1) The term channel in communication means A. the volume at which a message is received B. the context of the communication C. the process of changing thoughts into symbols D. the medium through which a message travels from sender to receiver 2) In which of the following communication activities do people spend the greatest percent of their day? A. Listening B. Writing C. Reading D. Speaking 3) A receiver’s response to a sender’s message is called A. encoding B. decoding C
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some‚ religious language is meaningful and full of purpose while others see it to being pointless. The first assertion of the meaningless of religious language is the school of philosophical thought known as Logical positivism. Friedrich Waismann who was a member of the Vienna Circle. Logical positivism he saw as the belief that “Anyone saying a sentence must know under what conditions he calls it true‚ and under what conditions he calls it false. If he is unable to state these conditions‚ he does
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UC10B Tutor: Ms Margaret Newman Student: Tandra Longley. Assignment: Logical vs. Psychological Reasoning. 1. Read the first three paragraphs of “white Women and Slavery in the Caribbean‚ (page 181‚ Blooming with the Pouis) and identify two(2) examples of appeal to ethos. First example of appeal to ethos is found in paragraph two(2) sentence three(3): To date the primary focus of research (and this is reflected in the structure of historiography) is the black woman‚ with the coloured woman
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You ……… want to think a little more carefully about that before trying it next time. (I think you were stupid not to think more carefully about it.) 9. This computer’s not working. It ……… have been damaged by the thunderstorm. (The damage is a logical deduction based on the information available.) 10. Ellen ……… be sent to London this summer‚ if the board decides that the situation there warrants it. (The trip is certainly possible‚ but whether or not she goes depends on the board’s preference
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believe that God is the author of Truth and Goodness‚ and that there are absolute standards to which we can aspire. Logic is foundational to ethics‚ because ethics is reasoning about the rightness or wrongness of conduct. That reasoning can either be logical‚ and conclusions necessarily derived from premises‚ or illogical and inconsistent. Logic also helps us to think clearly about what is being argued ethically‚ and whether the basis of an argument has been assumed‚ or actually proved. Many people argue
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Example: F = X + Y’Z The two parts of the expression X and Y’Z‚ are called terms of the function F. The function F is equal to 1 if term X is equal to 1 or if term Y’Z are equal to 1. Otherwise‚ F is equal to 0. A Boolean function expresses the logical relationship between binary variables. It is evaluated by determining the binary value of the expression for all possible combinations of values for the variables. A Boolean function can be represented in truth table and can be transformed into
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True-False Questions 1. T F Study of the methods of persuasion began with communication researchers early in the twentieth century. 2. T F What many teachers refer to as source credibility was called ethos by Aristotle. 3. T F Competence and character are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 4. T F Education and status are the most important factors affecting a speaker’s credibility. 5. T F The more favorably listeners view a speaker’s competence and character
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Firstly‚ the author has a hasty generalization logical fallacy‚ which can be found in the following: “white immigrants are always seen as ‘intrepid’ people with ‘vigorous’ blood which adds to the receiving nation; similarly ambitious immigrants with darker skin or other ‘alien’ characteristics are always
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statements from nature and believing it to be true fact. On the other hand it can be non-Cognitive‚ ethical language which is anti-realist and subjective. Logical Positivists‚ Ethical Naturalists and Intuitionists believe ethical statements are true as the have a distinct purpose when using a particular word. Ethical Naturalists and Logical Positivists believe only Cognitive ethical language is true as it describes facts. Whereas Descriptivists and Prescriptivists argue‚ although when referring
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three basic devices. These are the AND gate‚ the OR gate and the NOT gate. x y AND gate x·y x y OR gate x+y x NOT gate x In the case of logic gates‚ a different notation is used: x ∧ y‚ the logical AND operation‚ is replaced by x · y‚ or xy. x ∨ y‚ the logical OR operation‚ is replaced by x + y. ¬x‚ the logical NEGATION operation‚ is replaced by x or x. The truth value TRUE is written as 1 (and corresponds to a high voltage)‚ and FALSE is written as 0 (low voltage). Section 2: Truth Tables
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