Exam 1: Ch. 1-4 Flashcards
What is the percentage of most people communicating with others during their waking hours?
80%-90%
Interpersonal Communication Defined
the distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships a. *Focuses on the uniqueness of others (“I-thou” Martin Buber)
Other-oriented
i. To be aware of the thoughts, needs, experiences, personality, emotions, motives, desires, culture…ect. ii. Thinking about the other communication aspect of the relationship
Impersonal communication
i. A process that occurs when we treat others as objects ii. Relate the person as an object or role instead of an individual iii. “I-it relationship”
Mass communication
i. One person vs. a group or audience of people ii. Mass media: television, newspapers 1. …has become more interactive
Public Communication
i. Speaker or teacher speaking to an audience
Intrapersonal communication
i. Communication with yourself 1. Your mind and thoughts
Communication Process:
1) source 2) message 3) channel 4) receiver 5) noise 6) feedback 7) context
communication process: source
a originator of a thought that puts it into code that the other person understands
communication process: message
written, spoken, and unspoken meaning
communication process: channel
the means by which the message is expressed to the receiver - ex: text messaging
communication process: receiver decoding
receives the message and decodes the meaning of the source
communication process: noise
interferences that keeps a message from being interpreted as it was intended
communication process: feedback
response to the message
communication process: context
physical and psychological environment for communication
Human communication as action:
message transfer takes place when a message is sent and received
Human communication as interaction:
message exchange interactive model views communication as a linear step-by-step process, where both the source and the receiver send and receive messages but not simultaneously
human communication as transaction:
message creation When speaking face-to-face, you are constantly reacting to your partner’s responses. based on systems theory
Systems theory:
Theory that describes the interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one element affects all other elements
elements of the system theory
Inputs (all of the variables that go into the system) Throughputs (all of the things that make communication a process) Outputs (what the system produces)
Principles of interpersonal communication
1) connects us to others 2) irreversible 3) complicated 4) governed by rules 5) involved content and relationship dimensions
key idea in interpersonal communication in the saying “connects us to others”
(You cannot not communicate) 1. People judge you by your behavior, not your intent.
key idea in interpersonal communication: irreversible
you cannot take back your words
key idea in interpersonal communication: complicated
1) Whenever you are communicating with another person, you are actually communicating with “six other people” 2) Symbol: word, sound, or visual image that represents something else, such as a thought, concept, or object