Exam 1: Foundations of Interpersonal Communication

We share meaning in interpersonal communication, and in the process we achieve ______.

______ interpersonal communication focuses on the supportive, affirming reasons that people communicate with others.

What metaphor is used in your textbook to illustrate how we determine whether to engage with another person?

______ issues may occur any time behavior can have significant impact on other people, the behavior involves choice of means and ends, and behavior can be judged by standards of right and wrong.

Interpersonal communication is ______.

Being deliberative in our interpersonal communication means we are ______.

According to the linear model of communication, as the author of a blog, Sam is the ______ of the message.

Words alone have no meaning. Explain why this is true.

The linear model of communication views information transmission as a one-way process.

Boundaries are not always clearly delineated; therefore, people's fields of experience ______ at times.

People from dramatically different cultures can have overlapping fields of experience.

The golden mean, when applied to communication, is rooted in the ability to find a ______.

The feedback introduced in the interactional model of communication is strictly verbal.

According to the linear model, you may feel anxious when you speak with someone one day and at ease on another day. To what does this refer?

Interpersonal communication exchanges have a definable beginning, middle, and ending.

How might texting create semantic noise? Give an example.

Chris and Andrew decide that the name "Earl" will refer to their science teacher, whose name is not Earl, but it will only mean that if it is ______.

You comb your hair differently, and Jim decides it means you are not happy with your hair. Regardless of whether that is true, you cannot prevent Jim from making meaning out of your behavior, thus making it ______.

Which of the three components in the linear model of communication is the pathway? Give an example.

The ethic of care first looked at ______ ways of moral decision making.