COM 201: QUIZ ONE

NAME: ______NUMBER: ______

Use the information from the textbook, and your knowledge gained from the lessons, to answer the following questions. Write short answers.

CHAPTER ONE:

  1. Define the term Communication.

Messages that have meaning (pg 10)

  1. Name the people who are involved in communication.

·  Source

·  Receiver (Pg 12)

  1. What is meant by the term channel?

How the message moves from the source to the receiver ( pg 12)

  1. When is communication successful?

By successful understanding (pg 12)

  1. What is the name we give to a response to a message?

_____Feedback______

  1. What do we call the process of translating an idea or thought into a message?

____Encoding__pg _12______

  1. Which statement is not true of communication?

·  Unrepeatable

·  Inevitable

·  Uncomplicated

·  Irreversible

  1. How many people are involved in intrapersonal communication?

___1_____pg 18____

CHAPTER TWO:

  1. Define the term perception.

The process of becoming aware of objects and events you’re your senses (pg 34)_

  1. Which statement is not true of perception?

·  Active

·  Creative

·  Objective

  1. Each person will perceive things differently, according to a number of certain factors. Name 3 of these factors.

·  Physiological factors

·  Past Experiences

·  Culture (pg 35-36)

  1. What do you understand by the term perceptual constancy?

Your past experiences affects how you perceive the world (pg 36)

13.  What do we call the part an individual plays in a group? A Role Pg 35)_

  1. Is the following statement True (T) or False (F)?

We prefer to listen to information that disagrees with or contradicts, out beliefs. __False______(pg 37)

  1. A first impression can be made in as little as:

·  3 minutes

·  3 seconds

·  30 seconds

  1. What do you understand by these words of Eleanor Roosevelt?

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Self Esteem – how you feel about yourself.

  1. Is the following statement True (T) or False (F)

Those people who have low self esteem are good communicators. F

CHAPTER THREE

18.  Language has 3 types of rules. Name them: pg 59

·  Semantics____

·  Syntax

·  Pragmatic

19.  What do you understand by this statement: Pg. 61

Words are arbitrary

  1. Is the following statement True (T) of False (F)?

Culture is a means of creating shared meaning, which is expressed through language __TRUE (pg 59)______

  1. Is the following statement True (T) or False (F)?

Culture changes over time, but language never changes. ___F______

  1. What is the name of the hypothesis which states that “language shapes our reality”? _Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (PG 60)______
  2. Use one word from the textbook to describe the following statement:

All women are bad drivers. ____Sexist______

  1. Explain the difference between an observation and an inference.

Observations are descriptions of what is sensed. Inference is

is a conclusion based on the observation. (Pg 73)

CHAPTER FOUR

25. In relation to gender and Tactile communication, which of the following is true?

a. Females and their daughters touch each other least.

b. Men use touch more than women.

c. Women are touched more than men.

d. Females touch others more than males touch others.

26. Pointing at your wrist while asking what time it is an example of a/an

a. adaptor

b. illustrator (pg 86)

c. regulator

d. emblam

27. A group of people are talking loudly during a movie. You put your index finger to

your mouth and they stop talking. This is an example of what?

a. Repeating

b. Substituting

c. Regulating (pg 83)

d. Contradicting

28. Give an example of:

An Emblem - (pg 86) ______

An Affect Display (pg. 87)

______

29. What are vocal cues? (pg 95)

______

30. Non-verbal codes work together with vocalized words to

a. repeat and emphasize

b. compliment and regulate

c. contradict and substitute

d. all of the above (pg. 84-86)

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