COM 1000 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Verbal and nonverbal responses to messages - Answers- Feedback
Any interference in encoding and decoding - Answers- Noise
Systematic arrangements of symbols to create messages - Answers- Code
Sources that initiate messages and targets who receive them - Answers- People
Translating and assigning meaning to messages - Answers- Encoding and decoding
The means of travel for messages - Answers- Channel
Verbal and nonverbal signs of thoughts and feelings - Answers- Messages
Locations where communication takes place - Answers- Situation
T or F: By definition, increasing communication quantity increases communication
quality. - Answers- False
Which example did the instructor use for pathos in the Week 1 Lecture? - Answers- Tip
from a former smoker
T or F: INTRApersonal communication helps us develop self-awareness and
interpersonal communication helps us see how others relate to us. - Answers- True
Verbal/nonverbal signs and behaviors that represent thoughts and ideas are best
defined as: - Answers- Messages
The generation of meaning in dyads or small groups - Answers- Interpersonal
communication
One person generating meaning to many, who cannot provide immediate nonverbal
feedback - Answers- Mass communication
One person generating meaning to many, who can provide immediate nonverbal
feedback - Answers- Public speaking
Planning, problem solving, and evaluating - Answers- Intrapersonal communication
Which of the following skills does the study of communication help improve? - Answers-
Conflict resolution, team building, problem solving, public speaking, critical thinking, and
decision making
, an unfavorable predisposition about an individual because of his or her membership in a
stereotypical group. - Answers- Prejudice
a group of people excluded from another group with higher status; a group marginalized
by the dominant culture. - Answers- Out-group
Making a hasty generalization about a group based on a judgment about an individual
from that group. - Answers- Stereotyping
An initial opinion about people upon meeting them - Answers- First impressions
Which of the following can create differences in perception among others? (Check all
that apply). - Answers- Temporal conditions, roles, identity factors, past experiences,
present feelings and circumstances
When you chose to block people online it is considered an example of: - Answers-
Selective exposure
Organize Maslow's Needs. - Answers- 1. Self-actualization
2. Self-esteem and social esteem
3. Belonging and love
4. Safety needs
5. Biological needs
__________ is the tendency to remember better the things that reinforce your beliefs
than those that oppose them - Answers- Selective retention
Making your Instagram show only the posts of your "close friends" versus everyone you
are following considered an example of: - Answers- Selective attention
T or F: Impression management is sharing personalized details in order to present an
idealized self. - Answers- True
T or F: Personal identity is the perception of what makes an individual unique with
regard to various personality characteristics, interests, and values. - Answers- True
________ is when your mind selects, organizes, and interprets what you sense -
Answers- Active perception
_________ is the tendency to see, hear, and believe only what you want to see, hear,
and believe - Answers- Selective perception
Language associated with the culture of a geographic area - Answers- Regionalism
Language used in a specialized profession or hobby - Answers- Jargon
Verbal and nonverbal responses to messages - Answers- Feedback
Any interference in encoding and decoding - Answers- Noise
Systematic arrangements of symbols to create messages - Answers- Code
Sources that initiate messages and targets who receive them - Answers- People
Translating and assigning meaning to messages - Answers- Encoding and decoding
The means of travel for messages - Answers- Channel
Verbal and nonverbal signs of thoughts and feelings - Answers- Messages
Locations where communication takes place - Answers- Situation
T or F: By definition, increasing communication quantity increases communication
quality. - Answers- False
Which example did the instructor use for pathos in the Week 1 Lecture? - Answers- Tip
from a former smoker
T or F: INTRApersonal communication helps us develop self-awareness and
interpersonal communication helps us see how others relate to us. - Answers- True
Verbal/nonverbal signs and behaviors that represent thoughts and ideas are best
defined as: - Answers- Messages
The generation of meaning in dyads or small groups - Answers- Interpersonal
communication
One person generating meaning to many, who cannot provide immediate nonverbal
feedback - Answers- Mass communication
One person generating meaning to many, who can provide immediate nonverbal
feedback - Answers- Public speaking
Planning, problem solving, and evaluating - Answers- Intrapersonal communication
Which of the following skills does the study of communication help improve? - Answers-
Conflict resolution, team building, problem solving, public speaking, critical thinking, and
decision making
, an unfavorable predisposition about an individual because of his or her membership in a
stereotypical group. - Answers- Prejudice
a group of people excluded from another group with higher status; a group marginalized
by the dominant culture. - Answers- Out-group
Making a hasty generalization about a group based on a judgment about an individual
from that group. - Answers- Stereotyping
An initial opinion about people upon meeting them - Answers- First impressions
Which of the following can create differences in perception among others? (Check all
that apply). - Answers- Temporal conditions, roles, identity factors, past experiences,
present feelings and circumstances
When you chose to block people online it is considered an example of: - Answers-
Selective exposure
Organize Maslow's Needs. - Answers- 1. Self-actualization
2. Self-esteem and social esteem
3. Belonging and love
4. Safety needs
5. Biological needs
__________ is the tendency to remember better the things that reinforce your beliefs
than those that oppose them - Answers- Selective retention
Making your Instagram show only the posts of your "close friends" versus everyone you
are following considered an example of: - Answers- Selective attention
T or F: Impression management is sharing personalized details in order to present an
idealized self. - Answers- True
T or F: Personal identity is the perception of what makes an individual unique with
regard to various personality characteristics, interests, and values. - Answers- True
________ is when your mind selects, organizes, and interprets what you sense -
Answers- Active perception
_________ is the tendency to see, hear, and believe only what you want to see, hear,
and believe - Answers- Selective perception
Language associated with the culture of a geographic area - Answers- Regionalism
Language used in a specialized profession or hobby - Answers- Jargon
