a common dialect

Question 35

Lexicon

Answer 35

The collection of words and expressions in a language

Question 36

Idiolect

Answer 36

Our own personal simple system that includes our active vocabularies and our unique pronunciations grammar and syntax

Question 37

Idioms

Answer 37

Expressions who’s meanings are different from the literal meanings associated with the words in them

Question 38

Specific language

Answer 38

Precise words that clarify semantic meaning by narrowing what is understood from a general category to a particular item our group within it

Question 39

Mindfulness

Answer 39

Paying attention to what is happening at any given moment during a conversation

Question 40

Nonverbal communication

Answer 40

All the messages we send in ways that transcend spoken or written words

Question 41

Emoticons are nonverbal true or false

Answer 41

False

Question 42

Cheerful spotting you’ve met can replace words?

Answer 42

True

Question 43

It is polychromic when we have plans to be out to dinner right on time

True or false?

Answer 43

False

Question 44

Emblems

Answer 44

Gestures that substitute entirely for words or word

Question 45

Posture

Answer 45

How we position and move our body

Question 46

Paralanguage

Answer 46

The voice part of a spoken message that goes beyond the actual words

Question 47

Vocalized pauses

Answer 47

Extraneous sounds or words that interrupt fluent speech

Question 48

Voice quality

Answer 48

The sound of a person’s voice that distinguishes it from others

Question 49

Territorial space

Answer 49

The physical space over which we claim ownership