Comm 1050 Chapter 1: An Overview of Communication

Which of the following can a symbol be?

• Word

• Message

• Sign

• Smake

Which of the following helps explain why people do not always agree on what exactly is taking place?

• Frames

• Perspectives

• Representations

• Signs

A symbol represents ______.

• value

• purpose

• style

• meaning

When Bob first met Malcolm, he shook his hand. In another scenario, after a job interview, Gwen shook Ellen’s hand. Which communication context is used in this interaction?

• Physical

• Emotional

• Relational

• Rational

The process of social construction is ______.

• continuous

• static

• standard

• slow

The relational ______ helps explain the relationship shared by the people interacting.

• story

• venue

• context

• setting

Each time you communicate with someone from your culture or another, what are you taking for granted?

• Language

• Expectations

• Knowledge

• Speech

Communication is the essence of life. Which approach states that communication facilitates bringing something new into existence?

• Constitutive approach

• Cognitive approach

• Constructive approach

• Critical approach

A ______ draws a boundary around the conversation and pulls our attention toward certain things and away from others.

• relational frame

• communication frame

• perception frame

• specification frame

A hospital patient knows how to interact with his/her doctors and nurses and vice versa. A shared understanding of what communication tool enables people to make sense of what is happening.

• Frames

• Messages

• Mediums

• Logos