UCLA COMM 10 MIDTERM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH EXAMPLES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Norms - ANSWER: Rules of what behavior is acceptable/expected in a given
situation; tells you what is expected, what is normal
Types of Social Norms - ANSWER: Folkways, Mores, Taboos
Folkways - ANSWER: Lightly held norms. Not a big deal if you break them.
Rules people generally conform to even without pressure to
do so.
Mores - ANSWER: More strongly held norms. Breaking is a bigger deal.
Taboos - ANSWER: Most strongly held norms. Laws against such action. Very
shocking and rare when broken.
Folkway Example - ANSWER: You should wear matching socks. Speak to someone
when spoken to. Kids playing naked in lawn.
More Example - ANSWER: Adults playing naked on the front lawn.
Taboo Example - ANSWER: Having sex with a family member (incest). Having sex
with a dead person (Necrophilia).
Types of Pick Up Lines - ANSWER: Friendly, Offbeat, Humorous, Altar, Seductive.
FOHAS
25 words or less grabbing interest.
Friendly Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "Would you mind some conversation while
we wait?"
Offbeat Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "Do you think we are ever going to switch
to the metric system?"
Unconventional
Humorous Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "So what's a nice girl like you doing in an
elevator like this?"
Funny
,Altar Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "You look just like my 3rd husband." (only had
2!)
Seductive Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "You are the sexiest woman in the
room."
SEMCDR Model - ANSWER: Source, Encoder, Message, Channel, Decoder, Receiver.
Source - ANSWER: The person with the thought/idea to communicate.
Encoder - ANSWER: Takes the speaker's thought/idea and puts it into some form
that people can understand. (writing, speaking)
S and E are usually same person
Message - ANSWER: Code - any system of symbols by which we communicate, form
of message, ex: bells, drums, morse, meaningful symbol systems, usually shared (like
English)
Must be shared to be understood. (language)
Content - What is being communicated. (the general idea)
Treatment - how you say what you say. How is the content delivered? (depends on
context: who is it being said to/by?; non-verbal things like tone and volume)
Decoder and Receiver - ANSWER: Gets the message, tries to understand what the
sender actually wants to convey, might respond.
Person who receives the message being sent.
**usually same person as decoder
Double Bind - ANSWER: When the content and treatment of a message clash. (We
tend to listen to the treatment in these cases, more telling, reflexive)
Ex: "I'm not angry!" in an angry voice
"I'm not scared" but sounds scared
Channel - ANSWER: The medium used to get a message from source to receiver.
(face to face, TV, media, newspaper, etc.)
Feedback - ANSWER: The receiver becoming the source.
- receiver can turn around and be source if they have something to say (r +
s switch)
,- in normal comm, constantly switching back and first
- models with feedback - circular models
- feedback increases fidelity and understanding of message
Circular Model - ANSWER: Model in which there is a constant change of source and
and reciever. Feedback is involved.
- A is source and B is receiver, then B is source and A is receiver
Linear Model - ANSWER: Can only define communication that is one way. (SEMCDR
Model)
Noise - ANSWER: Interferes with the message being sent. Interferes with the fidelity
of the message or distorts the message.
Types of Noise - ANSWER: Internal Noise- noise that is going on within you. (cannot
be externally removed)
External Noise- originates from the outside phys/soc world, surroundings, outside us
ourselves.
Examples of Internal Noise - ANSWER: Hunger, sickness, distractions
Examples of External Noise - ANSWER: Jackhammer outside, 100 degrees in
classroom, hot person sitting next to you.
Types of Fidelity - ANSWER: High Fidelity Message-message getting through without
distortion. (Noise)
Low Fidelity Message
Fidelity is how close the information content in what the receiver understands is to
what the sender sent.
High Fidelity Message Example - ANSWER: Face to face.
Low Fidelity Message Example - ANSWER: TV with a lot of static.
