Chapter 1
Feedback
A discernible response of a receiver to a sender's message.
4. We receive and respond to messages from another person at the same time that she or he is receiving and responding to us is an example of the _____________ model A) Transaction B) Interactive C) Linear D) Cognitive E) All of the Above
A) Transactional
Hyper-personal Communication
Accelerated discussion of personal topics and relational development.
10. Commenting on a blog or Facebook update occurs as ______________ communication. A) Synchronous B) Asynchronous C) Mediated D) Technological E) All of the Above.
B) Asynchronous
5. If you and your friend need to negotiate what "frequently" means when it comes to how often you clean your apartment, this represents that: A) Sending and Receiving simultaneous. B) Meanings Exist in and among people. C) Environment and Noise affect Communication e) None of the above
B) Meanings exist in and among people.
6. Being unable to concentrate on what your mother is saying because you are upset about something that happened with a friend is an example of: A)External Noise B)Psychological Noise C)Physiological Noise D)Static E) None of the above.
B) Psychological Noise.
Environment
Both the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the people involved.
9. The idea that we might feel badly when our mother criticizes us, but less upset when a friend makes the same observation reveals that: A) Communication is transactional. B) Communication can be intentional or unintentional C) Communication has a content and relational dimension. D) Communication is irreversible E) None of the above.
C) Communications has a content and relational dimension.
7. The dynamic process that involved participants decoding an encoding messages is called: A) Environment B) Noise C) Transaction D)Context E)None of the Above
C) Transaction
1. True or false: According to the linear Model of Communication, at any given point in time a persons is sending a message and receiving a message and receiving a message?
False
Leanness
Massages that carry less information due to a lack of nonverbal cue.
Asynchronous Communication
Occurs when there is a gap in time when a message is sent and receive.
Communication Competence
The ability to achieve one's goals in a manner that is personally acceptable and, ideally, acceptable to others.
Cognitive Complexity
The ability to construct a variety of frameworks for viewing an issue.
Richness
The abundance of nonverbal cue that add clarity to a verbal message.
Content Dimension ( of a message)
The dimension of a message that communicates information about the subject being discussed.
Relational Dimension (of a message)
The dimension of a message that expresses the social relationship between two or more individual.
Transactional Communication Model
The dynamic process in which communicators create meaning together through interaction.
Channel
The medium Through which a message passes from sender to receiver.
Self-Monitoring
The process of attending to one's behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves.
Communication
The use of messages to generate meaning.
2. True or False: Cognitive Complexity is identified as a component of communication competence
True
3. True or False: When using mediated channels, research indicates a stronger tendency for individuals to demonstrate dis inhibition, transmitting message without considering their consequences.
True
Noise (External, Physiological, and psychological)
External, physiological, and psychological distraction and reception of a message.
Social Media
Describes all of the channels that make remote personal communication possible
8. Interpersonal communication can be distinguished from impersonal communication based on qualities of: A) Uniqueness B) Interdependence C) Personality D) All of the above E) A and B only
E) A and B only
Synchronous Communication
is two-way and occurs in real time