Question

Ralph went to a party over the weekend. Excited to share stories of his antics at the party with his friend Sarah, he invites her to his house after school. While Ralph is telling his story, his mother enters the room. Ralph immediately changes his loud, boisterous tone and stops using profanity. According to the interaction model, Ralph is reacting to a change in what?A. noiseB. contextC. feedbackD. channel

Answer 1

Answer:

b. context

Explanation:

In communication, the term context refers to the environment (physical) and the framework where communication takes place. In other words, it refers to the setting, the people that are around us and the place we are when we are communicating. Depending on the context we're in, our style will be different (phrasing, use of words, volume, etc).

In this example, Ralph was in a party and he was telling about it to his friend Sarah in a loud tone. However, when his mother enters the room, he changes his loud tone and stops using profanity. We can see that there was a change in the environment where the communication was taking place when his mother entered the room and that change affected his style of talking to his friend. Therefore, Ralph would be reacting to a change in context.

Answer 2

Answer:B. context

Explanation: In communication, Context refers to the setting under which communication takes place. The context is the one which determines how meaning is established and it can affect how one speaks , what they speak about and how they pronounce it. Context can be physical , cultural , social psychological and temporal. In this case Ralph was just speaking to his friend and that was a different context such that he would say what ever he wants in what even way however the setting changes when his mom get into the room and also the way he speaks has to change.