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Question 1

_____ is the process of transmitting information from one person or place to another.
Answer
Communication
Encoding
Feedback
Decoding
Channeling
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Question 2

What are three key elements of communication process?
Answer
encoding, noise, and symbols
feedback, circuit, and perception
encoding, message, and feedback
message, circuit, and decoding
feedback, message, and perception
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Question 3

_____ is the process by which individuals attend to, organize, interpret, and retain information from their environments.
Answer
Decoding
Active hearing
Perception
Passive listening
Participative communication
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Question 4

The retired founder of L. L. Bean spent much of his time sitting on a set of stairs where he could watch customers coming and going to his store. He typically dressed in old pants, well-worn flannel shirts, and a pair of muddy boots. Customers assumed he was a derelict. Those who recognized him thought of him as a real character. He was seen differently by different people due to:
Answer
a defensive bias
attribution
selective perception
a reactive bias
kinesics
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Question 5

The three formal communication channels in organizations are categorized as:
Answer
downward, horizontal, and upward
horizontal, vertical, and grapevine
hierarchical, functional, and organizational
upward, dyadic, and downward
vertical, horizontal, and dyadic
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Question 6

In the ____ type of grapevine communication network, numerous people simply tell a few of their friends.
Answer
cluster chain
decision tree
stratified
linear
gossip chain
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Question 7

Which of the following statements about hearing and listening are true?
Answer
By definition, listening is passive, and hearing is active.
Hearing and listening are synonyms.
Hearing and listening both require paralanguage during communication transmission.
Listening is an involuntary behavior, and hearing is an involuntary behavior.
Hearing is the act of perceiving sounds, while listening is the act of making a conscious effort to hear.
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Question 8

_____ is a technique of understanding the speaker’s perspective and personal frame of reference and giving feedback that conveys that understanding to the speaker.
Answer
Active listening
Empathetic listening
Nonconfrontational listening
Dyadic communication
Hearing
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Question 9

Which of the following communication channels plays an important role in BOTH one-on-one and organization-wide communication?
Answer
corporate talk shows
videotaped speeches and meetings
e-mail
broadcast voice mail
televised speeches and meetings
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Question 10

Organizational silence occurs when:
Answer
an organization is about to engage in a leveraged buyout
employees believe that telling managers about problems will not make a difference
organizations shutdown efforts to conduct grapevine communications
employees are advised to not discuss company issues with the news media
an organization refuses to answer customer complaints
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Question 11

Due to perceptual filters, a fan of the Texas A& M football team may be unable to see that one of his team members is guilty of roughing the kicker.
Answer True
False
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Question 12

To improve formal communication, managers should first increase reliance on downward communication.
Answer True
False
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Question 13

As the CEO of a large toy manufacturing company listened to a sales presentation on a new advertising campaign that would take advantage of the consumers’ interests in all things supernatural, he asked, “I’m confused with what you just said. I believe you discussed grabbing the audience’s attention through the use of macabre images and then later you said that you did not want to scare younger audience members. How will your campaign accomplish both these goals?” The CEO is obviously a(n):
Answer
attribution-motivated listener
empathetic listener
nonjudgmental listener
noise-free listener
active listener
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Question 14

One-on-one communication can be managed by choosing the right communication medium, being a good listener, giving effective feedback, and understanding cross-cultural communication.
Answer True
False
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Question 15

Which of the following is not an example of a technique of organization-wide communication aimed at getting a message out, (rather than finding out what others feel and think)?
Answer
online discussion forums
corporate talk shows
televised/videotaped speeches and meetings
company hotlines
broadcast voice mail
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Since we wrote our discussions on different topics I obviously learned new things from yours. I thought that you did a very good job and I thought that your post was very interesting. You did a good job writing this post. I thought that part about treating some scientific ideas as blasphemy was very interesting.

Nice post Sterling, i agree with you that the struggle between science and religion continues even today. I hear the controversy of evolution quite regular. Science is all about the proof, and religion about faith. The two will always have controversy between them when looking at certain issues.

I think it will always be a hidden thought in the back of everyones head as to how people were created. How to some people go against their beliefs of being created by God if that’s what they strongly feel, but how can people ignore hard facts and proof that it is possible that people were not created by God, that evolution is real and continues to grow. I find it hard to ignore facts but I also know how important it is to have beliefs and to stick to them.

