Communications Homework Help

Question 1 

 Which category of nonverbal communication describes use of time?

Artifacts 

Chronemics

 Kinesics

 Haptics

Question 2

 Of the 200,000 people living in ancient Athens, roughly how many were free citizens? 

 40,000 

100,000. All the men were free citizens. 

200,000. As a democracy, everyone living in Athens was a free citizen. 

1. Only the king mattered.

Question 3

Which of the following spaces did Hall define as “personal” distance? 

 0 to 18 inches 

18 inches to 4 feet

 12 feet and beyond

4 to 12 feet

Question 4

When you describe observed behavior rather than offering personal reactions, you are __________. 

 drawing inferences

 being concrete

 being judgmental

 using descriptiveness

Question 5

 Which of Wilmot and Hocker’s conflict management styles shows a high concern for self and a low concern for others? 

Collaboration 

Competition

 Accommodation 

Avoidance

 What are all symbols that are not words?

   feedback

  nonverbal codes

  channel

 verbal codes

Question 6

Which term describes a word’s dictionary definition?

 Connotation 

Interpretation 

Self-perception

 Denotation

Question 7

 In terms of communication scholarship, noise is __________.

 something to be avoided. 

anything which impedes the transmission or reception of a message. 

really loud.

 the route along which a message is passed.

Question 8

 What happens when the desire for cohesion and agreement take precedence over critical analysis and discussion? 

 Diversity

 Democracy 

Selective exposure

 Groupthink

Question 9

Eduardo and Megan are preparing to join a group from their university on an art tour of another country. Megan has never been out of the state where she was raised; she’s excited, but she’s also nervous about the trip, as she has heard that the destination country is very different from her own. Eduardo is an “army brat” and has lived abroad more than once.

On the airplane, Eduardo and Megan get into a conversation about gifts. In the culture they will be visiting, it is a common practice to offer gifts to people, both in exchange for services and to establish a relationship for business relationships. Megan considers this behavior unethical; Eduardo does not.  Write a paragraph in which you consider whether or not the behavior is ethical and explain how you came to this conclusion.

Question 10

Teddy is a chemist at a government lab who has been invited to give a speech to an environmental activist group. Discuss how Teddy might try to understand his audience and then adapt his message to that audience in a way that changes their perceptions of him and his work.