CMST 1150 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Kinesics, Proxemics
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First stage in research is inquiry (ask questions) i. Second stage is observation: observing what is going on. c. Third stage is constructing answers: building a theory, hypothesis. Natural science uses objective claims and asks multiple questions: knowledge is fleeting, knowledge is fluid iii. iv. Science has no final answers just different levels of probability: not even scientists believe their answers confidently. b. Experimental design seeks to involve control of all of the variables except one: non experimental design does not involve the manipulation of any variables. Social construction involves the way in which symbols take on meaning in a social context or society as they are take on meaning in a social context or society as they are used over time. i. Example; families could use words that have a shared meaning to only them. Communication frames: a boundary around a conversation that pulls one"s b. attention toward certain things and away from others.
