SPC 1608 – Exam 2 – Complete Questions and Solutions –
2025/2026
Denotative Meaning - correct answer ✔✔ The literal or explicit meaning of a word.
Connotative Meaning - correct answer ✔✔ The implied meaning of a word based upon its use
within a given context.
Listening - correct answer ✔✔ The process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to
aural and visual stimuli.
Process of listening - correct answer ✔✔ 1. give selective attention (decide what you want to
hear)
2. assign meaning to the sound.
3. decide how to associate it and store if you want to recall later.
Hearing - correct answer ✔✔ The physical process of receiving sound.
Listening presage - correct answer ✔✔ The things listeners bring to a listening situation and the
context in which the listening occurs.
Process of listening - correct answer ✔✔ The mechanics of listening.
Product of listening - correct answer ✔✔ The outcomes of the process.
The Five Ways of Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Discriminative
Comprehensive
, Therapeutic
Critical
Appreciative
Discriminative Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Used to distinguish the auditory and visual stimuli.
It is also used when the listener identifies a language.
Comprehensive Listening - correct answer ✔✔ It is used to understand the message in order to
retain, recall and possibly use that information at a later time. It is the process of information
acquisition, storage and retrieval.
Therapeutic Listening - correct answer ✔✔ It provides help to a person who needs to talk
through a concern.
Critical Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Used to evaluate the merits of the message. It arrives at
an informed judgment regarding an idea, situation or argument.
Appreciative Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Serves to obtain sensory stimulation or enjoyment
through the works and experiences of others.
Four Main Listening Styles - correct answer ✔✔ People-Oriented
Action-Oriented
Content-Oriented
Time-Oriented
People-Oriented - correct answer ✔✔ High regard for another persons feelings and seek to find
common ground with the speaker.
2025/2026
Denotative Meaning - correct answer ✔✔ The literal or explicit meaning of a word.
Connotative Meaning - correct answer ✔✔ The implied meaning of a word based upon its use
within a given context.
Listening - correct answer ✔✔ The process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to
aural and visual stimuli.
Process of listening - correct answer ✔✔ 1. give selective attention (decide what you want to
hear)
2. assign meaning to the sound.
3. decide how to associate it and store if you want to recall later.
Hearing - correct answer ✔✔ The physical process of receiving sound.
Listening presage - correct answer ✔✔ The things listeners bring to a listening situation and the
context in which the listening occurs.
Process of listening - correct answer ✔✔ The mechanics of listening.
Product of listening - correct answer ✔✔ The outcomes of the process.
The Five Ways of Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Discriminative
Comprehensive
, Therapeutic
Critical
Appreciative
Discriminative Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Used to distinguish the auditory and visual stimuli.
It is also used when the listener identifies a language.
Comprehensive Listening - correct answer ✔✔ It is used to understand the message in order to
retain, recall and possibly use that information at a later time. It is the process of information
acquisition, storage and retrieval.
Therapeutic Listening - correct answer ✔✔ It provides help to a person who needs to talk
through a concern.
Critical Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Used to evaluate the merits of the message. It arrives at
an informed judgment regarding an idea, situation or argument.
Appreciative Listening - correct answer ✔✔ Serves to obtain sensory stimulation or enjoyment
through the works and experiences of others.
Four Main Listening Styles - correct answer ✔✔ People-Oriented
Action-Oriented
Content-Oriented
Time-Oriented
People-Oriented - correct answer ✔✔ High regard for another persons feelings and seek to find
common ground with the speaker.
