List and briefly define the eight basic components of communication identified in the text.

What will be an ideal response?

- Source/sender: the creator of the message
- Message: the communication created by the source
- Interference/noise: anything that changes the meaning of an intended message
- Channel: the means by which messages flow between sources and receivers
- Receiver: the individual who analyzes and interprets the message
- Feedback: the response to a message that a receiver sends back to a source
- Environment: the psychological and physical surroundings in which communication occurs
- Context: the psychological and physical surroundings in which communication occurs

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A. peers B. family members C. vendors D. professors

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The innovation in the way Pears’ soap marketed its product was that it was the first to use which of the following?

A. a print ad B. a catch phrase C. word of mouth D. a brand name

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