Communication, Tenents of Communication, Basic Forms of Communication Flashcards
Dr. Randy Pausch
Elephant in the room
Communication came from the latin word
Communicare
Communicare means
to Share
Communication is
-meaningful exchange of info between two or more people
-activity of conveying info thru exchange of thoughts by speech, visual etc
-two-way process
-using words,actions or both
Tenets of communication
are principles held to be true
What are the Tenets of Communication
Dynamic, Irreversible, Contextualized, Continuous, Transaction, Learned, Sharing of meanings,
two levels of meanings
content and relationship
Communication is Dynamic
goes beyond words, changes constantly
Communication is irreversible
cannot be taken back
Communication is Contextualized
may occur in various settings, bidirectional transfer within context, at the right time
Communication is Continuous
It is endless and constant
Communication is transactional
has a sender, receiver and they exchange roles
Communication is Learned
can be mastered through practice
True or False : Receiver and sender are the onky variables that play in interaction
False
Sender:Receiver, Speaker:?
Listener
Non-verbal communication
unstructured, spontaneaous, initial reaction
Verbal
Rule specific, almost always planned
Similatlrity of both
Culturally diversed
Types of Non-verbal expressions (9)
Facial expression, Paralinguistics, Gestures, Proxemics, Body language, Eye gaze, Appearance, Haptics, Chronemics
Facial Expression
face
Gestures
using hand or what
Proxemics
Distance
4 spaces of Proxemics
Public, social,personal,intimate
Body language
Body
Paralinguistics
Vocal communication, using voice
Haptics
Touch
Chronemics
study or use of time
Most important aspect of comm
Language
Verbal comm
Follows rule
Two types of verbal comm
Active Passive
Active
SVO
tells us what a person or anyone does
Hannah is painting the wall
Active
Passive
OVS
What is being done to something
The wall is being painted by Hannah
Passive
5 things in Expressing yourself in Verbal commu
Appropriateness, Brevity, Clarity,Ethics, Vividness
Appropriateness
verbal forms of commu should be appropriate
Brevity
Brief, short, precise
Clarity
Clear and can be understood
Ethics
consider GREPS Gender Roles Ethnicity Preference Status
Vividness
Concrete than abstract
Sharing of meanings
Should agree, on the same page
Two levels of meanings descrip
relationship between and ideas
Communicacion and Communicationem
Old french
dynamic process in which people attempt to share their internal states with other people through the use of symbols
Samovar,Porter, Mcdaniel (2010)
interdependent process of sending,receiving and understanding messages
Dunn and Goodnight (2003)
sharing of meanings thru sending symbol cues
Grice and Skinner
Communication can be learned
Brian tracy
