Communication
A.Offers new perspective
B.We do it a lot
C.We can get better at it
Improves our well-being
Why we should study communication?
Communication that is idiosyncratic (personalized/tailored) to the communication partner
What is interpersonal communication?
Includes, groups do you belong to, ideological beliefs, personal interests, personal ambitions, and self-evaluation of those traits.
What is self-concept?
This stage of the perceptual process directs our attention to a subset of stimuli.
What is the selection stage?
Dark chocolate
What is Dr. Weber's favorite type of candy?
The process of generating meaning by sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs
What is communication?
According to Miller and Steinberg, speaking to someone in a way that relates to a sociological group they belong to is consistent with this level of information.
Information that is known to self but unknown to others.
What is hidden information?
When a person does not have a frame of reference for organizing information.
What is experiential blindness?
Wednesday from 5:00-6:00pm
When are Dr. Weber's office hours
A type of noise due to one’s mental state.
What is psychological noise?
This message meaning focuses on the nature of the relationship between communication partners?
What is the relational meaning of messages?
This communication disposition has the tendency to attack individuals personally instead of, or in addition to, their positions.
What is verbal aggressiveness?
An attribution that links the cause of a behavior to a characteristic of the person.
What is an internal attribution?
Jane Austen
Who is Dr. Weber's favorite Author?
The communication need fulfilled by hanging out with friends.
What are relational/social needs?
What is effective communication?
This mode of discovering oneself uses reference groups.
What is social comparison?
The tendency to make internal attributions for our successes.
What is the self-serving bias?
What Dr. Weber made for the cashier at Ann Taylor Loft?
The communication goal achieved by creating a particular social media persona.
What are self-presentation goals?
This part of competent communication relates to following social rules and norms when communicating.
What is using appropriate communication?
This layer of identity recognizes a person's roles/relationships as part of their identity.
What is the relational layer of identity?
Assigning accompanying positive traits to a person who is highly physically attractive.
What is the halo effect?
Tell me what it is that you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
What is Dr. Weber's signature line quote?