I learned a lot from your post. The Scientific Revolution was a learning time, they accomplished so many things. I think that it is amazing how at that time they were so devoted to the church and religion but they started thinking that humans were created by scientific things instead of God.

Great post! I particularly liked the last part, relating the era of the Scientific Revolution to today. Because, the scientific revolution helped shape the way the world is today. Without it happened, we would not have all the modern technologies and knowledge we have today. Such as the modern conveniences of a washing machine or television.

The Divine Right of Kings is a theory claimed that kings were answerable only to God and it was therefore sinful for their subjects to resist them. This was in the middle ages that evolved in Europe. The Divine Right of Kings stated that kings essentially derived their power from God. Those that believed this would quote bible verses such as Proverbs: 15-16 which states “By me kings reign, and prince’s decree justice. By me princes rule and nobles even all the judges of the earth. Another Bible verse commonly quoted bible verse that claimed support of the divine right of kings was Romans 13: 1 “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisted the power resisted the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Both of the quotes are from New American Bible, New International Version. Also it is stated in The Divine Right of Kings that “Kings should not believe that they are its master and may use it as they wish. They should exercise it with fear and restraint as a thing which has come to them from God.

I find that of all the absolute rulers in Europe, by far the best example of one and the most powerful, was Louis XIV of France. He indeed believe in absolute Monarchy which was the political doctrine and practice of unlimited centralized authority and absolute sovereignty as vested especially in a monarch or dictator. He believed in the “divine right” of a French monarch that is the appointed of god to govern the country as he wished. Although Louis had some failures, he also had many successes. He controlled France’s money and had many different ways to get, as well as keep his power, and he knew how to delegate jobs to smart but loyal people. Louis XIV achieved royal absolutism and helped France become the most powerful nation in the world. His ideas and actions made him a model of absolutism. He created a strong army, gave the nobles special privileges and revoked the Edict of Nantes which insured his policies would be followed and to eliminate turmoil. He took away religious freedom from the Huguenots which is the French Protestants. This encouraged absolutism because it insured religious unity and eliminated the Protestant threat. The actions and ideas of Louis XIV both reflected and encouraged absolutism. These helped him to gain power, symbolize his importance to society and to insure his policies. He ruled for seventy two years and wrote a book for his heirs on how to be an absolute monarchy.

The scientific revolution was a time of great scientific advancement during the 16th and 17th centuries. The scientific revolution was, however, greatly oppressed by the church. Scientific advancements such as heliocentricity and atomism were made and formerly believed doctrines such as geocentricity and other Aristotelian ideas were disproved. Many of the Aristotelian views were strongly supported by the Catholic church and the scientists who dared to oppose those beliefs were instant targets of the pope and his followers. Punishments were often severe, including house arrest, and this greatly discouraged scientific advancement–though some of the greatest minds refused to give in.

Many scientists were persecuted, the most notable of these was Galileo. Upon inventing one of the first telescopes, he was able to see many areas of space never visible before such as Jupiter and Earth’s moons. The most notable of these observations was Venus’ celestial pattern, which could only be explained by its revolution around the sun. This was a risky point of view if publicized. The Aristotelian belief the Earth was the center of everything, tied well into the church’s misunderstanding of several bible verses which caused them to strictly promote the idea of an Earth-centered universe. Galileo’s views contradicted that of the Catholic church and he was immediately put on trial after a letter he wrote to a duchess of Tuscany was discovered.

Galileo represented himself well in court and he was able to get out with little punishment for his first trial, though at his second trial for publishing his book he was sentenced to house arrest where he remained for the rest of his life. Of particular importance, the church wasn’t defending a Biblical world view in the first place. The Bible never explicitly states that everything revolves around earth. Ironically, the idea was actually from pagan Greek philosophy.

Much of the Catholic churches scientific doctrine came from pagan Greek philosophy. Examples of these were Aristotelian physics: the idea that there were only 4 elements, fire, earth, air, and water. He also believed that all light bodies rise up, and all heavy bodies fall down. These ideas were disproven during the scientific revolution. This led to less credibility of the Catholic church, which was already weakened by the Protestant reformation.

