Unit 3- Communication Flashcards
3 keys to effective communication:
Looking
Listening
Responding
Superficial
Small talk
Makes up the majority of out communication
Weakens the stability of any relationship and it will not last
Personal
Involves opening up and talking about your feelings, beliefs, and opinions that mean something to you
Sharing your personal qualities
Influences and strengthens relationships
Validating
Reinforces other people’s personal qualities and feelings about themselves by first excepting their feelings, second understanding them and third nurturing them.
Complementing others.
Shows an understanding and strengthens relationship
Touch oriented
Wants/needs: hugging, holding hands,physically close
how to please: high-fives, knuckles, hugs
Verbal oriented
Wants/needs: sharing one’s feelings, listening, heart to heart talks, caring words, meaningful discussions
how to please: going on a walk
Task oriented
Wants/needs: achievement, accomplishment, hard work, status, things
how to please: we wards for hard work
What percent of communication is nonverbal
55%
Two examples of nonverbal communication behavior clues
Leaning head on hand or fidgeting shows that the subject is bored
What are the six functions of nonverbal communication
Repeat, substitute, complementing, accent,regulate, contradict
Intimate zone
Distance: 18 inches description: reserved for only close friends and relatives
Personal zone
Distance: 18 inches – 4 feet
description: 2–1/2 feet for casual conversation but contacts in this zone are reasonably close but less personal
Social zone
Distance: 4–12 feet description: for parties and family gatherings and for friends and casual acquaintances
Public zone
Distance: 12 feet or more description: speakers in their audiences, used in classrooms
Speaking out of turn
Interrupting