Chapter 02; Communication 101; What's Health Got to Do with It? Flashcards
Communication is how people [….] and use […] to make common meaning
perceive
messages
communication failures illustrate the point that communication travels back and forth between a sender and a receiver.if the response (how we know that a message has been understood as intended), we believe our communication was successful
yes
the definition of communication is how people use messages to generate […] within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media
meaning
Barnlund emphasized that communication “…is not a […] to something, nor an […] with something, but a […] in which man invents and attributes meaning to realize his purposes”
reaction
interaction
transaction
[…] is the process where the first individual (the sender) puts thoughts into words, symbols, or gestures
encoding
[…] is when the second individual upon receiving the words, symbols, or gestures; applies […] to them
decoding
meaning
in the context that the message may encounter noise (communication); noise is any type of distortion or distraction
distortion
distraction
when communicating, symbols must be understood in the […] way for those communicating
same
mood is one of many factors that influence our ability to use our sense to take in […]
information
our perceptions are influenced by our […] attitudes, motives, experiences, and expectations
internal
characteristics of the object being perceived or the context of the situation can also influence perception
- characteristics (e.g motion, sounds, size, novelty)
- context (e.g. time, place, ambient conditions)
Weiner developed the attribution theory which is the act of perceiving an event or a behavior, where also attempting to determine what brought it about, or its cause
yes
the attribution theory classified that we mentally calculate the other individuals distinctiveness; does the person […] in this manner in other situations, consensus; do […] people behave in the same manner, consistency; does this person behave in the same manner at other […]
behave
other
times
externally attributed is when […] factors influence the choice of an individual
outside
internally attributed is when actions are done by the individuals […] will
own
cognitive dissonance is […] of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which results in an uncomfortable state
misalignment
when being in a cognitive dissonance, to restore a state of comfort, we try to change the condition that is out of line with the others- change our […] and […] to align with our behavior, or change our behavior to align with our attitudes and beliefs
attitudes
beliefs
as infants we learn to associate word units of sound ([…]) and meaning ([…])
phonemes
morphemes
one way the brain deals with information overload is by […] and […] new information to old. once we have managed to learn something, we tend to rely on it as a kind of “[…]” to interpret new information
simplifying
linking
shortcut
selective perception is interpretation of what we see based on our own […], […], […], and […] and the tendency to […] information that contradicts those beliefs
interests
background
experiences
attitudes
overlook
the halo effect is a general […] about someone/something based on a single characteristics (e.g. eye color or height)
impression
contrast effect is the […] evaluation of a person, object, or characteristic as […], or […], than our own
comparative
better
worse
projection is the attribution of our […] characteristics to […]
own
others
representativeness is how much a […] perception resembles something that we have seen […], again based on a limited set of characteristics
new
before