Cultural Codes: Useful

Question 1

Adapters

Answer 1

Almost unconscious gestures used to relieve stress or boredom

Question 2

Affective function

Answer 2

How attitudes influence our feelings

Question 3

Assertive training

Answer 3

Helps clients express feelings in a socially acceptable manner

Question 4

Bardic function

Answer 4

How a story is told

Question 5

Body language

Answer 5

Communication of information through body position and gestures.

Question 6

Code switching`

Answer 6

Changing between languages or dialects depending on who we are talking to.

Question 7

Communicative competence

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The ability to use language appropriately in a variety of contexts or situations.

Question 8

Convergence

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Adjusting language style to mirror the person we are talking to if we want to convery warmth, friendliness and empathy

Question 9

Divergence

Answer 9

Moving language style away from the other person’s language style can signal status or the desire to avoid intimacy

Question 10

Emblems

Answer 10

Gestures that stand for a specific verbal meaning

Question 11

Gaze

Answer 11

Looking, eye-contact; a code of nvc

Question 12

Group dynamic

Answer 12

How the individuals in a group relate to one another and the group

Question 13

Hair/Hairstyle

Answer 13

A significant code of NVC (It’s on your head)

Question 14

Haptics

Answer 14

Communication through touch

Question 15

Illustrators

Answer 15

Gestures that augment a verbal message

Question 16

Intergroup communication

Answer 16

Communication between groups

Question 17

Interpersonal communication

Answer 17

Communication between two people

Question 18

Intragroup communication

Answer 18

Communication within a group

Question 19

Looking glass theory

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The idea we base views of ourself on how we think others are perceiving us and judging us.

Question 20

Mirror self

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The tendency for us to see ourselves through a reflection of how others see us

Question 21

Occulesics

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Eye movement, length and direction of gaze, changes in pupil size.

Question 22

Olfactics

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Smell, odour

Question 23

Orientation

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The way we position ourselves physically in relation to others

Question 24

Phatic communication

Answer 24

Ritualised small talk e.g. “Have a nice day”

Question 25

Pitch

Answer 25

How high or low a sound is

Question 26

Performmance

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Communicative behaviour

Question 27

Received Pronunciation

Answer 27

The accent associated with upper-class speakers of English. Also known as Queen’s English.

Question 28

Reflexitivity

Answer 28

To be reflective on who you are.

Question 29

Self-reflexitivity

Answer 29

When a media text makes reference to itself

Question 30

Skin

Answer 30

A code of NVC

Question 31

Smell

Answer 31

A code of NVC (nose)

Question 32

Sociolect

Answer 32

Speech habits from social groups

Question 33

Staging

Answer 33

All the NVCs except dialogue which a person uses to communicate to audience

Question 34

Style shifting

Answer 34

Automatic language adjustment from one speech style to another (goodbye or see ya)

Question 35

Teams

Answer 35

Those we communicate alongside

Question 36

Touch

Answer 36

A code of NVC

Question 37

Tone

Answer 37

The attitude somebody has towards something, which indicates what someone is feeling or thinking

Question 38

Timbre

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The overall quality of a sound

Question 39

Transactional analysis (Berne)

Answer 39

There are 3 ego states: Parent, Adult, and Child. These are ego states that everyone can transfer to.

Question 40

Uses and gratifications theory (Blumler and Katz)

Answer 40

The theory that our personal needs are fulfill through media messages including diversion, personal relationships, personal identity and surveillance.