Quiz Bowl

• Who described communication as a bridge between confusion and clarity?

  Nat Turner
• What is the process of communication?

  Sharing and conveying messages between people
• What are the two main types of communication?

  Verbal and non-verbal communication
• What does it mean that communication is a reciprocative process?

  It involves active participation from both sender and receiver
• How is communication influenced by context?

  By the environment, circumstances, and relationships
• What does communication use to represent ideas and feelings?

  Symbols, such as words and gestures
• Why do people communicate with specific intentions?

  To achieve various objectives
• How does individual perception affect communication?

  It influences interpretation and understanding of messages
• What does it mean that communication is multi-channeled?

  Information is received through multiple sensory modalities
• What is the significance of communication being transactional?

  Each person's feedback affects ongoing interactions
• Why is communication considered irreversible?

  Because the impact cannot be erased or reversed
• What is the first step in the process of communication?

  The topic of communication is called a stimulus
• What does encoding refer to in communication?

  Processing the stimulus into a message
• What happens after the message is sent through a channel?

  The message is decoded by the receiver
• What is feedback in the communication process?

  The message from the receiver to the sender
• What is noise in communication?

  Distractions that interfere with message transmission
• What is external noise?

  Disruptive sights and sounds in the environment
• What is internal noise?

  Distractions within the communicator
• What is semantic noise?

  Unintentional meaning caused by certain symbols
• What are technical jargons?

  Specialized terms used in a particular field
• What are cultural differences in communication?

  Variations in beliefs and practices between cultures
• What is colloquialism?

  A word used in informal everyday language
• What does the physical milieu refer to in communication context?

  Immediate environmental factors affecting communication
• What does the social milieu encompass?

  Interpersonal dynamics influencing expression and interpretation
• What is the psychological milieu in communication?

  The internal mental and emotional environment of individuals
• What does the cultural milieu refer to?

  The social and cultural aspects of a person's life
• What are communication models?

  Pictorial representations of the communication process
• What is the linear model of communication?

  A unidirectional process where the sender transmits a message
• What characterizes the interactive model of communication?

  Alternating sender and receiver roles with feedback
• What is Osgood-Schramm's Model of Communication?

  A circular, reciprocal model with cyclical feedback
• What defines the transactional model of communication?

  Simultaneous sender and receiver roles creating relationships
• What does Dance's Helical Model of Communication suggest?

  Communication progresses as people converse over time
• What are communicative strategies?

  Blueprints for how information will be exchanged
• What is the goal of using communicative strategies?

  To overcome problems in conveying intended meaning
• What results from effective use of communicative strategies?

  Communicative competence
• What is nomination in communicative strategies?

  Taking attention of hearers to begin conversation
• What does restriction in communication do?

  Constrains the response of the other person
• What is turn-taking in conversation?


  Deciding who speaks next in a conversation
• What does topic control involve?

  How formality affects topic development in conversations
• What is topic shifting?

  Introducing a new topic to avoid a conversation