Comm Theory Final Exam

When discussion is about the future

The Role Category Questionnaire (RCQ) is used to

Edward Hall’s term for the study of people’s use of space as a special elaboration of culture is

In Hirokawa’s perspective -- Establishing criteria in which to judge proposed solutions

The word a speaker uses that sums up all that is regarded as bad or evil

A firm statement followed by a soft question

What is the descriptive characteristic of Tannen’s genderlect styles?

A neo-Marxist critique that sets forth the position that the mass media manufactures consent for the dominant ideology

“I went to Bemidji and saw statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox” this statement example of which of the following

Regard for self face, other face, or mutual face

A strategy of adapting your communication behavior in such a way as to become similar to another person

Which communication theory studies the long term effects of television on viewers?

Factors that can lead to boudary turbulence

Where and when the act was performed -- context, situation

Scholarship that goes behind the scenes of media organizations trying to understand what policies/practices lurking

What statement associates with Aristotle’s golden mean?

Webs of shared meanings and values based on surroundings -- environmental context

Clark and Delia’s study of school children demonstrates that

When considering human sentiments and passions

Invisible variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines a person’s preferred distance from others is

The self concerned facework strategy used to preverve autonomy and defend against loss of personal freedom

A communication strategy of accentuating the differences between you and another person

Personal information that only you know

Which depicts the characteristics or nature of dramatism?

Emerges from the dynamic dance over coordinated actions and managed meanings

Which one is the term about the person or people who performed the acts?

When discussion is about the future

Research says those who spend more time watching television are more likely to see the “real world”

Positive or negative anecdotes about others in the organization -- description of how things “really work.”

Tales that carry management ideology and reinforce company policy

Best way to stimulate attitude change in others is to offer just enough incentive to elicit counterattitudinal behavior

Original: People feel phsyiologically aroused when their proxemic expectations were violated. Now:

A lawyer ensuring a client that his or her information would not be exposed -- refers to the law of ethics

A systematic logic and set of routine practices and ideology that values control over all other concerns

Self image; the degree to which people conceive of themselves as relatively autonomous from or connected to others

Operating outside the employees’ awareness, a form discourse that restricts what can be said or even considered

The typical conversational style of women, which seeks to establish connection with others

A view that communication is merely a conduit for the transmission of information about the real world

Stakeholder democracy; where all stakeholders in an organization negotiate power & openly reach collaborative decisions

Cognitive complexity is

Actions by which members constitute and reveal their culture to themselves and others

Prominent issues as set forth by news makers

In Hirokawa’s perspective -- Generation of options to sufficiently solve the problem or issue

A recollection of an action taken in a specific situations paired with its consequences is a

Grandpa is in the hospital not talking. According to Watzlawick, communication is occuring. Which of the following best

Specific verbal and nonverbal messages that help to maintain and restore face loss and to uphold and honor face gain

The perceptual process by which we observe what people do and then try to figure out their intent or disposition

According to scholars, which of the following does a cognitively complex person do better

The distressing mental state caused by inconsistency between a person’s two beliefs or a belief and an action

When selected aspects are chosen to box a view of reality

A record of the intertwined layers of common meaning that underlie what a particular people say and do

Scholarship of systematic study of television content, usually employing content analysis as a research method

Sharing secrets with a friend

When decisions are guided by abstract cues rather than an direct argument

Group memberships and social categories that we use to define who we are

Publicly urging others to believe or do something that is opposed to what the advocate actually believes

When considering rationality

Collaborative decision making; participatory democracy in the workplace

Person-centered messages have been linked to

H’s perspective -Testing the relative merits of each option against the criteria selected weighing the benefits & costs

Belief human behavior & relationships are caused by difference in financial resources and the disparity in power

How a speaker gets an audience to accept their view of reality by using five key elements: act, scene, agent, agency,

The constant movement toward or away from others by changing your communicative behavior

Wherein people look out for themselves and their immediate families; i-identity; a low context culture

My personal policy is to never reveal my social security number to strangers

Demeaning or patronizing talk; excessive concern to vocal clarity or amplification, message simplification, repetition

Immersing oneself in a culture as a researcher for the purpose of recording meaning, mapping out social discourse...

The process of employees actively but unknowingly accomplish managerial interests in an attempt to fulfill their own

Webs of significance; systems of shared meaning

The subtle sway of societies haves or its have nots -- the dominant ideology within a society

The other concerned facework strategy used to defend and support another person’s need for inclusion

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox created ten thousand lakes throughout Minnesota by walking around.

Tales told by employees that put them in a favorable light

The projected image of oneself in a relational situation

Function in Hirokawa’s perspective when the group is facing the initial issues

Texts that articulate multiple aspects of cultural life -- often marking rites of passage or life transitions

Creating an argument (no expansion or enhancement, and no abstract cues)

Mainstreaming is characterized best by which of the following answers?

Continually crafted through communication -- image, who you are to others

Issues that grow out of widespread general concern

Sequence of speech acts that are held together by story

Encroachment of modern corporations into every area of life outside the workplace

People identify w/ a larger group responsible for providing care in exchange for group loyalty; we identity; high contex

The word a speaker uses to which all words are subservient

Creating an argument - scrutinizing - deciding whether it’s strong, weak, or neutral; even creating counter arguments

A view that language is the principal medium through which social reality is created and sustained

The media does not tell you what to think, but what to think about

Expectations about behavior that members of a community feel should (or should not) occur in particular situations

Persisting in your original communication style regardless of the communication behavior of the other

Communicator reward valence is

Blending the results of multiple emperical & independent research exploring the same relationship between 2 variables

Strong doubts experienced after making an important close call decision that is difficult to reverse

When credibility considered

Communicators’ predisposition to focus on either their individual identity or group identity during a conversation

Mental frameworks classes & social groups use to make sense of the way society works - attitude, value, & belief systems

When the relationship of the people affects the meaning of the message

The typical monologic style of men that seeks to command attention, convey information, and win arguments

When discussion is about the past

Avoiding information that would create cognitive dissonance because it’s incompatible with their current beliefs

Research methodology committed to the search for knowledge and the presentation and distribution of the findings