BPsy Unit 5

What is the Shannon-Weaver model primarily used for?

• Describing emotional communication

• Optimizing technical transmission devices

• Explaining group dynamics

• Defining leadership

In the Shannon-Weaver model, what impairs the signal?

• Feedback

• Noise

• Encoding

• Transmission

What does Schramm's model emphasize about communication?

• Communication is one-directional

• Communication is a reciprocal exchange

• Noise is always present

• Communication has a clear beginning and end

According to Schramm’s model, what closes the communication loop?

• Encoding

• Feedback

• Noise

• Decoding

The Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) distinguishes between what two types of communication processing?

• Verbal and non-verbal

• Central and peripheral

• Analog and digital

• Symmetrical and complementary

What does Watzlawick's first axiom state about communication?

• Communication is always verbal

• One cannot not communicate

• Communication requires feedback

• Communication is always symmetrical

What are the two main components of communication, according to Watzlawick's second axiom?

• Sender and receiver

• Content and relationship

• Noise and feedback

• Signal and medium

What type of communication is deliberate and explicitly stated, as described in Watzlawick’s fourth axiom?

• Digital communication

• Analog communication

• Peripheral communication

• Symmetrical communication

Which is NOT one of the key phases in Tuckman’s group formation model?

• Forming

• Storming

• Resolving

• Performing

According to research, which group size is most effective when agreement is essential?

• 2-4

• 5

• 10-15

• 20-25