Comm 1100 Exam 1 OSU Questions With Multiple Choices And Answers

the specific relationship between concepts - correct answers theory anything that interferes with the message - correct answers noise change the message that is sent from sender to reciever - correct answers channels explain, predict, control - correct answers reasons for theory how our biases about reality color our predictions - correct answers assumptions the study of knowing - correct answers epistemology "a truth exists that can be knowable through observation" - correct answers objective thinker (empiricist) " a 'truth' does not exist, depends on the situation, we are constantly chaining so measurement is ineffective, what matters is logic, reason, and experience." - correct answers interpretive thinker (rationalist) the assumption that truth is singular and accessible though unbiased sensory observation - correct answers objective approach assign meaning or value to communicative texts, some that multiple means and truths are possible - correct answers interpretive approach the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response - correct answers communication when an idea is transmitted from a sender to a receiver - correct answers messages the content and form of messages are constructed, invented, planned, crafted, and constituted - correct answers creation of messages words don't mean things people mean things, there is not one interpretation of a message - correct answers interpreting of messages dynamic form of communication between two or more people in which the message exchanged significantly influences their thought, emotions, behavior, and relationships - correct answers interpersonal communication a great communicator - correct answers a great predictor = we have expectations for how people should act, "appropriate conduct" - correct answers expectations violation theory support more of that action - correct answers conform stop that certain action - correct answers deviate the sum of positive and negative attributes brought to the encounter plus the potential to reward or punish in the future - correct answers communicator reward valence when you tell someone something about yourself - correct answers self-disclosure just feeling close with someone - correct answers intimacy increasing the predictability about the behavior of both themselves and others in the interaction - correct answers uncertainty reduction anticipation of future interaction, incentive value, something weird is happening - correct answers When are we motivated to reduce uncertainty? uncertainty decreases - correct answers URT axiom 1: as verbal communication increases increase in nonverbal warmth - correct answers URT axiom 2: decreases in uncertainty increase in information seeking - correct answers URT axiom 3: high uncertainty decrease in self-disclosure - correct answers URT axiom 4: high levels of uncertainty produce high levels of reciprocity - correct answers URT axiom 5: high levels of uncertainty reduces uncertainty - correct answers URT axiom 6: similarities between people decrease in liking - correct answers URT axiom 7: increases in uncertainty reduces uncertainty - correct answers URT axiom 8: shared communications networks the process of developing deeper intimacy through mutual self-disclosure another forms of vulnerability - correct answers Social Penetration Theory the degree of intimacy or disclosure - correct answers depth greater intimacy - correct answers greater depth = the range of areas in an individuals life over which disclosure takes place, the number of issues you are totally comfortable / uncomfortable discussing - correct answers breadth more intimacy - correct answers more breadth + more depth = an exploration into what makes relationships complicated - correct answers relational dialects ongoing tensions played out within the relationship - correct answers internal contradictions ongoing tensions between a couple and community - correct answers external contradictions privacy management system that has three parts, privacy ownership, privacy control, privacy turbulence - correct answers communication privacy management theory (CPMT) contains our privacy boundaries that encompass information we have but don't want other people to know - correct answers privacy ownership involves our decision to share private information with another person - correct answers privacy control comes into play when managing private information doesn't go the way we expected - correct answers privacy turbulence Privacy Ownership - correct answers 1st core principal of CPMT People believe they own and have a right to control their own property Privacy control - correct answers 2nd Core principal of CPMT People control their private information through the use of personal privacy rules Privacy Control - correct answers 3rd core principal of CMPT When others are told or discover a person's private information, they become co-owners of that information Privacy Control - correct answers 4th core principal of CMPT Co-owners of private information need to negotiate mutually agreeable privacy rules about telling others Privacy Turbulence - correct answers 5th core principal of CMPT When co-owners of private information don't effectively negotiate and follow jointly held privacy rules, boundary turbulence is likely the result computer mediated communication deprives users the sense that an another actual person is involved in the interaction - correct answers Social Presence Theory When non verbal cues are absent: 1. a reduce in concern for others emotions will lead to "flaming" 2. conversation will be impersonal, cold 3. CMC groups will be more task focused - correct answers cues filtered out So long as we are providing information and giving the relationship time to develop we can develop meaningful relationships online We are especially motivated when there is an expectation for future interaction - correct answers cues filtered in The degree to which information presented is subject to falsification - correct answers Warranting Value warranting value - correct answers The less communication cues the less _______________________ comments from others, no anonymity, # of friends, claims or ties to external information about the self (articles, friend comments), undesirable information, corroborated information, - correct answers Examples of high warranting value cues in person is much greater and faster than online, that is why online takes time to build a intimate relationship. - correct answers Social Information Processing Relationships grow only to the extent that parties first gain information about each other and form impressions - correct answers Social Information Processing Theory