CMN 003V EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY
GUIDE
◉ example of vocalizations. Answer: Teenage girls use something
called uptalk where they make statements into questions.
◉ back channel cues. Answer: used to signal that we want to talk or
encourage others to talk.
◉ perception. Answer: process through which we interpret our
experiences and come to our unique understandings. Perceptions
affect how we communicate with others and how we interpret
others' communication. Can be throughout of as our interpretation
of things, such as what we hear, see, or touch. Perceptions are unique
to us and we cant interpet something until we select something to
interpret.
◉ schemas. Answer: mental structures that help us put together bits
of information to form patterns and create meaning. They function
to help us understand and anticipate how things work and can
change the more we interact with people places or things
,◉ example of schemas. Answer: as a child, you might have a schema
for a cat as furry and fluffy and four legged, so now when you
encounter one, you dont have to think about it much. If roommate
comes home with a sphynx cat, your schema or a cat no longer
works. Now you have to adjust the schema of a cat, which is a
process called assimilation or accommodation.
◉ Assimilation. Answer: new information is incorporated into pre-
exisitng schema
◉ example of assimilation. Answer: now we know not all cats are
furry
◉ Accomodation. Answer: existing schemas might be altered or a
new schema is formed as you learn new information or have new
epxereinces
◉ example of accomodation. Answer: for cat example, friend no
longer thinks all cats are adorable by accommodating her perception
of cats because she is scared of sphynx cat
◉ why are schemas useful?. Answer: they help us take shortcuts in
interpreting information and do this automatically with little to no
effort
, ◉ challenges with schemas. Answer: mindlessness, selective
perception, distorted perception, undue influence, gender
expectations and steryotypes
◉ mindlessness. Answer: reduced cognitive activity and accurate
recall and uncritical evaluation
◉ selective perception. Answer: selective information based on
existing schemas, usually in a biased matter
◉ distorted perception. Answer: lead use to judge events based on
information that is most vivid to us
◉ undue influence. Answer: give a piece of information greater
credibility than it truly warrants, can lead to prejudice
◉ gender expectations and stereotypes. Answer: everyone has a
schema for what they consider masculine or femine in their culture.
◉ example of gender expectations and stereotypes. Answer:
professor took nieces and nephews to a movie with husband.
Husband cried and the professor did not. Nephew thought girls were
supposed to cry and not boys
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY
GUIDE
◉ example of vocalizations. Answer: Teenage girls use something
called uptalk where they make statements into questions.
◉ back channel cues. Answer: used to signal that we want to talk or
encourage others to talk.
◉ perception. Answer: process through which we interpret our
experiences and come to our unique understandings. Perceptions
affect how we communicate with others and how we interpret
others' communication. Can be throughout of as our interpretation
of things, such as what we hear, see, or touch. Perceptions are unique
to us and we cant interpet something until we select something to
interpret.
◉ schemas. Answer: mental structures that help us put together bits
of information to form patterns and create meaning. They function
to help us understand and anticipate how things work and can
change the more we interact with people places or things
,◉ example of schemas. Answer: as a child, you might have a schema
for a cat as furry and fluffy and four legged, so now when you
encounter one, you dont have to think about it much. If roommate
comes home with a sphynx cat, your schema or a cat no longer
works. Now you have to adjust the schema of a cat, which is a
process called assimilation or accommodation.
◉ Assimilation. Answer: new information is incorporated into pre-
exisitng schema
◉ example of assimilation. Answer: now we know not all cats are
furry
◉ Accomodation. Answer: existing schemas might be altered or a
new schema is formed as you learn new information or have new
epxereinces
◉ example of accomodation. Answer: for cat example, friend no
longer thinks all cats are adorable by accommodating her perception
of cats because she is scared of sphynx cat
◉ why are schemas useful?. Answer: they help us take shortcuts in
interpreting information and do this automatically with little to no
effort
, ◉ challenges with schemas. Answer: mindlessness, selective
perception, distorted perception, undue influence, gender
expectations and steryotypes
◉ mindlessness. Answer: reduced cognitive activity and accurate
recall and uncritical evaluation
◉ selective perception. Answer: selective information based on
existing schemas, usually in a biased matter
◉ distorted perception. Answer: lead use to judge events based on
information that is most vivid to us
◉ undue influence. Answer: give a piece of information greater
credibility than it truly warrants, can lead to prejudice
◉ gender expectations and stereotypes. Answer: everyone has a
schema for what they consider masculine or femine in their culture.
◉ example of gender expectations and stereotypes. Answer:
professor took nieces and nephews to a movie with husband.
Husband cried and the professor did not. Nephew thought girls were
supposed to cry and not boys
