comm100 ch1

Betty is driving alone to a job interview. She is practicing answering questions. This is an example of

Intrapersonal communication

Communication is a two-way process.

True

Messages go through different mediums called channels.

True

We can send messages intentionally and unintentionally.

True

When a receiver decodes a message, he or she is

Turning symbols into ideas and feelings

Your Physics professor consistently uses language and terms in her lectures without explaining them. She is demonstrating

Semantic noise

Lavar just asked Marcy a question, and she's thinking about the message and trying to apply meaning to it. The process Marcy is going through is called

Decoding

The route traveled by a message is known as

A channel

Jana works diligently with her mentor to develop career speech. Grammar is her greatest challenge, especially over holiday visits with her family. She understands how to blend in with her family while visiting them and snap back into career speech at school. Her chameleon-like choices are an excellent example of

Adaptability

A communicator's fundamental nature refers to his/her

Background, attitudes, beliefs, and values

Jaden slept through her final exam in calculus. Rather than immediately call the professor, she emails the following note: "I slept through the calculus test. When can I make it up?" The professor emails her back with the message: "Next semester when you retake the course." What poor choice did Jaden make?

Choosing the proper channel to send the message

Charles and Jay are discussing their favorite candidates in an upcoming election. Charles is a Republican and Jay is a Democrat. Neither one seems to be paying attention to the other. In this case, both communicators are probably guilty of

Close-mindedness

The process of sharing meaning is called

Communication

The basic communication principles include all of the following EXCEPT

Communication is instinctive

Selecting the word rain when you see precipitation represents a process called

Encoding

Selecting verbal symbols to stand for or represent ideas and feelings is called

Encoding

Communication is stable and unchanging.

False

Encoding occurs when we reviews available symbols and actions and select the most appropriate.

False

Once we say something, if we didn't really mean it we can just say, "Oh, I take that back," and the other person will forget the statement

False

As Jones talks about his trip to the Grand Canyon, he notices Janet and Mark yawning. The information Jones is receiving is known as

Feedback

Internal perception and experiences that interfere with communication are referred to as

Noise

Brosnan is trying to study for his history test, but his roommate is talking on the phone. Brosnan decides that he's better off in the library where it is quiet. The phone conversation is an example of

Physical noise

One type of personal noise is

Prejudice

Imagine you use the word jock when talking to a star athlete and the athlete has a different meaning of the word than you do. This is an example of

Semantic Noise

A business professor assigns Lyle to work with four classmates in analyzing the student government's budget. A presentation of the group's findings is due in a month. Lyle is about to experience

Team communication

Karl wants to break up with his girlfriend, Karen, who attends another university. They were childhood friends, and he still cares about her although he's no longer in love with her. Karl drives to Karen's apartment to talk to her in person. The break-up is amicable and the two reminisce about their childhood. What choice of Karl's probably helped maintain their friendship?

The channel he chose

Which of the following is not a communication principle discussed in the text?

We communicate to maintain our sense of self