Communication Breakdown

COMM 3050
Chapter 2 Presentation
Sean Patrick, Carter Chase, Marcus Frazier, Lyndsee Halls, Douglas Hansen
Phenomenologi Semiotic Socio- Socio- Rhetorical
cal Psychological
Tradition Cultural Tradition
Tradition and Cybernetic
Tradition

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 The Phenomenological Tradition
100 Points

This refers to the intentional analysis of everyday life

from the standpoint of the person who is living it.

A. Phenomenology
B. Congruence
C. Empathic Understanding
D. The “Dan in Real Life” phenomenon
The Phenomenological Tradition
100 Points

A. Phenomenology
The Phenomenological Tradition
200 Points

This tradition is the most subjective

A. Socio-Cultural
B. Semiotic
C. Phenomenological
D. Cybernetic
The Phenomenological Tradition
200 points

C. Phenomenological
 The Phenomenological Tradition
300 Points

This is the tradition that is the most subjective

A. Cybernetic
B. Sociopsychological
C. Sociocultural
D. Having grandpa cut the turkey on Thanksgiving
The Phenomenological Tradition
300 Points

B. Sociopsychological
 The Phenomenological Tradition
400 Points

The phrase “Walking in someone else’s shoes for a

day” is most fitted for this
A. Empathic Understanding
B. Congruence
C. Rhetorical Communication
D. Borrowing your friends shoes for a day
The Phenomenological Tradition
400 Points

A. Empathic Understanding
 The Phenomenological Tradition
500 Points

This term represents putting on a façade, plays a role,

or puts on a front.
A. Congruence
B. Semiotic
C. Unconditional Positive Regard
D. An individual on a first date
The Phenomenological Tradition
500 Points

A. Congruence
 The Semiotic Tradition
100 Points

Semiotics is the study of _________.

A. Producing culture
B. Signs
C. Persuasion
D. Machine Guns
The Semiotic Tradition
100 Points

B. Signs
 The Semiotic Tradition
200 Points

Words are arbitrary symbols that have no inherent

________.

A. Tradition
B. Gang
C. Meaning
D. Value
The Semiotic Tradition
200 Points

C. Meaning
 The Semiotic Tradition
300 Points

Most symbols have a natural connection with the

things they describe.
A. True
B. False
C. Both A and B
D. All of the above
The Semiotic Tradition
300 Points

B. False
 The Semiotic Tradition
400 Points

In Semiotics what component(s) does the Peircean

Triad contain?
A. Sign
B. Relationship
C. Signified
D. All of the above
The Semiotic Tradition
400 Points

D. All of the above

 The Semiotic Tradition
500 Points

In Semiotics the action is learned before the act.

A. True
B. False
C. A and B
D. All of the above
The Semiotic Tradition
500 Points

A. True
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
100 Points

Scholars in this tradition look for ______ relationships

that will predict when a communication behavior will
succeed and when it will fail.
A. Cause and Effect
B. Healthy
C. Real
D. Dishonest
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
100 Points

A. Cause and Effect

The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
200 Points

A discovery was made in this tradition that a message

from a ________ produced large shifts in opinion
compared to the same message coming from a low-
credibility source.
A. High-Credibility source
B. Roger Clemens
C. Valid source
D. None of the above
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
200 Points

A. High-Credibility Source
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
300 Points

What anchored the Cybernetic tradition that regards

communication as the link connecting the separate
parts of any system
A. Conversation
B. Theory
C. Feedback
D. Duct Tape
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
300 Points

C. Feedback
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
400 Points

________ is a theory that is designed to maximize the

amount of information “the system” can carry.
A. Systems Theory
B. Spiral of Silence Theory
C. Information Theory
D. Communications Privacy Management Theory
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
400 Points

C. Information Theory
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
500 Points

Two types of credibility that are established in the

Socio-Psychological tradition are:

A. Peanut Butter and Jelly

B. Expertise and Character
C. Theory Application and Approach
D. All of the above
The Socio-Psychological and Cybernetic
Traditions
500 Points

B. Expertise and Character

 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
100 Points

The Socio-Cultural tradition suggests that ________

actually structures our perception of reality.
A. Reality TV
B. Language
C. Communication Theory
D. Ceremony
The Socio-Cultural Tradition
100 Points

B. Language
 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
200 Points

The Socio-Cultural tradition suggests:

A. Words reflect what actually exist
B. What exists actually reflect words
C. Language doesn’t bridge the gap between cultures
D. None of the above
 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
200 Points

B. What exists actually reflect

words
 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
300 Points

Socio Cultural theorists state that it is through the

process of communication that _______ is produced,
maintained, repaired, and transformed.
A. Reality
B. Tradition
C. Theory
D. A Communication Degree
The Socio-Cultural Tradition
300 Points

A. Reality
 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
400 Points

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that the _______ of

a culture’s language shapes what people think and do.
A. Shape
B. Letters
C. Structure
D. Truth
The Socio-Cultural Tradition
400 Points

C. Structure
 The Socio-Cultural Tradition
500 Points

True or False:
According to our text, the Socio-Cultural tradition
offers help in bridging the culture gap that exists
between “us” and “them”.
The Socio-Cultural Tradition
500 Points

True
 The Rhetorical Tradition
100 Points

True or False: There are a half dozen features that

characterize the tradition of rhetorical communication
The Rhetorical Tradition
100 Points

True
 The Rhetorical Tradition
200 Points

In this feature of the rhetorical tradition, rhetoric is more

art than science.
A. Oral public persuasion is the province of males
B. An emphasis on the power and beauty of language
C. A single speaker attempts to influence an audience
D. Public address is more effective than force
 The Rhetorical Tradition
200 Points

B. An emphasis on the power and

beauty of language.
 The Rhetorical Tradition
300 Points

In 1963 this famous man crafted his moving speech

using traditional rhetorical format
A. Ike Turner
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. John F. Kennedy
D. Hitler
 The Rhetorical Tradition
300 Points

B. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Rhetorical Tradition
400 Points

Rhetoric is best suited for:

A. One on one conversation
B. Small group communication
C. Large group communication
D. One person addressing many
 The Rhetorical Tradition
400 Points

D. One person addressing many

The Rhetorical Tradition
500 Points

Rhetoric is known as a/an.

A. Art form
B. Science
C. Both A and B
D. A waste of time
The Rhetorical Tradition
500 Points

A. Art form
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