Channels
Self
Verbal Messaging
Rivera's Ridiculous Riddles
s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g
100

What aspect of communication refers to the means through which people send and receive messages?

channel

100

A person's self-concept refers to __________.

Their sense of self or who they understand themselves to be.

100

__________ refers to the earliest studies of persuasive speaking and writing.

Rhetoric

100
What has keys but cannot open locks?

A piano.

100

100

Relevant

200
__________ level messages include the actual information a person wants to convey to another person.

Content

200

Where is our sense of self first formed?

Families and significant caretakers.

200

Which Aristotelian appeal would a speaker be using if they provided several forms of evidence to support their claims?

Logos

200

The more you take, the more you leave. What am I?

Footsteps?

200

200

Ambiguous

300

Psychological noice is best defined as __________.

"stimulus one feels in their head that prevents them from concentrating on a message"

300

How might religion shape a person's self-concept?

It can influence a person's understanding of self as right or wrong, good or bad.

300

Which Aristotelian appeal is the most persuasive?

Pathos
300

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?

A map.

300

300

Concientious 

400

How is the transactional model of communication different from the linear model of communication?

The transactional model focuses on communication as a multidirectional meaning-making process.

400

__________ focuses on highlighting the known and unknown information that we and others possess about ourselves.

Johari window

400

According to symbolic interactionism, how do people come to understand the meanings of objects and ideas?

Through their interactions with individuals and the larger society.

400

Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?

Ton. Not.

400

400

Idiosyncrasy

500

What is ethnocentrism?

Applying one's own cultural frame to judge or understand another culture.

500

According to Looking-Glass Self, other's reflected appraisals results in a(n) __________.

Understanding of ourselves based on how we believe others to see us.

500

Uncertainty reduction theory can help us understand how people __________.

Seek out information in unfamiliar situations or with unfamiliar people.

500

I am not alive, but I grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Fire

500

500

Ubiquitous

M
e
n
u