What’s missing from this perception check?  “I’m not sure if you sent me those roses because you genuinely love me, or if you were hoping I’d be less angry about what you said last night.  Why did you send me the roses?” It doesn’t request clarification  

When Jennifer says she’ll be back “in a while”, you think she’ll be back in about 30 minutes when she knew she would be gone for at least two hours.  This is an example of different social constructions of reality.

Interpersonal and Small Group Communication is a general education humanities course because it prepares us to learn how to learn.

  What’s missing from this perception check?  “I’m not sure if you sent me those roses because you genuinely love me, or if you were hoping I’d be less angry about what you said last night.  Why did you send me the roses?” It doesn’t describe behavior  

When Jennifer says she’ll be back “in a while”, you think she’ll be back in about 30 minutes when she knew she would be gone for at least two hours.  This is an example of physical noise.

Social constructionism holds that all reality is subjective.  

Determine if the following statement describes the transactional model of communication: Communication is dynamic.   Select true if it does. Select false if it doesn’t.

Determine if the following statement describes the transactional model of communication: Communication is constant.   Select true if it does. Select false if it doesn’t.

Danny isn’t sure how smart he is until his teacher in the first grade tells him she thinks he is very bright.  Danny later tells his parents, “I am a bright boy.”  The process by which Danny developed a view of his intelligence is self-fulfilling prophecy.  

Interpersonal and Small Group Communication is a general education humanities course because it motivates us to recognize the value of differing interpretations.