COMM 110 Exam 1

All communication transactions involve _____, the ability to influence the thoughts and behaviors of others.

Communication is inevitable.

Communication has purpose.

The evaluation we make about our personal worthiness based on our self-concept.

The nature of the relationship that exists between participants.

Communication is guided by cultural norms.

_______ processes we use to form perceptions of others.

is three to 20 people who come together to solve a problem or reach a decision.

Exaggerated or oversimplified generalizations used to describe a group.

Communication is irreversible.

Theory that explains how individuals monitor their social environment to know more about themselves and others.

occurs when you believe a person has some positive qualities, you’re likely to infer that she or he possesses more.

Different communication environments characterized by number of participants/whether the interaction is formal or not.

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to see others and their behaviors through your own cultural filters, often as distortions

The actual location of a communication encounter.

Abbreviations that stand in for common phrases.

Messages that let another know that you are paying attention, for example when you say things like “I see” or “uh-huh.”

Ableism is a form of prejudice.

The moods and feelings each person brings to a communication encounter.

_____ ______ Fear or anxiety associated with real or anticipated communication with others.

What occurs when one person gives a speech to a large audience?

Refers to the processes you go through to communicate the impression you want other people to have of you.

messages that are are not ethical and/or appropriate.

Reasons we give for our own and others’ behavior.

The process of selectively attending and assigning meaning to information.

background provided by previous communication between the participants that influence understandings going forward

The perception we have of our skills, abilities, knowledge, competencies, and personality traits.

Each person serves as both speaker and listener, and simultaneously communicate and receive messages.

Competencies and personality traits we would like to have.

_____ ______ the impression that communicative behavior is both appropriate and effective in a given situation.

Theory that explains how individuals monitor their social environment to know more about themselves and others.

Communication is unrepeatable.

Communication messages vary in conscious thought.

is informal interaction between two people who have an identifiable relationship with each other.

messages that are ethical and appropriate.

_________ is the communication you have with yourself.

What view said that in communication, the speaker spoke and the listener listened.

The route traveled by the message and the means of transportation.

Reactions and responses to messages is known as

_____ ______ is to a mass audience via TV, radio, internet or newspapers.

Perceptual distortion that arises from paying attention only to what we expect to see or hear and ignoring what we don’t

Racism is a form of prejudice.

Ethnocentrism is a form of prejudice.

Any external sight or sound that detracts from a message.

is when you take credit for the positive and deny responsibility for the negative.

Thoughts and feelings we experience that compete with a sender’s message for our attention.

The beliefs, values, orientations, underlying assumptions, and rituals that belong to a specific culture.

A person’s expectations and behavior towards an event make the event more likely to occur that would otherwise be true.

A gap between self-perception and reality.

Textual images that symbolize the sender’s mood, emotion, or facial expressions.