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INAG MIDTERM VOCAB Flashcards

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communication

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the process of creating meaning through symbolic interaction

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symbols

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used to represent things, processes, ideas, or events in ways that make communication possible

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sender encodes

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ideas and feelings into some sort of message and then conveys them to a receiver who decodes them

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channel

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the method by which a message is conveyed between people

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mediated communication

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trade messages through a medium such as a phone, computer, or tablet

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noise

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describes any force that interferes with effective communication

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environment

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which includes both the circumstances and physical location of a communication episode and the personal experiences and cultural backgrounds that each person brings to the encounter

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transactional communication model

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process by showing that people usually send and receive messages simultaneously

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Feedback

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a receiver’s perceivable response to a sender’s message

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Intrapersonal communication

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is communicating with oneself

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dyadic communication

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when two people interact

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small group communication

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every person can participate actively with the other members

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Organizational communication

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when they collectively work to achieve goals

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public communication

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when a group becomes too large for all members to contribute

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mass communication

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consists of messages that are transmitted to large, widespread audiences via electronic and print media such as websites, magazines, television, radio, and blogs.

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social media

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revolutionized this practice by allowing ordinary individuals to use communication technology to communication with networks of people via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and similar platforms.

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Web 2.0

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refers to the capability of everyday people to not only consume mediated messages, but to personally create them.

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Communication competence

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involves achieving one’s goals in a manner that ideally, maintains or enhances the relationship in which it occurs

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cognitive complexity

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is the ability to understand issues from a variety of perspectives

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self-monitoring

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to describe the process of paying close attention to our own behavior and using these observations to shape the way we behave.

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Communication requires complete understanding

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Myth

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Communication can solve all problems.

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Myth

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Communication is good

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Myth

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Meanings are in words.

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myth

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Communication is simple

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Myth

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More communication is always better

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Myth

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reflected appraisal

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describes how individuals develop an image of themselves based on the way they think others view them

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significant others

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people whose opinions an individual especially values

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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occurs when a person’s expectation of an outcome and that person’s subsequent behavior make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true

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Attribution

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the process of attaching meaning to behavior

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serving bias

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when you suffer a setback, you may find explanations outside yourself

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halo effect

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When someone impresses you favorably in some way, you are likely to assume they have other positive qualities as well

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Sex and gender are the same

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Myth

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People are either male or female

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myth

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gender is continuum

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Myth

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androgynous

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combining masculine and feminine traits

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undifferentiated

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neither masculine nor feminine

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gender metric

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genders as a multidimensional collection of qualities

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empathy

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is the ability to comprehend and share another person’s perspective

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sympathy

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feel compassion for another person’s predicament

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Emotional intelligence

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a person’s ability to understand and manage their own emotions and to deal effectively with the emotions of others

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identity management

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the communication strategies people use to influence how others view them

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perceived self

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is the person you believe yourself to be in the moments of honest self-examination

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presenting self

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the way you want to appear to others

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face

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to describe the presenting self

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high self-monitors

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pay close attention to their own behavior and to other’s reactions adjusting their communication to create the desired impression

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low self-monitors

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express what they are thinking and feeling without much attention to the impression their behavior creates

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culture

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is the language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn

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Salience

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to describe how much weight we attach to cultural characteristics in a particular situation

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In-group

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to describe people with whom we identify and are emotionally connected

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out-group

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to describe people we view as different and with whom we have no sense of affiliation

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Coculture

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to describe the perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture

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intersectionality

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theory describes the complex interplay of peoples multiple identities

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race

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a social construct originally created to explain biological differences among people whose ancestors originated in different regions of the world

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ethnicity

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refers to the degree to which a person identifies with a particular group usually on the basis of nationality, culture, religion, or some other unifying perspective

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social media bots

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short for robots, are automated systems that generate and distribute social media posts

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social media trolls

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individuals whose principal goal is to disrupt public discourse by posting false claims and prejudiced remarks usually behind a mask of anonymity

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personal fable

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the belief that they are different from everybody else

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imaginary audience

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a heightened self-consciousness that makes it seem as if people are always observing and judging them

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individualistic cultures

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tend to view their primary allegiance to themselves

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collectivistic cultures

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feel loyalties and obligations to an in-group such as one’s extended family, community, or the organization they work for

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low-context cultures

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use language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible

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high-context cultures

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rely heavily on subtle often nonverbal cues to maintain social harmony

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high-context cultures

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rely heavily on subtle often nonverbal cues to maintain social harmony

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uncertainty avoidance

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used to reflect the degree to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous situations or how much they try to avoid them

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power distance

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refers to the gap between social groups with substantial power and resources and those with less

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Ethnocentrism

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an attitude that one’s own culture is superior to that of others

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prejudice

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an unfairly biased and intolerant attitude toward others who belong to an out-group

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Stereotyping

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exaggerated generalizations about a group

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Unfair Discrimination

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depriving people of opportunities or equal treatment based on prejudice, stereotypes, or irrelevant factors such as appearance, age, or race

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culture shock or adjustment shock

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you may feel disappointed in yourself for not adapting as easily as you expected

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nonverbal communication

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illustrations without words

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Emblems

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are deliberate nonverbal behaviors that have precise meanings known to members of a cultural group

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truth bias

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they assume people are telling the truth unless they have a compelling reason to suspect otherwise

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deception bias

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default assumption is that people (or at least some people) are likely to lie

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Kinesic

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nonverbal cues that result from the way people use their faces and bodies.

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manipulators

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involve manipulating or fiddling with things

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affect blends

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combinations of two or more simultaneous expressions that show different emotions

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Paralanguage

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describe nonverbal cues that are vocal

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haptics

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study of touch

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Proxemics

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the study of the use of space

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chronemics

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study of how people use and structure time

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monochromic

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emphasizing punctuality, schedules, and completing one task at a time

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polychromic

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flexible schedules in which people pursue multiple tasks at the same time

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territory

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involves the places and spaces you consider to be more or less your own

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