UCSB Comm 89 Midterm Latest Update
2025/2026| Real-Based Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
"Boring Task" Study (Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959) - Correct Answers-All participants did this
(turned knobs for hours) and another task for about an hour
Researcher asked everyone for a favor. He said needed to recruit another participant in the
waiting room
He asked them to say that the task was interesting
Half of the participants were given $1 to do this. The other half $20
$1 group and $20 group
After participants said the task was interesting
They rated how much they enjoyed the boring task
Festiger predicted that one group would "enjoy" the task much more- thought $1 group would
like much more
The $1 group reported much more enjoyment
5 terms that are apart of the Communication process - Correct Answers--Social
-Process
-Symbols
-Meaning
-Environment
7 axioms of URT - Correct Answers--Axiom 1
Uncertainty is negatively associated with verbal comm (not causal claim) the more talk with
someone the more you know about them
-Axiom 2
Uncertainty is negatively associated with nonverbal affiliative expressiveness. As start to get to
know someone better get more expressive
,-Axiom 3
Uncertainty is positively associated with information-seeking behavior. In the beginning have to
ask everything
-Axiom 4
Uncertainty is negatively associated with intimacy of communication content. Ex asking family
history, asking someone how much they make
-Axiom 5
Uncertainty is pos assoc with reciprocity rate. The more know someone the more things slow
down--tell more info. Passing questions and answers back and forth when first meet.
-Axiom 6
Uncertainty is neg assoc with similarity.
-Axiom 7
Uncertainty is neg assoc with liking.
Abstract symbol - Correct Answers--Symbol representing an idea or thought
Accidental Dilemma - Correct Answers-Inadvertently discovering private information
EX: over hearing convo, accidentally opening mail not yours
Ownership thrust upon you
Approaches to knowing - Correct Answers--Ontology
-Epistemology
-Axiology
Arousal - Correct Answers-Increased interest or attention when deviations from expectations
occur
Axiology - Correct Answers--A branch of knowledge focused on what is worth knowing
-Empirical: Reduce role of values
-Interpretive: Acknowledge values
-Critical: Celebrates values
Axioms - Correct Answers--A causal relationship assumed to be true
, -Truisms drawn from past research and common sense
Boundary coordination - Correct Answers-One of the processes in the privacy rule
management system; describes how we manage private information that is co-owned
Boundary linkage - Correct Answers-The connections forming boundary alliances between
people
Boundary ownership - Correct Answers-Rights and privileges accruing to co-owners of
private information
Boundary permeability - Correct Answers-The extent to which information is able to pass
through a boundary
Boundary Turbulence - Correct Answers-conflicts about boundary expectations and
regulation
CAT Assumptions - Correct Answers--Speech and behavioral similarities and dissimilarities
exist in all conversations
-The manner in which we perceive the speech and behaviors of another will determine how we
evaluate a conversation
-Lang and behaviors impart information about social status and group belonging
-Accommodation varies in its degree of appropriateness, and norms guide the accommodation
process
CAT tradition, context, approach, criteria - Correct Answers--Tradition: socio-psychological
-Context: Cultural
-Approach: Positivistic/Empirical
-Criteria:
Does well: Scope, logical consistency, heurism
CAT's roots in Social Identity theory - Correct Answers--A theory that proposes a person's
identity is shaped by both personal and social characteristics
Catalyst Criteria - Correct Answers-One criterion used to determine whether to allow
another person access to information; account for reasons privacy rules change
CD Approach, tradition, context, criteria - Correct Answers-Tradition: Socio-psychology
2025/2026| Real-Based Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
"Boring Task" Study (Festinger & Carlsmith, 1959) - Correct Answers-All participants did this
(turned knobs for hours) and another task for about an hour
Researcher asked everyone for a favor. He said needed to recruit another participant in the
waiting room
He asked them to say that the task was interesting
Half of the participants were given $1 to do this. The other half $20
$1 group and $20 group
After participants said the task was interesting
They rated how much they enjoyed the boring task
Festiger predicted that one group would "enjoy" the task much more- thought $1 group would
like much more
The $1 group reported much more enjoyment
5 terms that are apart of the Communication process - Correct Answers--Social
-Process
-Symbols
-Meaning
-Environment
7 axioms of URT - Correct Answers--Axiom 1
Uncertainty is negatively associated with verbal comm (not causal claim) the more talk with
someone the more you know about them
-Axiom 2
Uncertainty is negatively associated with nonverbal affiliative expressiveness. As start to get to
know someone better get more expressive
,-Axiom 3
Uncertainty is positively associated with information-seeking behavior. In the beginning have to
ask everything
-Axiom 4
Uncertainty is negatively associated with intimacy of communication content. Ex asking family
history, asking someone how much they make
-Axiom 5
Uncertainty is pos assoc with reciprocity rate. The more know someone the more things slow
down--tell more info. Passing questions and answers back and forth when first meet.
-Axiom 6
Uncertainty is neg assoc with similarity.
-Axiom 7
Uncertainty is neg assoc with liking.
Abstract symbol - Correct Answers--Symbol representing an idea or thought
Accidental Dilemma - Correct Answers-Inadvertently discovering private information
EX: over hearing convo, accidentally opening mail not yours
Ownership thrust upon you
Approaches to knowing - Correct Answers--Ontology
-Epistemology
-Axiology
Arousal - Correct Answers-Increased interest or attention when deviations from expectations
occur
Axiology - Correct Answers--A branch of knowledge focused on what is worth knowing
-Empirical: Reduce role of values
-Interpretive: Acknowledge values
-Critical: Celebrates values
Axioms - Correct Answers--A causal relationship assumed to be true
, -Truisms drawn from past research and common sense
Boundary coordination - Correct Answers-One of the processes in the privacy rule
management system; describes how we manage private information that is co-owned
Boundary linkage - Correct Answers-The connections forming boundary alliances between
people
Boundary ownership - Correct Answers-Rights and privileges accruing to co-owners of
private information
Boundary permeability - Correct Answers-The extent to which information is able to pass
through a boundary
Boundary Turbulence - Correct Answers-conflicts about boundary expectations and
regulation
CAT Assumptions - Correct Answers--Speech and behavioral similarities and dissimilarities
exist in all conversations
-The manner in which we perceive the speech and behaviors of another will determine how we
evaluate a conversation
-Lang and behaviors impart information about social status and group belonging
-Accommodation varies in its degree of appropriateness, and norms guide the accommodation
process
CAT tradition, context, approach, criteria - Correct Answers--Tradition: socio-psychological
-Context: Cultural
-Approach: Positivistic/Empirical
-Criteria:
Does well: Scope, logical consistency, heurism
CAT's roots in Social Identity theory - Correct Answers--A theory that proposes a person's
identity is shaped by both personal and social characteristics
Catalyst Criteria - Correct Answers-One criterion used to determine whether to allow
another person access to information; account for reasons privacy rules change
CD Approach, tradition, context, criteria - Correct Answers-Tradition: Socio-psychology
