List and briefly define the eight basic components of communication identified in the text.
What will be an ideal response?
- Source/sender: the creator of the message
- Message: the communication created by the source
- Interference/noise: anything that changes the meaning of an intended message
- Channel: the means by which messages flow between sources and receivers
- Receiver: the individual who analyzes and interprets the message
- Feedback: the response to a message that a receiver sends back to a source
- Environment: the psychological and physical surroundings in which communication occurs
- Context: the psychological and physical surroundings in which communication occurs
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ice, liquid, and steam. What strategy for explaining a quasi-scientific phenomena did the speaker use? a. Provide clear key points. b. Use analogies and metaphors. c. Use presentation aids. d. Use frequent connectives—transitions, previews, summaries, signposts. e. Discuss non-examples.
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a. TRUE b. FALSE
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A. Rules work best when they consider individual family members. B. Rules are affected by cultural trends. C. Rules evolve over time. D. Rules may be either spoken or unspoken.
Graph the line through the origin with a slope of m = 0.4.
What will be an ideal response?