True False

T F 1. The mode of communication in which the speaker sends a message to a receiver is called the interaction model.

T F 2. The term dyadic communication refers to the context in which people in a group communicate with each other.

T F 3. The mode by which a message moves from source to receiver is called feedback.

T F 4. A systematic arrangement of symbols, letters, or words is called nonverbal communication.

T F 5. Your perceptions shape your speaking and your listening.

T F 6. Encoding is assigning meaning to an idea or thought.

T F 7. The process of understanding and sharing meaning within the self is called interpersonal communication.

T F 8. Communication changes in different contexts.

T F 9. Barnlund's "six persons" involved in every two-person interaction illustrates how we construct others and ourselves through communication.

T F 10. The word communication comes from a Latin term meaning "to speak with understanding."

T F 11. Communication is the process of understanding and sharing meaning.

T F 12. Communication plays a minor role in fulfilling the purposes of a democratic society.

T F 13. The context of communication requires that most prestructuring of the message in public communication.

T F 14. According to the chart on formality and intimacy in the book, the most intimate context of human communication is interpersonal communication.

T F 15. There are more opportunities for feedback in the dyadic context than in the small group context.

Multiple choice

16. The word communication comes from the Latin "communicare," which means

A. "to speak with understanding"

B. "to make common"

C. "to form a community of believers"

D. "to care for others"

17. Which of the following does NOT relate to the term process?

A. continuous

B. ongoing

C. dynamic

D. static

18. Which of the following terms is NOT part of the definition of communication?

A. process

B. understanding

C. meaning

D. codes

19. Communication begins with

A. the self

B. the other

C. the dyad

D. the group

20. Dean Barnlund uses a model in which each two-person interaction really involves

A. six persons

B. three persons

C. one person

D. four persons

21. The model of communication is which senders and receivers simultaneously send and receive verbal and nonverbal messages is the

A. action model

B. interaction model

C. transaction model

D. constructivist model

22. Which of the following is NOT a component of communication?

A. feedback

B. message

C. code

D. action

23. When you do not listen well because you are daydreaming, it is because of

A. encoding

B. semantic distractions

C. noise

D. channeling

24. Which of the following is NOT a context of communication.

A. feedback

B. intrapersonal

C. interpersonal

D. public

25. When you look at yourself in the mirror and decide that you need to comb your hair, you are using what context of communication?

A. intrapersonal communication

B. interpersonal communication

C. dyadic communication

D. public communication

26. Which of the following does NOT relate to the term public communication.

A. formality

B. structure

C. planning

D. spontaneity

27. Of the contexts that include two or more people, the one that permits the least opportunity for feedback is

A. intrapersonal context

B. interpersonal context

C. public context

D. mass context

28. The term that includes the use of language in communication is known as

A. feedback

B. code

C. meaning

D. context

29. Which term refers to communication between two people?

A. dyadic communication

B. intrapersonal communication

C. interpersonal communication

D. synthetic communication

30. Saying "uh huh" to indicate that you understand is classified as a

A. verbal code

B. nonverbal code

C. language code

D. linguistic code