Galileo famously quoted Cardinal Baronius, saying “The Bible was written to show us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go.” The scientific revolution was a time when the human race advanced greatly in our knowledge of the universe, though the Catholic church did their best to oppress it. Though going against all the obvious evidence reduced the credibility of the church, leading to the eventual subordination of the church to science which still continues today.

I believe that it is not necessary to continually upgrade software. Every time I get used to an OS it changes and I have to learn it all over again. I also do not appreciate the inability to upgrade using the same computer in some cases. I think that people would like an annual users fee more than the time consuming and very expensive task of upgrades. I am not sure if that would yield the same profits, but it would make things easier for the users. I think that upgrades are a good thing for the people who want to use them and that the companies should continue to expand the software, but also allow people who do not want or need to upgrade to continue to use the old OS without it being so difficult. Once the OS changes it becomes really difficult to share documents between computers. For instance, the computer in my office uses Windows XP and my company will not pay to upgrade it. It also uses an older version of Word and other programs. Because of this I have e-mails that will not deliver, attachments that no one can open, and I cannot use my computer to do SNAP exams. It can be really frustrating.

Info on plagiarism for online content copying:

Please remember that plagiarism is defined as using someone else’s work and passing it off as your own, without putting the copied material in quotes (“”). The essay should be written in your own words! You may use an occasional quote to highlight a point or two that you are trying to make, but be sure to use quotes sparingly and only within the context of the argument you are making.
Please note that it is also not acceptable to “recycle” old essays that you may have written in other courses and pass them off as new research for this class. In short, your essay should be an original work, written entirely by you, for this class.
Papers with plagiarized material will result in a zero on the assignment and an “F” for the course!

I do my best to stay away from Social networks and the ‘Social Web’ if that’s what you cal it. Facebook’s privacy is unacceptable in my opinion. They keep records of everything you’ve ever done, including messages. By law, they are forced to give you every bit if information about you that they’ve stored. As I don’t use Facebook, I haven’t done a ton of research about requesting the information they have about you. I’m pretty sure in European countries there’s a form you can submit that forces them to disclose everything they have about you. I think you can do this in the US to through an email or something. I’m sure if I google’d it enough I could find something about it.
Most websites have Privacy pages that outline what info they store and what they do with it. Some websites can actually sell your information to marketing companies. Most people don’t want this, even though they are usually more happy with the ads and products they are contacted about (because the companies can do a better job of targeting the consumer)
A social footprint is just like a ‘carbon footprint’ or any other footprint. Its something you leave behind. Anything that is publicly displayed on your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, etc that can be traced back to you is a footprint.
Another example of a footprint would be googling your name. Names most often show up with Social Networking accounts. You can actually do something called Reputation Management (more popular with companies and organizations that for personal use) which stacks up a bunch of positive sites and profiles and buries bad news posts or info the person/business doesn’t want people searching their names to see.
Lots of colleges monitor Facebook profiles and other Social Networking accounts when they are comparing scholarship applicants. Lots of kids and adults forget that everyone can see what they do online unless they are protective.

Other online websites that are relative… Mostly just testing here to see a boost in these because there’s one site that I don’t like. Somehow its ranking well. Anyway, make sure to visit Nathan Lile and Nathan Lile Swimming.

Read more at the action fest post. Its well worth your time.

Its going to happen really soon too, so you need to get ready! And there’s an amazing picture of this guy who is on fire from last year! If we’re lucky there will be more guys on fire!!!

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The Fitness Intern is responsible for the general supervision of the fitness and activity center, pavilion area, and tennis courts. The Intern typically welcomes guests and works to ensure that they have a safe and enjoyable experience. This position is also responsible for maintaining the weights and cardiovascular fitness areas to make sure equipment is clean, functioning properly and used according to the rules of the facility.
While certification in Personal Training or Group Fitness is not absolutely required, it would be a plus. CPR/First Aid is mandatory. Hourly pay is $12 per hour with commission for Personal Training.
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I will need to know by Monday, April 9 if anyone would like to participate. Please let me know if you have any questions or are interested in taking this class. I can be reached at 339-4201 or d_gilbert@southwesterncc.edu.
Thank you.