CMST 1061 MIN WU LSUA EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2026 |
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | UPDATED VERSION!
According to the supplementary reading "the meaning of meaning",
meaning is our internal response to either the reality (objects, events,
or situations experienced through our senses) or the symbols used by a
language community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog
for a particular person or a group of people would be their internal
response (images appearing in their mind, or loving feelings aroused)
when they either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear
the word "dog". ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The major distinction between the linear and interactive models of
communication is ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------the interactive
model includes feedback, or a response to the message .
The statement that communication is systemic means that __________
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------the various parts affect each
other.
,Stuart has just started preparing a persusaive speech for his
communication class. He has selected a topic and is thinking about the
kind of arguments, reasoning and evidence he might use in his speech.
Stuart is focusing on which canon of persuasion? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------logos
The study of communication is more than __________ years old. --------
-CORRECT ANSWER-----------------2500
The study of communication, power, and empowerment, especially as
it relates to the issue of who is and who is not allowed to speak in a
society, is strongly influenced by which philosopher? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Michel Foucault
Which of the following is NOT a "proof" identified by Aristotle as the
tools of persuasion? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. ethos
X b. tanthos
c. pathos
d. logos
,Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of
communication study? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Intercultural Communication Studies
Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a
person acts a particular way. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
True
Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT ________ --------
-CORRECT ANSWER-----------------abstractions
The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called _____ ----
-----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------person-centeredness
The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people,
objects, events, situations, and activities is known as ______ ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------perception
Which of the following is a prototype? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------the person who is the best example of a co-worker to you
, Socially agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse
conventionalized meanings stored in schemata within our memory
system are called: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------symbols
In the meaning triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration
aroused by either apprehending the referent itself with our senses or
by receiving a cue from another person. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------False
All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to
what they represent. This is known as _____ ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------arbitrariness
Words that slant perceptions are called _______ ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------loaded language
ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | VERIFIED
ANSWERS | UPDATED VERSION!
According to the supplementary reading "the meaning of meaning",
meaning is our internal response to either the reality (objects, events,
or situations experienced through our senses) or the symbols used by a
language community to label reality. For example, the meaning of dog
for a particular person or a group of people would be their internal
response (images appearing in their mind, or loving feelings aroused)
when they either see the actual four-legged animal or when see or hear
the word "dog". ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The major distinction between the linear and interactive models of
communication is ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------the interactive
model includes feedback, or a response to the message .
The statement that communication is systemic means that __________
---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------the various parts affect each
other.
,Stuart has just started preparing a persusaive speech for his
communication class. He has selected a topic and is thinking about the
kind of arguments, reasoning and evidence he might use in his speech.
Stuart is focusing on which canon of persuasion? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------logos
The study of communication is more than __________ years old. --------
-CORRECT ANSWER-----------------2500
The study of communication, power, and empowerment, especially as
it relates to the issue of who is and who is not allowed to speak in a
society, is strongly influenced by which philosopher? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Michel Foucault
Which of the following is NOT a "proof" identified by Aristotle as the
tools of persuasion? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a. ethos
X b. tanthos
c. pathos
d. logos
,Whiteness studies are examples of research conducted in which field of
communication study? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Intercultural Communication Studies
Attribution is the act of explaining why something happens or why a
person acts a particular way. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
True
Cognitive schemata include all of the following EXCEPT ________ --------
-CORRECT ANSWER-----------------abstractions
The ability to perceive another as a unique individual is called _____ ----
-----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------person-centeredness
The active process of selecting, organizing and interpreting people,
objects, events, situations, and activities is known as ______ ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------perception
Which of the following is a prototype? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------
-------the person who is the best example of a co-worker to you
, Socially agreed-upon labels that we use to identify and arouse
conventionalized meanings stored in schemata within our memory
system are called: ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------symbols
In the meaning triangle, the symbol is the internal configuration
aroused by either apprehending the referent itself with our senses or
by receiving a cue from another person. ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------False
All language is symbolic, yet not all symbols are linguistic. ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------True
The verbal symbols we select to use are not intrinsically connected to
what they represent. This is known as _____ ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------arbitrariness
Words that slant perceptions are called _______ ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------loaded language
