Defining
Communication
Communication
This broad term is defined by theorists as the sending and receiving of messages.
What is communication?
Because we acquire communication skills formally (from parents) and informally (from peers), it is said that communication is ________.
What is learned?
This early, one-way model of communication involves a sender, a channel, and a receiver, but lacks feedback.
What is the Linear Model?
This type of context includes the physical setting, such as a quiet library or a loud restaurant, where communication occurs.
What is environmental context?
This psychologist created a "Hierarchy of Needs" to explain human motivation and development.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Words, emojis, and images used to represent thoughts or ideas are examples of these.
What are symbols?
This principle states that we are always communicating—even a yawn or posture sends a message—so we "cannot not communicate."
What is continuous?
In this modern model, meaning is co-created, and communicators act as senders and receivers simultaneously.
What is the Transactional Model?
A group of people who share values, beliefs, norms, and a common language is defined as this.
What is culture?
These needs form the base of the pyramid and include food, water, and shelter.
What are physiological (or physical) needs?
This specific type of communication occurs between people who are interdependent and have some knowledge of each other.
What is interpersonal communication?
Communication is considered this because you can never recreate the exact same context, emotional state, or environment twice.
What is unrepeatable?
In the Transactional Model, the terms "sender" and "receiver" are replaced by this inclusive term.
What are communicators?
He is the researcher credited with establishing six "cultural dimensions," such as Power Distance and Indulgence.
Who is Geert Hofstede?
These are practical needs we communicate to get things done, such as ordering food or asking a question in class.
What are instrumental needs?
When you engage in self-talk, imagination, or memory, you are engaging in this type of communication.
What is intrapersonal communication?
Once a message is shared, like a text sent in anger or a confession of feelings, it cannot be taken back, making communication this.
What is irreversible?
This element refers to anything (physical, psychological, or physiological) that interrupts the message.
What is noise?
In this cultural dimension, people prioritize the "we" identity, interdependence, and group goals over individual goals.
What is Collectivism?
The severe mental and physical health effects of this prison practice highlight the critical importance of social needs.
What is solitary confinement?
Communication between this many people (a specific range) is generally the limit before a small group becomes "public communication."
What is 15 to 20 people?
This ancient Greek philosopher is quoted as saying "no man ever steps in the same river twice" to illustrate the unrepeatable nature of experience.
Who is Heraclitus?
Hunger, pain, or an involuntary chemical dump of adrenaline in your system are examples of this specific type of noise.
What is physiological noise?
This cultural dimension refers to how much a culture values predictability, rules, and regulations versus risk and ambiguity.
What is Uncertainty Avoidance?
Located at the top of the hierarchy, these needs relate to achieving one's full potential and deep-seated personal goals.
What are self-actualization needs?