Chapter 4: Dynamics of Effective Communication Flashcards
What are the 3 types of communication barriers?
1) Noise
2) Defence Mechanisms
3) Power Differentials
The interference of the transfer of information.
Noise
What are the 3 types of noise?
1) Ambiguity
2) Contradiction
3) Redundancy
When a communication is not clear, the message received by the listener can be very different from the message the speaker intended to send.
Ambiguity
Communication that sends two conflicting messages at the same time.
Contradiction
Communication that is so repetitious that the people on the receiving end tend to stop listening.
Redundancy
A noisy communication behaviour where you are saying yes and no at the same time.
Yes-But
A noisy communication behaviour where you are talking as though you know what someone else thinks or feels.
Mind-Read
A noisy communication behaviour where you are assuming that a bad outcome is inevitable.
Negative Prediction
A noisy communication behaviour where you are asking questions that pressure the other person to agree with you.
Leading Question
A noisy communication behaviour where you have a hopeless, passive outlook.
Complaint
A noisy communication behaviour where you are venting anger or irritation at others.
Attack
You can reduce noise by shifting your awareness from ________ you’re saying to ________ you’re saying it.
What
How
Psychological strategies relating the world that are developed unconsciously to protect people from shame, anxiety, and other emotionally painful experiences that they are unable to handle.
Defense Mechanisms
Projection, repression, denial, armouring, deflection, resistance, and suppression are all examples of ____________.
Defense Mechanisms
A defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously rejects their own unacceptable attributes, thoughts, or feelings by ascribing them to objects or other people.
Projection