Exam 1: About Communication

Communication can be used to meet a variety of needs in everyday interaction. Explain why it is important that people use communication to meet their needs. Next, pick any two of the five needs that communication can meet. For each of those needs, provide a definition of the idea behind the need and be sure to identify how communication can meet that need. Finally, provide a clear, concrete example of an interaction that would satisfy those needs.

When your roommate says "We're out of detergent again" and you take that as a criticism, you are paying attention to which aspect of the message?

This model considers both people in a conversation to be senders and receivers simultaneously:

Human interaction is critical for the health of both infants and adults.

When people engage in communication about their communication, they are engaging in a process called:

One cultural myth about communication is that it can solve any relational problem. Offer reasoned speculation as to why people believe that idea. Do our shared social experiences lead us to think communication is a cure-all? How is that idea reinforced in our society? What role do the mass media play in perpetuating that idea? Finally, offer a brief but reasoned argument refuting this myth.

The concept of perceptual filters states that everyone will derive the same meaning from any given message.

According to the text, which of the following characteristics is not typically associated with some type of social stigma?

Explain the idea behind Chesley's "spillover" hypothesis and how it relates specifically to communication technology.

As defined in the textbook, communication can help us grow spiritually in all of the following areas except:

In the United States, most people understand that they are expected to form a line and wait for their turn. That is an example of what type of rule?

Which of the following would be considered an instrumental need that can be met through communication?

Using specific examples, explain the idea that "meanings are in people."

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a necessary characteristic of interpersonal communication?

To say that words are symbols accurately reflects which of the following ideas?

Communication scholars have developed three different models that can be used to analyze interactions: the action, interaction, and transaction models. What elements do these models have in common? How are they different? Even though the transaction model is the newest and perhaps most developed, can you think of any situations in which it might be useful to analyze an interaction using either the action or interaction model? Identify two different examples and justify your choices.

This aspect of communication relates to how well a message meets its goals:

According to research, what is the most powerful predictor of happiness in life?

Which of the following is an example of feedback that someone might provide in response to a message?

Researchers use this term to describe how aware people are of their own behaviors: