Communication
Test I / Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Test I / Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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critical, and mocking another's weaknesses.
satirical
happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
ironic
statements that can be verified as true or false.
factual statements
The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver
channel
The ability to maintain a relationship on terms acceptable to all parties. what approach is likely to work best in a given situation. handle situations well independenty of age, difference, grade of attactive people.
communication competence
fond of company; sociable.
gregarious
two-person communication
dyadic communication
communication sent via a medium other than face-to-face interaction telephone, e-mail, and instant messaging and even videoconference.
mediated communication
External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with the acurate transmission and reception of a message.
noise
an arbitrary sign used to represent a thing, person, idea, event, or relationship in ways that make communication possible.
symbol
THe process of putting thoughts into symbols, most commonly words.
encoding
A characterization of communication as the simultaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing, irreversible process.
transactional communication model
the transmission of messages to large, usually widespread audiences via broadcast menas, pring, multimedia( CD_Rom).
mass communication.
combining both masculine and feminine traits. social expectations about masculine and feminine behavior have a powerful influence on our identity and how we communicate.
androgynous
the ability to project oneself into another person's point of view, so as to experience the other's thoughts and feelings.
empathy
socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a society considers appropiate for men and o women.
gender
strategies used by communicators to influence the way others view them.
identity management
The perceptual process of attaching meaning to stimuli that have previously been selected and organized.
interpretation
a three-part method for verifying the accuracy of interpretations. description of the sence data, two possible interpretations, and request for confirmation.
perception checking
set of perceptions each individual holds of himself or herself
self-concept
the part of self-concept that involves evaluation of self-worth.
self-esteem
compassion for another's situation.
sympathy
when a person's expectation of an outcome, and subsequent behavior, makes the outcome more likely to occur than it would otherwise have been.
self-fulfilling prophecy
prejudice in favor of or against one thing
bias
excessively proud of oneself; vain.
conceited
we judge ourselves more charitably than we judge others
self-serving bias
the perception of membership in a group that is part of culture inside another culture.
coculture
a culture in which members focus on the welfare of the group as a whole, rather tahn a concern by individual for their own success.
collectivist culture
the language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn
culture
culture with a have a genetic componet.
ethnicity
The attitude that one's own culture is superior to others.
Ethnocentrism
uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly as possible
low-context culture
relies heavily on subtle, often nonverbal cues to maintain social harmony.
high-context culture
unfairly biased and intolerant attitude toward others who belong to an out-group.
prejudice
a pleasant-sounding term used in place of a more direct but less pleasant one.
euphemism
opinion based on the speaker's beliefs.
opinion statement
a vague statement that can be interpreted in more than one way
equivocation
the specialized vocabulary that is used as a kind of shorthand by people with common backgrounds and experience
jargon
language that lacks specificity or does nt refe to observable behavior or other sensry data. you can hint at your true belief without a diret confrontation. it is different, unusual, it might work. better than the clear and brutal truth
abstract language
Statements of fact but are always opinions. that is a pice of junk. assertive or aggressive man or women. to stigmatize behavior in women that they admire in men.
emotive language
