Elements of Communication

The process through which we express, interpret, and coordinate messages.

• communication

• messages

• canned plan

• script

Mary _____ messages when she speaks.

• decodes

• encodes

• writes

• sets

Justin relies on his sight, mouth, and nonverbal behavior to convey the ___________ he wants others to understand.

• decoding

• feedback

• message

• script

Todd _____ messages when he responds to what was said.

• encodes

• scripts

• plans out

• decodes

Two ways to pull up how to react and what to say in a situation are through a _______ and _________.

• canned plan and script

• message and decoding

• feedback and social context

• physical context and settings

The communication context is made up of what five situations or contexts?

• Physical, message, historical, psychological, and cultural

• Physical, social, historical, psychological, and background

• Physical, social, historical, psychological, and cultural

• Physical, social, historical, childhood, and cultural

What are the five communication settings?

• Intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, public, and social

• Intrapersonal, big group, small group, public, and mass

• Intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, public, and mass

• Intrapersonal, big group, small group, public, and social

The communication process involves all of these activities except...

• message production

• message interpretation

• message families

• interaction coordination

The route traveled by the message and the means of transportation is the ...

• message.

• channel.

• feedback.

• coding.

True or False: There are two noise types and these include physical and psychological noise.

• True

• False