Week 1

Question 1

Def. Field of Experience

Answer 1

Every piece of knowledge and experience you have.

Question 2

What is: Understanding

Answer 2

Where Fields of Experience Overlap

Question 3

Def. Connotative Meaning

Answer 3

Implied/Interpreted Meaning of a Message

Question 4

Def. Encode

Answer 4

Words, terms and inflections that the sender hopes the receiver will understand.

Question 5

Def. Physical Noise or Interference

Answer 5

A person or thing creating noise that interferes with the receiver’s ability to receive a message.

Question 6

Def. Psychological Noise/Interference

Answer 6

Something that the receiver is thinking about or processing that prevents the receiver from receiving a message.

Question 7

Def. Semantic Noise/ Interference

Answer 7

Where messages are lost due to language or terms used not being understood by the receiver.

Question 8

Def. Decode

Answer 8

When the receiver successfully receives a message.

Question 9

Def. Feedback

Answer 9

Perceivable response to a sender’s message. Can be verbal or nonverbal, a combination of the two. A person can also choose not to give feedback.

Question 10

Communication

Answer 10

The process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction.

Question 11

Symbols

Answer 11

Represent things, people, ideas and events in ways that make communication possible.

Question 12

Def. Linear Communication

Answer 12

Similar to a tennis match. Information is passed between sender and receiver(s) with each side having individualized experiences and reactions to the information shared while both sending and receiving information.

Question 13

Def Physiological Noise

Answer 13

Biological factors that interfere with communication.

Question 14

Def. Environment

Answer 14

Both current and the personal and cultural experiences each person brings to the encounter.

Question 15

Def. Transactional Model

Answer 15

Depicts a model in which people send and receive messages simultaneously.

Question 16

Def. Intrapersonal Communication

Answer 16

Communicating with oneself.

Question 17

Def. Dyadic Communication

Answer 17

A two-person communication that can take place in many forms. Face-to-face, email, over the phone, text, etc.

Question 18

Def. Interpersonal Communication

Answer 18

When the people involved are part of close relationships and treat each other as unique individuals.

Question 19

Def. Small Group Interactions

Answer 19

When every person can participate actively with other members.

Question 20

Def. Organizational Communication

Answer 20

When larger, more permanent groups work collectively to achieve goals.

Question 21

Def. Public Communication

Answer 21

When the group has become too large for all members to contribute at one time. One or more members deliver their remarks to the remaining members, who act as an audience.

Question 22

Def. Mass Communication

Answer 22

Consists of messages that are transmitted to large, widespread audiences via electronic and print media such as magazines, television, radio, websites and blogs.

Question 23

Def. Social Media

Answer 23

A collection of platforms that allow every day people to post, view, comment on, and share content electronically.

Question 24

Def. Disinhibition

Answer 24

The tendency to transmit messages without considering the consequences (especially online.)

Question 25

Def. Communication Competence

Answer 25

Involves achieving your goals in a manner, that ideally maintains or enhances the relationship in which it occurs.

Question 26

Def. Self-Monitoring

Answer 26

Involves paying close attention to situational cues and adapting one’s behavior accordingly.

Question 27

Communication Is:

Answer 27

• Symbolic
• A Process
• Irreversible
• Relational