The Perceptual Model of Communication Depicts Communication as a Process

question 35

Multiple Choice

The perceptual model of communication depicts communication as a process in which:

• A) Communication is 100% accurate
• B) Communication needs are minimized
• C) Receivers create meaning in their own minds
• D) There is no need to encode or decode messages
• E) Feedback is not important

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Definitions:

Single-blind Study

A study or experiment in which the participants do not know which group or condition they have been assigned to, but the researchers do.

Experimental Group

Subjects in an experiment who are subjected to the independent variable.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Hypothesis

Tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observations.