Communication Chapter 1

Which of the following best captures our knowledge of communication?

Communication is learned.

The concepts of intimacy and control help explain which communication principle?

Communication is relational.

Which of the following is an example of psychological noise?

Day dreaming

Sarah asks her friend, Tony, what he thinks about her new haircut. While Tony isn't crazy about Sarah's haircut, he replies, "It looks great." What kind of message is this?

Easy Dark side

Encoding is the process of interpreting another's message.

False

Julie's communication interactions with her boyfriend are an example of intrapersonal communication.

False

Messages that are spoken without much conscious thought are known as constructed messages.

False

When Jeff noticed that he had a particular skill he needed to improve to become a better speaker, he devised and carried out a plan for improving on this skill. This plan is known as a method for measuring progress.

False

If a person communicates a response to a message, that person is providing the speaker with

Feedback

Which of the following aspects is not true of culture?

It determines whether or not a communicator is ethical.

Jalisa is giving a speech in her class. The air conditioning in the room isn't working, and because there are so many students in the room seated so closely together, the classroom is unusually hot that day. As she approaches the podium, she begins to sweat. What element of the communication context is described here?

Physical situation

Bill asks his wife to go on vacation. She replies that she's not sure that a vacation is in their budget and will get back to him. Bill responds by saying "Let me know if you think we can do it." This is an example of complementary feedback

True

Communication is crucial to the development of an individual sense of self.

True

The ability to manage your nervousness and anxiety about speaking so that you don't appear to have speech apprehension is known as social ease.

True

When Darius was giving his informative speech about health care in America, he made a concerted effort when researching to gather all relevant facts, consider only information that was relevant to informing his audience, and not to let personal opinion influence his speech. His careful attention to impartiality is a reflection of his duty to behave fairly as an ethical communicator.

True

Check My Work _________________ is a complex process through which we express, interpret, and coordinate messages with others.

communication

It's OK if we say things that offend people because we can take back things that we say as if it never happened.

false

Which of the following is not necessary for communication competence?

happiness

The ________ context is the background provided by previous communications between participants.

historical

A __________ is an actual text of what to say and do in a specific situation.

script