test 1 final Flashcards
Channel (9)
the medium through which the message passes
co-culture (32)
different cultures within a main cultural group such as age, occupation, sexual orientation, physical disabilities, religion, activity of interests
cognitive complexity (29)
the ability to construct a variety of frameworks for viewing an issue.
Communication (13)
A transactional process involving particiapnts who occupy different but overlapping environmets and create relationships through the exchange of messages, many of which are affected by external, physciological, and psychological noise.
Communication competence (25)
achieving one’s goals in am annger that, in most cases, maintains or enhances the relationship in which it occurs.
Content dimension (15)
the information being explicitly discussed
Decode (10)
makes sense of the message
Disinhibition (22)
the tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences , speaking before we think
Dyad (17)
two people interacting
Encode (9)
puts thoughts into symbols, usually words
Environment (11)
firles of experience that affect how they undertand other’s behavior
Impersonal communication (17)
not group, public, or mass communication
Instrumental goals (8)
getting others to behave in ways we want such as telling toehrs how we want our food, or our hair style, etc.
Interpersonal communication [quantitative and qualitative] (17)
quantitiative–any interaction between two people
qualitative–when people treat one another as unique individuals, regardless of the context in which the interction ocurs or the number of people involved.
Linear communication model (9)
communication model which depicts communication as someothing a sender “does to” a reciever
Mediated communication (18)
Conversation that takes place across a telephone, or correspondence, but also includes internet communication such as IM, E-MAIL, Twitter, facebook MySpace, blogs, etc.
Message (9)
the information being transmitted
Noise (10)
distractions that disrupt transmission
Receiver (9)
the person attending to the message
Relational dimension (15)
expresses how you feel about the other person; if you like or dislike them, or if you feel in control or a subordinate in the relationship
Richness (21)
the abundance of nonverbal cues that add clarity to a verbal message
Self-monitoring (30)
desribe the process of paying close attention to one’s behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves.
Sender (9)
the person creating the message
Transactional communication model (10)
people send and receive messages simultaneously and not in a undirectional or back-and-forth manner, with communicators often occupying different environments that affect how the y understand other’s behavior
Self-Concept (40)
the relatively stable set of perception you hold of yourself
self-esteem(41)
evaltuion of self-worth
personality
characteristic ways that you think abd behave across a variety of situation
The big five personality traits
extrovert (sociable, fun-loving, talkative, spontaneous) vs. introverted (reserved, sober, quite, self-controlled)
open(imaginative, independent, curious, broadd interests) vs. not open (unimaginative, confroming, incurious, narrow interests)
conscientious (careful, reliable, perservering, ambitious) vs. undirected (careless, undependable, lax aimless)
agreeable (courteous, selfless, trusting, copperative) vs. antagonistic (rude, selfish, suspicious, uncooperative)
neurotic (worried, ulneravle, self-pitying, impatient) vs. stable (calm, hardy, self-satisfied, patient)