Teaching & Learning Flashcards
Any means of exchanging information or feelings between two or more individuals
Communication
Uses spoken or written words
Verbal Communication
Uses other forms such as gestures, facial expressions, & touch.
Nonverbal Communication
email, text messaging, social media are all examples of what?
Electronic Communication
individuals who tend to focus on their own needs and become impatient when these needs are not met.
Aggressive Communicators
Individuals who tend to declare and affirm their opinions. in doing this, however, they respect the rights of others to communicate in the same fashion.
Assertive Communicators
A medium used to convey messages
Channel
Communication in which the verbal and nonverbal aspects of the message match.
Congruent Communication
The quality of being truthful, trustworthy, & reliable
Credibilty
The process of relating the message perceived to the receiver’s storehouse of knowledge and experience and sorting out the meaning of the message.
Decoding
A speech style similar to baby talk, which communicates a message of dependence and incompetence to older adults.
Elderspeak
Transmitting information through email, social networking, text messaging, and other electronic means
Electronic Communication
The selection of specific signs or symbols to transmit a message, such as which language and words to use, how to arrange the words, and what tone of voice and gestures to use.
Encoding
The mechanisms by which some of the output of a system is returned to the system as input. The response a receiver of a message gives to the message’s sender.
Feedback
Communication that is characterized by body contact, heightened sensations of body heat and smell, and vocalizations that are low.
Intimate Distance