Exam 1: An Introduction to Communication Research

Joseph is sitting in a lecture on cervical manipulation. Although Joseph has a Ph.D. in physics, he really doesn't understand anything about medicine. In fact, he's having a hard time keeping up with the lecture. At what point of the SMCR model is Joseph having problems?

List and describe the work and accomplishments of three historians who assisted in the advancement of the communication discipline.

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Physical Sciences

Which component of the definition of communication suggests that human communication is dynamic and changing?

Which of the following forms of research was not one conducted by social scientists during World War II?

Physical sciences include groups of fields such as cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology.

Which famous mathematician argued that the underlying rule of nature was mathematics?

William James was the first social scientist in the United States to explore how Darwin's theory of natural selection could be applied in the social sciences.

What is the process we go through to assign meaning to messages?

The first medium used to communicate messages was Morse code.

Humans can never communicate in the same way twice.

Which of the following is not a subject studied in the journal Communication Research Reports according to Wickersham, Sherblom, and Richmond?

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Encoding

What is the process by which one person stimulates meaning in the mind(s) of another person (or persons) through verbal and nonverbal messages?

Match each of the following terms with the correct statement. -Nonverbal Messages