Exam 1: D: Communication: Essential Human Behavior

Although appropriateness is subjective and may change from one situation to another, competent communication focuses on using the skills that are effective in all situations.

The appropriateness of a communication act is largely determined by cultural norms and rules about what is acceptable or unacceptable.

The interaction model of communication is the most complex and accurate model of communication put forth because it is the only model to acknowledge that communicators simultaneously send and receive messages.

Individuals are only able to identify with one co-culture at a time, making this aspect of their cultural identity less meaningful than others.

We sometimes express emotions to help fulfill our practical needs.

In healthy relationships, there is usually equally shared control-both parties have about even levels of control over one another and the communication.

The more control one person has in a communication relationship, the less the other person has.

Competent communicators are more concerned with the outcome of their communication than they are with the process of their communication.

The linear model of communication could be used to describe the way an artist uses recorded music to communicate with his or her fans.

The discipline of communication is only concerned with communication that is intentional.

Most communication skills are known by instinct and cannot be learned or improved.

Codes lose their value once they are known broadly by a large number of people.

Human beings are born with the capacity to communicate.

The meanings of symbols are arbitrary and are negotiated between people.

A communicator's self-perception can have a profound impact on the way he or she communicates.

Humans are able to communicate without the use of symbols.

Most people perceive their cognitions, thoughts, and feelings to be innate, but they are actually shaped by the culture in which they live.

Transactional communication involves a sender and a receiver sending independent messages to one another.

Communication behavior can be effective without being appropriate.

An individual's ethics are influenced by his or her personal morals and values as well as by broader cultural notions of what is right or wrong morally.