PURC practice quiz

A process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another within and across channels, contexts, media, and cultures

• Communication
• Isolation
• Reception
• Transportation

Context, Speaker, Message, Channel, Noise, Listener, Feedback are the basic ________ of communication

• elements

• principles

• characteristics

• guidelines

What does schema pertain to in communication?

• A type of clothing

• A type of food

• An individual's background knowledge

• A type of music

What is the main role of the receiver in communication?

• To delete the message

• To ignore the message

• To interpret the message

• To create the message

What does communication always result into?

• Animals participating in a communicative act

• No one participating in a communicative act

• One person participating in a communicative act

• Two or more persons participating in any communicative act

What does it mean when communication is referred to as irreversible?

• Once something is said, it cannot be taken back

• Messages can be easily erased

• Messages can be changed at any time

• Messages can be reversed

What is proxemics in nonverbal communication?

• Studying the impact of space and distance on behavior

• Studying the impact of time on behavior

• Studying the impact of body movements on behavior

• Studying the impact of language on behavior

What is cultural globalization?

• Formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and collective religious identities

• Formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and collective political identities

• Formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and collective cultural identities

• Formation of shared norms and knowledge with which people associate their individual and collective social identities

What are cultural differences?

• Different beliefs, behaviors, languages, customs, and expressions unique to members of a particular profession

• Different beliefs, behaviors, languages, customs, and expressions unique to members of a particular ethnicity, race, or nation of origin

• Different beliefs, behaviors, languages, customs, and expressions unique to members of a particular age group

• Different beliefs, behaviors, languages, customs, and expressions unique to members of a particular gender

What is gender sensitivity?

• An attitude and way of behaving in which you ignore cultural differences

• An attitude and way of behaving in which you disrespect cultural differences

• An attitude and way of behaving in which you are aware of and acknowledge cultural differences

• An attitude and way of behaving in which you avoid cultural differences