SCOM 123 Practice Test

Rebecca says goodbye and wavers her hand at the same time. What part of nonverbal speech does this represent?

Which of the following is not a myth about communication

What is the proper definition for multiculturalism?

Humans have the ability to use language to talk about language. What is this called?

Identify the different types of listening

You have been given a prompt 2 weeks ago to prepare for your speech on April 10th, what type of speech are you giving?

[blank_start]Empathetic[blank_end] listening involved understanding the perspective of the other person while knowing how they feel and trying to help them

[blank_start]Comprehending[blank_end]: how we understand what is being said [blank_start]Retaining:[blank_end] keeping that information in our brains and remembering it for later [blank_start]Responding:[blank_end] how we respond to those verbal or nonverbal messages

Identify the 3 criteria for evaluating supporting material

You want to research miniature schnauzers, what search would provide the most results?

Billy is writing a paper about a crime scene and is organizing by the times of the crime. What organizational pattern is he using?

Dr. Gilje is lecturing the class on nuclear chemistry, he speaks in a louder tone when talking about important things and a lower tone when giving general information. What is Dr. Gilje using?

[blank_start]Linguistic Determinism[blank_end]: claims that we are prisoners of our native language, unable to think certain thoughts or perceive in certain ways because of the grammatical structure and lexicon of our language [blank_start]Linguistic Relativity:[blank_end] claims that the grammar and lexicon of our native language powerfully influences but does not imprison our thinking and perception

The Webster's Dictionary defines persuasion as the process of convincing someone to change their attitude or behavior on a certain topic. What type of meaning is this?

April's father recently died, instead of saying April's father kicked the bucket, we say April's father passed away. What is this an example of?

Ethnocentrism views cultures as different, but not deficient

[blank_start]Structure[blank_end]: a form or shape characterized by an interrelationship among its part, foundations of a language [blank_start]Productivity[blank_end]: capacity of language to transform a small number of phonemes into whatever words, phrases, and sentences that we require to communicate our abundance of thoughts, ideas, and feelings [blank_start]Displacement:[blank_end] the human ability to use language to talk about objects, ideas, events, and relations that do not just exist in the here and now and may not exist at all except in our minds

Sense experience is the selective and limited part of abstracting

Jargon is informal works used with a common understanding of the meaning

Match the 4 types of noise: [blank_start]physical noise[blank_end]: external, environmental distractions [blank_start]physiological noise[blank_end]: biological influences ex. sweaty palms [blank_start]psychological noise[blank_end]: preconceptions, biases, and assumptions [blank_start]semantic noise[blank_end]: reflected in word choice that is confusing or distracting