CMST 1150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scantron Corporation, Rhetorical Situation, Stress Management
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Exam 1 review (overview of communication studies discipline & rhetoric) The exam will include approximately 50 questions (multiple choice and true/false). You will need a large scantron form to record your answers. What follows is a checklist of basic areas we have covered so far. But you will need to further study your notes and readings to expand on each point"s possible subpoints or details. Know the 3 basic stages to inquiry process, & that their order isn"t necessarily linear. 3 kinds of values?: ask questions, qs of definition- what something is r what we shall call it. A label, labeling of things: creating a mental territory, based on fact, go together with qs of fact, qs of fact- all pens tend to be round, chalk is all made of the same thing. What is natural science, and its essential characteristics: natural science- a quotation by michael shermer, uses objective claim. There are no final answers; just levels of probability.
