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Chapter 1- Intro Flashcards

1
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What is interpersonal communication?

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Two people who establish a communicative relationship

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The ability to communicate in a competent manner is facilitated when we—-?

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Are motivated to communicate

Are knowledgeable about the self, other, topic, context, and communication in general

Are effective and appropriate in the performance of communication skills

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What does effectiveness refer to?

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Achieving our goals

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What does appropriateness refer to

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Conforming to the expectations or communication rules of a particular situation

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What are communication rules

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Prescriptions that tell us what we should or shouldn’t say or do in certain situations

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Examples of negative sanctions

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A dirty look
A poke in the ribs
Unexpected laughter
Verbal admonition (language= unacceptable!!)

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What is civility

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A sacrifice we make to others

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According to some people, why is rudeness rising?

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Ppl are becoming uncivil due to high tech and fast paced society

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What is perspective taking?

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Considering a situation from the point of view of someone else

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Why is perspective taking important

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Promotes civil communication

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Why do we strive to be effective and appropriate in our communication skills?

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So we don’t break communication rules and demonstrate respect

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12
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How can we strive to be competent communicators?

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Through 
Sacrifice
Respect
And consideration
In our convos with others
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13
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Define ethics

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Well based standards of RIGHT and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do

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What is the first question to asked to see if you’ve been ethical

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Have I practiced my virtues today?

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What is virtues

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Trustworthiness
Honesty
Responsibility

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What is the second questions for seeing if your ethics are correct?

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Have I done more good then harm today

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What are examples of question two

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Gratitude to people

Have you complimented someone because you know it’ll boost their self esteem

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What is questions three

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Have I treated ppl with dignity and respect

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Examples of question three

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Showing consideration of ppl beliefs attitudes values rights.

Do you name call when you’re angry

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Fourth question?

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Have I been fair AND just today

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21
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Example of fourth question

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Genderize chores

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22
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Fairness vs justice

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Fairness- treating everyone the same

Justice- being fair in the way we distribute benefits and burdens

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Fifth and final question

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Have I made my community stronger because of my actions

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Example of the fifth question

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Do you help others in need without expecting things in return

Do you consider ones thoughts and feelings when listening to music, using a cell phone, or talking in a public place

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What other three things does Persephone of interpersonal communication competence depend on?

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An individuals motivation to communicate

Knowledge of self, others, topic, context, and communication

Communication skill performing behaviors

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26
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Are the factors of perceptions of interpersonal communication interconnected?

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YES

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27
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Why do we study interpersonal communication

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It affects our thoughts
Feelings
Interactions with others
Enables us to create
Maintain and dissolve relationships

It affects our psychological and physical health

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28
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Define motivation

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The desire to communicate

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29
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What all does knowledge include when dealing with communication

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Ourselves
Conversation partners
Our topic
The situation
And communicative process itself
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30
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What are skills in communication

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Skills are a goal oriented actions or action sequences that we can master and repeat in appropriate situations

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31
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What does appropriateness promote in interpersonal communication

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Social values of respect and civility

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32
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Where can I go to study for exams?

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MyCommunicationLab Web site

33
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Define context

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Physical location or environment that affects communication

34
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What else does context refer to?

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Frame of reference

Or historical or psychological fields of experience that each person brings to the conversation

35
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What does the historical context of a conversation in include

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Past history with a topic or conversation partner

36
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What does the psychological context include?

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Values
Beliefs
And attitudes

37
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What other things are our communication competence affected by?

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Our culture
Relationships with others
Our gender
Our roles
Needs
Backgrounds 
And history
38
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What are the contexts that influence interpersonal communication?

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Physical location or environment

Historical or psychological context

Also our roles, gender, relationships, needs, background, history

39
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What can culture be defined as?

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The shared assumptions, values, and beliefs of a group of people which result in characteristic behaviors

40
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How do we perceive the world

A

Cultural patterns

41
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Define cultural patterns

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Particular beliefs and values associated with out specific culture

42
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What do individualist cultures focus more on?

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The individual

43
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Where is individualist culture dominant

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Australia
The Netherlands
Belgium
And USA

44
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What is a low context culture

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Comm is direct, most meaning comes from spoken word

45
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What do low context coutures value?

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Independence
Privacy
Equality
And informality

46
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Define collectivist culture

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Focus more on the group

Family village organization

47
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Where are groups collectivist

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Indonesia
West Africa
Guatemala
Pakistan

48
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Define high context cultures

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Communication is indirect
Implicit
And derived from nonverbal communication

49
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Define co- culture

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A group with its own particular values that influence behavior along with the dominant culture

50
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What relationship contexts influence how we communicate with others

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Family
Friends
Coworkers

51
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What are five things employers look for while hiring

A

Verbal and written communication skills

Honesty and integrity

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Motivation

52
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What does gender context refer to?

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Influence of the environment and socially constructed meaning

53
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Gender and communication

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Females- talk in private (nurturing)

Males- talk in public places (aggressive)

54
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Gender and communication research

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Girls and guys act the same?

55
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What is individual context based off of?

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Roles
Needs
Backgrounds
Histories

56
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Define role

A

Learned behaviors that we use to meet the perceived demands of specific situations

57
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What falls under intrapersonal communication

A

Internal dialogue

Self-talk

58
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What falls under interpersonal communication

A

Impersonal

Personal

59
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Define intrapersonal communication

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Takes place within us

60
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Define impersonal communication

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When we communicate with others as if they’re objects or roles or we communicate stereotypic ways

61
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When does personal communication occur?

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When we interact with others in the basis of their uniqueness.

62
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What is relational communication

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It demonstrates that we not only interact about the content of communication but also interact about our association with a conversation partner

63
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Who are the two psychotherapists that characterized relational comm

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Paul Watzlawick

Janet Beavin

Dan Jackson

64
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Define content level meaning

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Content of the words and sentences that are communicated

65
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Define relational level meaning

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Unspoken meaning that can be ascertained from non verbal comm

66
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Define relational level message

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Affection
Control
And respect

67
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Define affection

A

Force to become close to a partner

68
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Define control

A

Gain dominance

69
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Define respect

A

Valuing a persons right to life and expression

70
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Define metacommunication

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Communication about communication

Communication about relationships

71
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What can metacommunication do at the content level?

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How the actual meaning of the message is interpreted

72
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Examples of metacommunication and the content level?

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This is important

I didn’t mean it

I’m sorry I said that

Are you kidding

Do you understand what I’m saying

Want to hear something funny

73
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Metacommunication at the relational level of meaning

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Nonverbal

Can make clear our perception of how we and our relationships are perceived in terms of affection control and respect

74
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Again: what are the three competencies for interpersonal communication?

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Motivation

Knowledge

Skill

75
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What competence does metacommunication fall under

A

Skill

76
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What are some principles of communication?

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Transactional

Irreversible

Ongoing process

Inevitable

77
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Define transaction

A

Individuals who participate in face to face conversation simultaneously communicate and listen as a conversation infolds

78
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COMMUNICATION MODEL FROM PUBLIC SPEAKING

A

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