Chapter 1-Basics Flashcards
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Process
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Outgoing and dynamic
2
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System
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Interrelated parts that affect one another
3
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Openness
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A system is affected by outside factors and processes
4
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Homeostasis
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They strive for but cannot sustain equilibrium
5
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Symbols
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Abstract, arbitrary, and ambiguous representations of other things
6
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Meanings
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Significances we bestow on phenomena, or what they signify to us
7
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Content level of meaning
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Contains the literal message
8
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Relationship level of meaning
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Expresses the relationship between communicators
9
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Feedback
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Response to a message
10
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Communication
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A systematic process in which people interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings
