Question 1

What research methods could be used to measure or test coordinated management of meaning (CMM)?

Accepted Answer

There are several research methods that could be used to measure or test coordinated management of meaning (CMM). Some potential methods include qualitative interviews and focus groups to gather individuals' perceptions and interpretations of communication interactions. Content analysis of communication patterns and messages could also be used to identify patterns of coordination and meaning-making. Additionally, quantitative surveys and experiments could be used to measure the impact of coordinated management of meaning on communication outcomes. Observational studies of real-life communication interactions could also provide valuable insights into how CMM operates in practice. Overall, a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods would likely be most effective in measuring and testing coordinated management of meaning.

Question 2

Mindful participants are participant observers willing to step back and look for places in the conversational flow where they can say or do something that will make the situation better for everyone involved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

________ is defined as a critical point in a conversation where what one says next will affect the unfolding pattern of interaction and potentially take it in a different direction.

Accepted Answer

Bifurcation point

Question 4

Compare and contrast stories told and stories lived.

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Question 5

Compared with participant observation, what are the potential strengths and weaknesses of community-based action research?

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Question 6

Martin Buber, a German Jewish philosopher and theologian, contrasted two types of relationships between people-I-It versus I-Thou. Identify a true statement about an I-It relationship.

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A)   Individuals create this relationship through dialogue.
B)   Individuals seek to experience the relationship as it appears to the other person.
C)   In an I-It relationship, people regard their partners as the very one they are.
D)   In an I-It relationship, people treat the other person as a thing to be used.

Question 7

In your own words, define coordination and coherence. Using a television show, movie, or a situation from "real life," provide examples of these concepts. Be sure to discuss the relationship between these two concepts.

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Question 8

What is the relationship between symbolic interactionism and coordinated management of meaning (CMM)? Does CMM extend, negate, or transform the work of Mead and his associates? How does research figure into the discussion?

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Question 9

According to coordinated management of meaning (CMM), there is a series of contexts relevant to every conversation. Provide an example of a conversation, and then discuss how it can be understood in terms of each context emphasized by Pearce and Cronen. Which context is most important? Why?

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Question 10

Barnett Pearce asserts that ________ co-construct ________ and are simultaneously shaped by the worlds they create.

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Question 11

What is social construction? How does it compare to information theory?

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Question 12

Martin Buber, a German Jewish philosopher and theologian, contrasted two types of relationships between people-I-It versus I-Thou. Identify a true statement about an I-Thou relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)   The relationship is created through monologue.
B)   The relationship lacks mutuality.
C)   In an I-Thou relationship, people regard their partners as the very one they are.
D)   In an I-Thou relationship, people resolve to treat their partners as a means to their own end.

Question 13

Pearce and Cronen believe that communication is a constitutive force that shapes people's ideas, relationships, and their whole social environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Coordinated management of meaning (CMM) has been criticized because:

Accepted Answer

A)   it has a reputation of being a confusing mix of ideas that are hard to pin down because they're expressed in convoluted language.
B)   Pearce and Cronen do not account for elements of human communication that are beyond coordination and coherence.
C)   Pearce and Cronen have aligned themselves too closely with Shannon and Weaver's model.
D)   Pearce and Cronen have a tendency to overemphasize statistical methods.

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true about the serpentine model?

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A)   The model directs one's attention to the "back and forthness" of social interaction.
B)   The model fails to analyze a conversation to map out its history.
C)   This model is similar to the standard one-way message transmission model of communication.
D)   This model fails to capture the repetitive patterns that either benefit or pollute the social environment.

Question 16

The coordinated management of meaning (CMM) theory has a reputation of being a confusing mix of ideas that are hard to pin down because they're expressed in convoluted language.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Identify, describe, and illustrate the multiple meanings of the term persons-in-conversation.

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Question 18

Dialogic communication:

Accepted Answer

A)   means that you approximate the process of communication favored by Socrates in the dialogues of Plato.
B)   is defined as a conversation in which parties remain in the tension between holding their own perspective while being profoundly open to the other.
C)   means that you control persons-in-communication, thereby establishing both coordination and coherence.
D)   means that you encourage stories lived and stories told but carefully avoid stories untold, stories unknown, and stories unheard.

Question 19

In the context of the seven types of stories identified in the LUUUUTT model, which of the following best describes "untold stories"?

Accepted Answer

A)   what one chooses not to say
B)   what one says that isn't heard or acknowledged
C)   stories that are forbidden or too painful for people to tell
D)   information that is missing

Question 20

Coordination is only possible if persons-in-conversation are coherent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Coordinated Management of Meaning Cmm

What research methods could be used to measure or test coordinated management of meaning (CMM)?

Mindful participants are participant observers willing to step back and look for places in the conversational flow where they can say or do something that will make the situation better for everyone involved.

________ is defined as a critical point in a conversation where what one says next will affect the unfolding pattern of interaction and potentially take it in a different direction.

Compare and contrast stories told and stories lived.

Compared with participant observation, what are the potential strengths and weaknesses of community-based action research?

Martin Buber, a German Jewish philosopher and theologian, contrasted two types of relationships between people-I-It versus I-Thou. Identify a true statement about an I-It relationship.

In your own words, define coordination and coherence. Using a television show, movie, or a situation from "real life," provide examples of these concepts. Be sure to discuss the relationship between these two concepts.

What is the relationship between symbolic interactionism and coordinated management of meaning (CMM)? Does CMM extend, negate, or transform the work of Mead and his associates? How does research figure into the discussion?

According to coordinated management of meaning (CMM), there is a series of contexts relevant to every conversation. Provide an example of a conversation, and then discuss how it can be understood in terms of each context emphasized by Pearce and Cronen. Which context is most important? Why?

Barnett Pearce asserts that co-construct and are simultaneously shaped by the worlds they create.

What is social construction? How does it compare to information theory?

Martin Buber, a German Jewish philosopher and theologian, contrasted two types of relationships between people-I-It versus I-Thou. Identify a true statement about an I-Thou relationship.

Pearce and Cronen believe that communication is a constitutive force that shapes people's ideas, relationships, and their whole social environment.

Coordinated management of meaning (CMM) has been criticized because:

Which of the following statements is true about the serpentine model?

The coordinated management of meaning (CMM) theory has a reputation of being a confusing mix of ideas that are hard to pin down because they're expressed in convoluted language.

Identify, describe, and illustrate the multiple meanings of the term persons-in-conversation.

Dialogic communication:

In the context of the seven types of stories identified in the LUUUUTT model, which of the following best describes "untold stories"?

Coordination is only possible if persons-in-conversation are coherent.