COMM 315 ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMUNICATION PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● has no beginning and end, constantly changing, sentences and words
and gestures only make sense when we see them as an ongoing stream of
events
Answer: What does it mean to say that communication is a process?
●● human connection is unique and powerful, only humans use
language naturally and spontaneously, giving us flexibility and creativity
denied to other animals
Answer: How is communication uniquely human?
●● society is held together by its members acting as a coordinated whole
Answer: how is communication a social activity?
●● when we agree with others that something can be talked about, we
create that thing, we cause it to exist
Answer: how is comm a creative endeavor?
●● we take possession of the world around us, we can act on our world,
there is a connection between communication and power
,Answer: how is comm regulatory?
●● face
Answer: defined as an approved social identity, that aspects of ourselves
we present to others for their approval, we spend a lot of time trying to
fit this thing to both situation and self image, to communicate
successfully we must conform to social rules
●● the ability to communicate in a personally effective and socially
appropriate manner, the two levels are process and performative
Answer: What is communicative competence and what are the two
levels?
●● performative and process competence
Answer: What are the two levels of communicative competence
●● performative competence
Answer: surface level communicative competence, demonstrated every
time someone actually produces effective and appropriate
communication behaviors
●● process competence
Answer: deep level communicative competence, all the cognitive
activity and knowledge necessary to generate adequate performance
, ●● interpretive, role, self, goal, and message
Answer: what are the 5 types of competence?
●● interpretive competence
Answer: a process of perceiving, knowing how to interpret what goes on
around you
●● role competence
Answer: knowing how to meet or violate social expectations
●● self compentence
Answer: knowing who you are an how to present yourself to others
●● goal competence
Answer: knowing how to achieve communication goals
●● message compentence
Answer: knowing how to send and receive messages effectively
●● process perspective
Answer: becoming aware of what is going on when you communicate
and beginning to recognize how the underlying processes involved in
COMMUNICATION PREP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS BUNDLED RESOURCE
●● has no beginning and end, constantly changing, sentences and words
and gestures only make sense when we see them as an ongoing stream of
events
Answer: What does it mean to say that communication is a process?
●● human connection is unique and powerful, only humans use
language naturally and spontaneously, giving us flexibility and creativity
denied to other animals
Answer: How is communication uniquely human?
●● society is held together by its members acting as a coordinated whole
Answer: how is communication a social activity?
●● when we agree with others that something can be talked about, we
create that thing, we cause it to exist
Answer: how is comm a creative endeavor?
●● we take possession of the world around us, we can act on our world,
there is a connection between communication and power
,Answer: how is comm regulatory?
●● face
Answer: defined as an approved social identity, that aspects of ourselves
we present to others for their approval, we spend a lot of time trying to
fit this thing to both situation and self image, to communicate
successfully we must conform to social rules
●● the ability to communicate in a personally effective and socially
appropriate manner, the two levels are process and performative
Answer: What is communicative competence and what are the two
levels?
●● performative and process competence
Answer: What are the two levels of communicative competence
●● performative competence
Answer: surface level communicative competence, demonstrated every
time someone actually produces effective and appropriate
communication behaviors
●● process competence
Answer: deep level communicative competence, all the cognitive
activity and knowledge necessary to generate adequate performance
, ●● interpretive, role, self, goal, and message
Answer: what are the 5 types of competence?
●● interpretive competence
Answer: a process of perceiving, knowing how to interpret what goes on
around you
●● role competence
Answer: knowing how to meet or violate social expectations
●● self compentence
Answer: knowing who you are an how to present yourself to others
●● goal competence
Answer: knowing how to achieve communication goals
●● message compentence
Answer: knowing how to send and receive messages effectively
●● process perspective
Answer: becoming aware of what is going on when you communicate
and beginning to recognize how the underlying processes involved in
