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A First Look at Communication Theory (Conversations with Communication Theorists) 9th Edition Test Bank

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    1 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. "________ is an umbrella term for all careful, systematic, and self - conscious discussion and analysis of communication phenomena." A. Communication B. Inquiry C. Informed hunch D. Theory 2. Which of the following is posed by Judee Burgoon regarding communication theory? A. A set of systemic, informed hunches about the way things work. B. An umbrella term for all careful, systematic, and self - conscious discussion and analysis of communication phenomena. C. Nets cast to catch what we call "the world." D. Relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response. 3. What nontechnical term does Judee Burgoon use in reference to communication theory? A. Hints B. Hunches C. Inklings D. Instincts 4. Hunches that communication theory are built about should be A. informed. B. plural. C. systematic. D. All of the answers are correct 5. Theories A. alter what we already believe. B. go beyond accepted wisdom. C. should reflect commonly held beliefs. D. usually violate or contradict accepted wisdom.

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    6. Which of the following was not posed as a metaphor for theories? A. Lenses B. Mirrors C. Maps D. Nets 7. _____________ is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response. A. Communication B. Message exchange C. Symbolic interaction D. Theory - building 8. Communicators usually make ______________ choices about a message's form and substance. A. conscious B. mindless C. responsive D. subconscious 9. Which of the following was presented as a truism among communication scholars? A. anyone can step into the same river twice B. communication is irreversible C. the only "failure to communicate" is not communicating D. words don't mean things, people mean things 10. ______________ is the effect or outcome of a communication message. A. A meaning - filled reply B. A successful response C. Any cognitive, emotional, or behavioral response D. Symbolic exchange 11. Theories should be posed if there is a clear or widely accepted explanation of a given phenomena. True False

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    12. For clarity, a communication theory should rest on a single hunch or isolated idea. True False 13. Scholars generally agree on a definition of communication. True False 14. A static theory is best to capture the richness of interaction between people that is constantly changing, varied, and complicated. True False 15. Text and message can be used synonymously. True False 16. Communication is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that __________________________ ________________________________________ 17. If you were developing a definition of theory, what components would be most central in your answer? 18. Explain what Burgoon means by the term "hunches" to describe communication theory.

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    19. Communication theorists differ in how they define communication. Do you think this term needs to be universally understood or interpreted? 20. Griffin's working definition of communication ("The relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response") involves five features of communication. Which is most central to the concept of communication? 21. How are both senders and receivers incorporated in Griffin's definition of communication? 22. Change or edit the following statement to better reflect the definition presented in Chapter 1: "A theory is a hunch about the way things work."

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    1 Key 1. "________ is an umbrella term for all careful, systematic, and self - conscious discussion and analysis of communication phenomena." A. Communication B. Inquiry C. Informed hunch D. Theory Griffin - Chapter 01 #1 2. Which of the following is posed by Judee Burgoon regarding communication theory? A. A set of systemic, informed hunches about the way things work. B. An umbrella term for all careful, systematic, and self - conscious discussion and analysis of communication phenomena. C. Nets cast to catch what we call "the world." D. Relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response. Griffin - Chapter 01 #2 3. What nontechnical term does Judee Burgoon use in reference to communication theory? A. Hints B. Hunches C. Inklings D. Instincts Griffin - Chapter 01 #3 4. Hunches that communication theory are built about should be A. informed. B. plural. C. systematic. D. All of the answers are correct Griffin - Chapter 01 #4

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    5. Theories A. alter what we already believe. B. go beyond accepted wisdom. C. should reflect commonly held beliefs. D. usually violate or contradict accepted wisdom. Griffin - Chapter 01 #5 6. Which of the following was not posed as a metaphor for theories? A. Lenses B. Mirrors C. Maps D. Nets Griffin - Chapter 01 #6 7. _____________ is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response. A. Communication B. Message exchange C. Symbolic interaction D. Theory - building Griffin - Chapter 01 #7 8. Communicators usually make ______________ choices about a message's form and substance. A. conscious B. mindless C. responsive D. subconscious Griffin - Chapter 01 #8

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    9. Which of the following was presented as a truism among communication scholars? A. anyone can step into the same river twice B. communication is irreversible C. the only "failure to communicate" is not communicating D. words don't mean things, people mean things Griffin - Chapter 01 #9 10. ______________ is the effect or outcome of a communication message. A. A meaning - filled reply B. A successful response C. Any cognitive, emotional, or behavioral response D. Symbolic exchange Griffin - Chapter 01 #10 11. Theories should be posed if there is a clear or widely accepted explanation of a given phenomena. FALSE Griffin - Chapter 01 #11 12. For clarity, a communication theory should rest on a single hunch or isolated idea. FALSE Griffin - Chapter 01 #12 13. Scholars generally agree on a definition of communication. FALSE Griffin - Chapter 01 #13 14. A static theory is best to capture the richness of interaction between people that is constantly changing, varied, and complicated. FALSE Griffin - Chapter 01 #14 15. Text and message can be used synonymously. TRUE Griffin - Chapter 01 #15

