Week 6 Flashcards
1
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communication
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- the transfer and understanding of a message between two or more people
2
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sender
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-establishes a message, encodes the message, and chooses the channel to send it
3
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reciever
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- decodes the message and provides feedback to the sender
4
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encoding
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- converting a message to symbolic form
5
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decoding
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- interpreting a sender’s message
6
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message
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- what is communicated
7
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channel
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- the medium through which a message travels
8
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richness
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- more cues, more personal, quicker feedback
9
Q
coaching
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- setting standards, giving advice, direction, or information to improve performance
10
Q
when to don the coaching cap
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- lack of ability
- insufficient information and understanding
- incompetence
11
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counselling
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- helping someone understand and resolve a problem him/herself by displaying understanding
12
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when to counsel
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- personality clashes
- defensiveness
- other factors tied to emotions
- can help someone recognize that a problem exists
13
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defensiveness
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- one individual feels threatened or attacked as a result of the communication
- self-protection becomes paramount
- energy is spent on constructing a defense rather than on listening
14
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disconfirmation
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- individual feels incompetent, unworthy, or insignificant as a result of the communication
- attempts to re-establish self-worth takes precedence
- energy is spent to portray self importance rather than on listening
- showing off, self centered behaviour
15
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barriers to communication
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- filtering
- selecting perception
- emotions
- information overload
- language
- silence
16
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filtering
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- the sender manipulates information sot hat it will be seen more favourably by the reciever
17
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selective perception
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- the receivers selectively see and hear based on their needs, motivation, experience, background, and other personal characteristics
18
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emotions
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- individuals may interpret the same message differently when they are angry/distraught then when they are happy