On Campus, Joan Walks by Paul and Greets Him with a Smile

question 37

Multiple Choice

On campus, Joan walks by Paul and greets him with a smile and a "How are you?" Paul starts to describe his health, only to see that Joan is already a block away. Which one of the seven basic elements of communication was not appropriate in this situation?

• A) Channel
• B) Decoding
• C) Encoding
• D) Sender's intentions

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Definitions:

Interpretation and Meaning

The process of explaining or providing the significance of something, such as data or events, often involving personal judgment or contextual analysis.

Dramatistic Analysis

Analyzing communication as performance, as actors acting out a drama; sometimes called dramatism. For example, Burke’s dramatistic pentad asks questions such as these: What act is taking place? Who is taking this action? How or by what means did the act take place? Where and when did the act take place? Why was the act done?

Agent Refers

Typically denotes the doer of an action or the subject in a sentence structure in linguistics or semantic studies.

Marxist

Refers to the philosophical, economic, and political theories developed by Karl Marx, emphasizing class struggle and societal change through revolution.