Exam 2: Perspectives on Human Communication

The ________ approach generally endorses the idea that reality is external to individuals and no one can predict future behavior based on observations of past behavior.

When a researcher makes an educated guess based on a theory, that guess is called an) _____.

The strength of the critical approach is its emphasis on the physical and psychosocial forces associated with communication.

Explain the demand-withdrawal conflict pattern from the social science approach.

Behaviorists believed that predictions were possible because they saw reality as both observable and describable.

Member-checking refers to an analysis of the number of people involved in a particular study.

The analysis of popular culture texts is common within the ________ approach to human communication.

An) ________ scholar explores communication with the ultimate goal of changing society.

Compare and contrast the social scientific and interpretive approach by describing the strengths and limitations of each approach.

Which of the following views would a critical scholar agree with?

Critical scholars are concerned with whether or not they have the right to study, analyze, and represent the views of others, perhaps disadvantaged people.

Researchers who investigate cultures differences from their own often use the ________ method to gather information.

Which branch of philosophy is a basis for the interpretative approach?

Tamara is interested in doing a quantitative research study to determine the most significant causes of public speaking anxiety among college students. This study belongs to the ________ approach to communication research.

The communication discipline is BEST described as _____.

The study of communication has a short history that can only be traced back to the early 1900s.

As the text notes, scholars develop ________ in an attempt to explain why people communicate as they do.

A _____ method of research would be used to answer the question, "how many?"

The interpretive approach to communication emphasizes the _____ of human behavior.

A ________ is a belief system that focuses on a set of assumptions about knowledge, reality, and human nature.