Final Flashcards
Low cohesion
Covering a lot of topics n a short time
Topical cohesion
Topics introduced that are related to the conversation.
Reasserting dominance
Establishing and maintaining dominance in a conversation by interrupting
Confirmation interruption
Interruption made to get clarification or to express agreement
Rejection interruption
Interruptions that express disagreement
Disconfirmation interruption
Interruption seeking to minimize the importance of the speakers statement, and to change the subject
Qualifiers
Phrases that express uncertainty
Like I guess, sort of, I mean, u know
Back channeling
A variety of verbal and nonverbal responses to someone’s utterances..like nodding and sentence completion
Transactive memory
A system for encoding, storing and retrieving information
Separate culture hypothesis
The idea that men’s and women’s communication patterns are so different that the resemble distinct cultures
Positive illusions
Beliefs that are more positive than reality warrants
Self presentation
The process of trying to control the impression other people form about them
Self-disclosure
The process through which people reveal more of themselves to others
The Kinsey report
Two volume report of pioneering research on human sexuality published by Alfred Kinsey and colleagues
Erotic plasticity
How sexual motivation is influenced by culture, social, and situational factors
