Test 1 Review Test 1 covers all the information in Chapters 1-4 and all lecture material offered in class. The test consists of True/False Questions and Multiple Choice Questions. Each correct answer on the test is worth 2 points each. This test is worth 100 points (or 10% of your total course grade). You will need to bring a Scantron (Form 882-ES) and a number two pencil with you to class on the day of this test. The information listed below can be used as a guide for studying. As mentioned above, all the information offered in your text and in the class can be on the test. Good luck folks! Information to Review Human Communication and its components (process, relational, symbolic) Understand how the Transactional Model of Communication works and its components (e.g., environment, types of noise, communicator, encoding, decoding, feedback, etc.) Types of Communication (e.g., intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, etc.) Social Media how it is different from Mass Communication and Face-to-Face Communication, how people use it, and how to communicate competently when using it The function of Communication and the needs it satisfies Communication Competence and its characteristics Misconceptions of Communication Self Concept, how it is defined, developed, and influences communication Steps in the perception process and each steps components Influences on perception Self-fulfilling prophecies Narratives and how they influence communication Common perceptual tendencies Reflected appraisal Significant others Narratives Attributions Empathy and perception checking Identity management (public and presenting selves) and its characteristics Define culture, coculture, race, ethnicity, and intergroup communication Ingroups and outgroups Salience Cultural Patterns Individualism-Collectivism High Context-Low Context Uncertainty Avoidance (High-Low)
Power Distance (High-Low)
Beliefs about Talks and Silence (more talk-more silence) Competitive-Cooperative Cocultural Identities (e.g., ethnicity, regional differences, sexual orientation, etc.) Regional differences (accent, interruptions, etc.) Characteristics of intercultural communication competence Language and its components (e.g., symbolic, meanings, and has rules) Language rules (semantics, pragmatics, phonemics) Language and the shaping of attitudes Troublesome language Language that leads to misunderstandings (e.g., equivocal language, relative words, etc.) Disruptive language (e.g., confusing facts with opinions and inferences, emotive language) Evasive Language Language similarities and differences by gender (e.g., content, reasons for communicating, conversational style, etc.) Jargon Euphemisms
Altering consciousness from western psychology and prasangika madhyamika buddhist theories of insight generation: Cognitive dissonance, Double bind, equilibration, prasanga + A logico-psychological model for the generation of insight applied to the Geluk-ba