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Communication Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Meanings are in words

A
  • meanings reside in us

- Symbol stands for something other than itself

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2
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Communication is a verbal process

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Paralinguistic cues- tone of voice

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3
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Telling is communicating

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People might not be able to understand

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4
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Communication will solve all of our problems

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NO IT CANNOT

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5
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Communication is a good thing

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Depends on the situation

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6
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The more communication the better

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Sometimes it makes it worse

-blowing up your phone-it gets annoying

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7
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Communication can breakdown

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It can’t because there is no such thing

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8
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Communication is a natural ability

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Communication is never anything on it’s own it is merely a tool and we are using it

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9
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You change a little bit to accommodate your audience- try to identify with them

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Speech module

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10
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Character; the most important thing

A

Ethos

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11
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Focused on studying credibility

A

Human communication

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12
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Effective use of language

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Rhetoric

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13
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Wants to explain and control-cue word: measurement

-uses surveys-experiments-frequency, quantity/amount intervening variable= confounding variable

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Quantitative research

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14
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Textual analysis, ethnography, historical research

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Qualitative research

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15
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Emotion

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Pathos

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16
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Logic

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Logos

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17
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How does the self-serving bias affect the accuracy of our perception?

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We want something to turn out the way we intended it

18
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What are cognitive schemata?

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  • Prototypes
  • personal constructs
  • stereotypes
  • scripts
19
Q

Perception Process

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  • Active process
  • perception/communication influence each other
  • consists of 3 interrelated processes
20
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The subjective process of creating explanations for what we observe and experience

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Interpretation

21
Q 
The art of explaining why: -
something happens 
-a person acts a particular way 
-locus
-stability
-specificity
-responsibility
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Attributions

22
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What are the influences on perception?

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  • Physiological factors
  • Positive visualization- how we perceive ourselves in life
  • expectations
23
Q

What are the cognitive abilities?

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  • Cognitive complexity
  • empathy
  • social roles
24
Q

The way that act depending on who we’re with

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Social roles

25
Q

What does language allow us to do?

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  • plan
  • dream
  • remember
  • evaluate
  • reflect on ourselves and the world around us
  • define who we are and want to be
  • create identity
26
Q

Verbal Communication

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  • Arbitrariness
  • ambiguity- don’t always know what people mean
  • abstraction-vagueness
27
Q

Symbolic activities

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Language defines phenomena

-totalizing

28
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What does language do?

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  • Evaluates phenomena
  • organizes experiences
  • allows hypothetical thought
  • allows self reflection
  • defines relationships and interaction
29
Q

Own your feelings and thoughts

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-Avoid “you” language
-rely on “I” statements
•own responsibility
•more descriptions

30
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Nonverbal language includes:

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  • Gestures
  • Body language
  • Features of environments
31
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What does nonverbal establish?

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  • Level meanings
  • responsiveness
  • liking
  • power
32
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Body language

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Kinesics

33
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Study of touch

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Haptics

34
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Skin color, sex, size, personal/social relationships, decisions about hiring, placement and promotion

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Physical appearance

35
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Term for our perception of odors and scents

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Olfactics

36
Q

Personal objects that we use

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Artifacts

37
Q

Refers to space and how we use it

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Proxemics

38
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Elements of settings that affect how we feel think and act

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Environmental factors

39
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Refers to how we perceive and use time to define identities and interactions

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Chronemics

40
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Tone

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Paralanguage

41
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Lack of communication sound, can communicate powerful messages, can convey contentment, can also communicate awkwardness

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Silence

42
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What are the 2 steps in perception?

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  • Selection- what you define as important in life

- Organization- organize perceptions in a meaningful way

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