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    16. Communication is the relational process of creating and interpreting messages that __________________________ elicit a response. Griffin - Chapter 01 #16 17. If you were developing a definition of theory, what components would be most central in your answer? Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #17 18. Explain what Burgoon means by the term "hunches" to describe communication theory. Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #18 19. Communication theorists differ in how they define communication. Do you think this term needs to be universally understood or interpreted? Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #19 20. Griffin's working definition of communication ("The relational process of creating and interpreting messages that elicit a response") involves five features of communication. Which is most central to the concept of communication? Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #20

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    21. How are both senders and receivers incorporated in Griffin's definition of communication? Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #21 22. Change or edit the following statement to better reflect the definition presented in Chapter 1: "A theory is a hunch about the way things work." Answers will vary Griffin - Chapter 01 #22

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    1 Summary Category # of Questions Griffin - Chapter 01 22

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    2 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. The central question addressed by epistemology is: A. How can we predict the future effectively? B. How do we know what we know, if we know it at all? C. What is the meaning of reality? D. What is truth? 2. Interpretive scholars A. assume that people create multiple meanings of reality. B. work hard to maintain objectivity. C. realize that all meaning is objective. D. None of the answers are correct 3. A social scientist is often appropriately labeled a(n) _____________. A. empiricist B. phenomenologist C. poststructuralist D. rhetorician 4. For a strict social scientist, humans ______________. A. have the freedom to make choices B. make responsible decisions C. are unaffected by outside stimuli D. are controlled by forces beyond their conscious control 5. Determinists hold that A. every effect has multiple, knowable causes. B. every human act is ultimately voluntary. C. environmental factors are usually irrelevant to human behavior. D. heredity accounts for everything a person does.

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    6. For the behavioral scientist, the relationship between individual freedom and predictability is such that as individual freedom goes up A. predictability increases. B. predictability stays the same. C. predictability decreases. D. outside causes affect predictability. 7. The basic activity of the behavioral scientist is A. seeking facts. B. generating hypotheses. C. publicizing significant findings. D. theory testing. 8. The interpretive scholar strives for A. prediction. B. control. C. meaning. D. All of the answers are correct 9. Which of the following is a purpose of a scientific theory? A. explanation of universal laws of human behavior B. exploration of meaning C. interpretation of an individual text in a specific context D. maintenance of the status quo 10. Which of the following is used to support an empirical theory? A. examples of social injustice B. claims based on personally held ideology C. data from direction observation D. exploration of meaning or context 11. Effective theories describe and predict only those objective facts that can be sensed by an individual and will not speculate about the subjective meanings inside our heads. True False

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    12. Most practitioners agree that the terms "scientific" and "objective" are largely interchangeable. Likewise, interpretive scholars all agree on the companion term of "humanist." True False 13. Scientists believe that there is only one reality "out there" and that truth is therefore singular. True False 14. Behavioral scientists are likely to describe human conduct using phrases such as "in order that" or "so that," whereas interpretive scholars will describe events using the phrase "because of." True False 15. Determinists believe that things are predestined to happen and thus nothing that we can do can affect outcomes. True False 16. For the _________________ theorist, theory is less about proving something and more about meaning . ________________________________________ 17. For empirical or scientific theorists, there is one reality out there waiting to be discovered through ___________________ ________________________________________ 18. Griffin separates theories into two "camps": objective and interpretive. Where do you feel more at home? Why?

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    19. Compare the interpretive scholar's philosophy with the scientist's.

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    2 Key 1. The central question addressed by epistemology is: A. How can we predict the future effectively? B. How do we know what we know, if we know it at all? C. What is the meaning of reality? D. What is truth? Griffin - Chapter 02 #1 2. Interpretive scholars A. assume that people create multiple meanings of reality. B. work hard to maintain objectivity. C. realize that all meaning is objective. D. None of the answers are correct Griffin - Chapter 02 #2 3. A social scientist is often appropriately labeled a(n) _____________. A. empiricist B. phenomenologist C. poststructuralist D. rhetorician Griffin - Chapter 02 #3 4. For a strict social scientist, humans ______________. A. have the freedom to make choices B. make responsible decisions C. are unaffected by outside stimuli D. are controlled by forces beyond their conscious control Griffin - Chapter 02 #4

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