Systems of Communication - ANSWER: Intrapersonal, Interparsonal, Small Group,
Mass
Intrapersonal Communication - ANSWER: Communication with one's self. Internal
dialogue.
Interpersonal Communicaion - ANSWER: Communication between 2 people, also
called dyadic.
Small Group Communicaion - ANSWER: 3 or more people. Harder to designate upper
limits, easier to do it conceptually than numerically. If you know the other members
, by name or sight and can recognize when one member is missing or when a new
person is there.
Mass Communication - ANSWER: If somebody who is not in the group is there and
you cannot tell, it is mass. Big group where there is too many people to know by
sight. (often linear form of communication)
Intrapersonal Communication Example - ANSWER: Thoughts, feelings.
Interpersonal Communication Example - ANSWER: Sitting across a table talking on a
date.
Small Group Communication Example - ANSWER: Basketball team meeting in person.
Mass Communication Example - ANSWER: Lecture in college.
Mediation - ANSWER: Something inanimate coming in between the source and the
receiver.
Something inanimate intercedes/comes between 2 or more things.
Can have elements of mediation and not mediation at the same time.
Ex of med: Whiteboard writing.
Non Mediated Intrapersonal Example - ANSWER: You thinking your own thoughts.
Mediated Intrapersonal Example - ANSWER: Writing yourself a note on fridge,
voicemail reminder to self, mirror talking to self, keeping a diary.
Non Mediated Interpersonal Example - ANSWER: Speaking to someone face to face.
Mediated Interpersonal Example - ANSWER: Talking on the phone, writing a letter,
sending a text.
Non Mediated Small Group Example - ANSWER: A study group in which everyone sits
around a table talking face to face.
Mediated Small Group Example - ANSWER: A business meeting using google dox.
Zoom, conference call, group text.
Non Mediated Mass Example - ANSWER: aka. Public Communication. One person
talking to a large group without a medium. One source with lots of Rs.
Mediated Mass Example - ANSWER: Giving a lecture using a microphone. Magazines,
TV, music, books, Zoom classes.
EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH EXAMPLES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Norms - ANSWER: Rules of what behavior is acceptable/expected in a given
situation; tells you what is expected, what is normal
Types of Social Norms - ANSWER: Folkways, Mores, Taboos
Folkways - ANSWER: Lightly held norms. Not a big deal if you break them.
Rules people generally conform to even without pressure to
do so.
Mores - ANSWER: More strongly held norms. Breaking is a bigger deal.
Taboos - ANSWER: Most strongly held norms. Laws against such action. Very
shocking and rare when broken.
Folkway Example - ANSWER: You should wear matching socks. Speak to someone
when spoken to. Kids playing naked in lawn.
More Example - ANSWER: Adults playing naked on the front lawn.
Taboo Example - ANSWER: Having sex with a family member (incest). Having sex
with a dead person (Necrophilia).
Types of Pick Up Lines - ANSWER: Friendly, Offbeat, Humorous, Altar, Seductive.
FOHAS
25 words or less grabbing interest.
Friendly Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "Would you mind some conversation while
we wait?"
Offbeat Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "Do you think we are ever going to switch
to the metric system?"
Unconventional
Humorous Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "So what's a nice girl like you doing in an
elevator like this?"
Funny
,Altar Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "You look just like my 3rd husband." (only had
2!)
Seductive Pick Up Line Example - ANSWER: "You are the sexiest woman in the
room."
SEMCDR Model - ANSWER: Source, Encoder, Message, Channel, Decoder, Receiver.
Source - ANSWER: The person with the thought/idea to communicate.
Encoder - ANSWER: Takes the speaker's thought/idea and puts it into some form
that people can understand. (writing, speaking)
S and E are usually same person
Message - ANSWER: Code - any system of symbols by which we communicate, form
of message, ex: bells, drums, morse, meaningful symbol systems, usually shared (like
English)
Must be shared to be understood. (language)
Content - What is being communicated. (the general idea)
Treatment - how you say what you say. How is the content delivered? (depends on
context: who is it being said to/by?; non-verbal things like tone and volume)
Decoder and Receiver - ANSWER: Gets the message, tries to understand what the
sender actually wants to convey, might respond.
