Transactional Model of Communication

What is the transactional model of communication?

• The exchange of messages between communicators

• The process in which communicators generate social realities within social, relational, and cultural contexts

• Communication between a sender and a receiver who alternate roles

• The simultaneous exchange of ideas between communicators

How does the transactional model differ from other models?

• It conceptualizes the flow of information and makes allowances for context

• It defines each person as a communicator who embodies both roles simultaneously

• It includes participants who are simultaneously senders and receivers

• All of the above

What is social context in communication?

• The stated rules or unstated norms that guide communication

• The relationship between the communicators

• The group of people who share values, beliefs, norms, and a common language

• The learned perceptions of the world

What are social norms?

• Perceived informal, mostly unwritten, rules that define acceptable and appropriate actions within a given group or community

• Social conventions that we pick up on through observation, practice, and trial and error

• Rules that influence social contexts

• All of the above

What is relational context in communication?

• The stated rules or unstated norms that guide communication

• The relationship between the communicators

• The group of people who share values, beliefs, norms, and a common language

• The learned perceptions of the world

How does relational context influence communication?

• It determines the content of the message

• It determines how the message is delivered

• It influences the other aspects of communication

• All of the above

What is cultural context in communication?

• The stated rules or unstated norms that guide communication

• The relationship between the communicators

• The group of people who share values, beliefs, norms, and a common language

• The learned perceptions of the world

How does cultural context influence communication?

• It determines the content of the message

• It determines how the message is delivered

• It influences the other aspects of communication

• All of the above

What is feedback in communication?

• The simultaneous exchange of ideas between communicators

• The response of a receiver to a sender's message

• The exchange of verbal and non-verbal cues

• The process of generating social realities within social, relational, and cultural contexts

How does the transactional model define communicators?

• As senders and receivers who alternate roles

• As communicators who embody both roles simultaneously

• As participants who generate social realities

• As individuals who exchange messages