Review for Exam 1 Comm 250 Introduction to Communication Inquiry General Comments and Guidelines The exam will consist of no more than 50 multiple choice questions probably fewer The exam will cover Chapters 1 2 3 and 4 in your text West Turner Focus will be on class notes but questions from the text will be asked you should use your text in conjunction with your class notes to further your understanding of the topics discussed in class I will NOT test you on anything from the text that we didn t ALSO cover in class The exam will require you to know more than terms and definitions You will be asked 1 to think about the broad implications of each of the topic areas we covered i e How do each of the topic areas relate to one another and to communication theory 2 to identify examples of class concepts acting in real life situations and 3 to apply your understanding of the concepts to theory building and testing Defining Communication What are the issues involved in defining communication Define communication Why is it important to define communication Models of the communication process know their components and how they differ conceptually Linear Interactional Transactional Types of noise Communication contexts know what they are and topics of study within them these topics can be found in your text Introduction to Theory What is Theory i e theory defined Difference between a theory a model and a taxonomy What are the Goals of Theory Metatheoretical Assumptions Ontological Epistemological Axiological Covering Laws Rules Systems Approaches to Theory Types of laws positivistic vs probabilistic laws Who are rhetoricians What two general approaches do they take to theory building Difference between the Empirical Scientist World View I and the Humanist World View II What are the social scientist s meta theoretical assumptions What are the humanist s meta theoretical assumptions How do their assumptions differ How do their differing assumptions affect the theories they create The research methods they use to test their theories The laws rules systems interpretive hermeneutic and Critical approaches to theory building Where do they fit in along the Social Scientist Humanist continuum Building Theory Three stage model of communication inquiry what is it and where does theory fit in Theories as abstractions and constructions What does this mean How does it relate to theory building and testing What are the building blocks of theory Concepts and explanations Understand the process of conceptualization How do we do it Why is it important Understand the principle of necessity be able to differentiate among causal practical and logical necessity How to build theories four step model How to test theory difference between quantitative and qualitative approaches and methods to testing theory How to evaluate theory scope precision parsimony etc
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