Person who receives the message being sent.
**usually same person as decoder
Double Bind - ANSWER: When the content and treatment of a message clash. (We
tend to listen to the treatment in these cases, more telling, reflexive)
Ex: "I'm not angry!" in an angry voice
"I'm not scared" but sounds scared
Channel - ANSWER: The medium used to get a message from source to receiver.
(face to face, TV, media, newspaper, etc.)
Feedback - ANSWER: The receiver becoming the source.
- receiver can turn around and be source if they have something to say (r +
s switch)
,- in normal comm, constantly switching back and first
- models with feedback - circular models
- feedback increases fidelity and understanding of message
Circular Model - ANSWER: Model in which there is a constant change of source and
and reciever. Feedback is involved.
- A is source and B is receiver, then B is source and A is receiver
Linear Model - ANSWER: Can only define communication that is one way. (SEMCDR
Model)
Noise - ANSWER: Interferes with the message being sent. Interferes with the fidelity
of the message or distorts the message.
Types of Noise - ANSWER: Internal Noise- noise that is going on within you. (cannot
be externally removed)
External Noise- originates from the outside phys/soc world, surroundings, outside us
ourselves.
Examples of Internal Noise - ANSWER: Hunger, sickness, distractions
Examples of External Noise - ANSWER: Jackhammer outside, 100 degrees in
classroom, hot person sitting next to you.
Types of Fidelity - ANSWER: High Fidelity Message-message getting through without
distortion. (Noise)
Low Fidelity Message
Fidelity is how close the information content in what the receiver understands is to
what the sender sent.
High Fidelity Message Example - ANSWER: Face to face.
Low Fidelity Message Example - ANSWER: TV with a lot of static.
Systems of Communication - ANSWER: Intrapersonal, Interparsonal, Small Group,
Mass
Intrapersonal Communication - ANSWER: Communication with one's self. Internal
dialogue.
Interpersonal Communicaion - ANSWER: Communication between 2 people, also
called dyadic.
Small Group Communicaion - ANSWER: 3 or more people. Harder to designate upper
limits, easier to do it conceptually than numerically. If you know the other members
, by name or sight and can recognize when one member is missing or when a new
person is there.
Mass Communication - ANSWER: If somebody who is not in the group is there and
you cannot tell, it is mass. Big group where there is too many people to know by
sight. (often linear form of communication)
Intrapersonal Communication Example - ANSWER: Thoughts, feelings.
Interpersonal Communication Example - ANSWER: Sitting across a table talking on a
date.
Small Group Communication Example - ANSWER: Basketball team meeting in person.
Mass Communication Example - ANSWER: Lecture in college.
Mediation - ANSWER: Something inanimate coming in between the source and the
receiver.
Something inanimate intercedes/comes between 2 or more things.
Can have elements of mediation and not mediation at the same time.
Ex of med: Whiteboard writing.
Non Mediated Intrapersonal Example - ANSWER: You thinking your own thoughts.
Mediated Intrapersonal Example - ANSWER: Writing yourself a note on fridge,
voicemail reminder to self, mirror talking to self, keeping a diary.
Non Mediated Interpersonal Example - ANSWER: Speaking to someone face to face.
Mediated Interpersonal Example - ANSWER: Talking on the phone, writing a letter,
sending a text.
Non Mediated Small Group Example - ANSWER: A study group in which everyone sits
around a table talking face to face.
Mediated Small Group Example - ANSWER: A business meeting using google dox.
Zoom, conference call, group text.
Non Mediated Mass Example - ANSWER: aka. Public Communication. One person
talking to a large group without a medium. One source with lots of Rs.
Mediated Mass Example - ANSWER: Giving a lecture using a microphone. Magazines,
TV, music, books, Zoom classes.
