A gesture that is used to substitute for a word, like a thumbs up.
What is an emblem?
The difference between intimate friendships and acquaintances can be described like this.
What is intimate friends are people with whom we have voluntarily negotiated more personal relationships.
Denotative meaning
The ancient Greeks used this term to describe logical appeals in persuasion.
What is logos?
It is a fancy term for small talk.
What is phatic communication
Pitch, volume, and rate of speaking are part of this type of nonverbal communication.
What is paralanguage?
Any verbal or nonverbal message offered to assist others when they are in need is considered to be an example of this.
What is supportive communication?
A unique form of a more general language is called this.
A declarative sentence that clearly indicates the position you advocate.
What is a proposition?
Being hungry or tired are examples of this kind of listening barriers
What are internal barriers?
This term refers to the use of time in nonverbal communication.
What is chronemics?
A person who is unhappy with their relationship and is thinking about the rewards/costs, and how it compares with alternatives, is using this theory.
What is the Social Exchange Approach?
Clearly stating your own desires while also respecting others is an example of this communication behavior.
What is assertive behavior?
The ancient Greeks used this term to refer to emotional appeals in persuasion.
In this phase of relationship dissolution, the relational partners start talking about their dissatisfaction with each other.
What is the dyadic phase?
This kind of touch is scripted, rather than spontaneous - like a handshake or a high-five.
What is ritualized touch?
This theory explains the decision-making process we go through as we choose whether or not to disclose confidential information about ourselves.
What is Communication Privacy Management Theory?
This kind of meaning focuses on what people mean.
What is pragmatic meaning?
A speech arguing that aliens are real is an example of this kind of proposition.
Adoption
Continuance
Discontinuance
Deterrence
One strategy for improving nonverbal communication.
Accepted answers include:
1. Consciously monitor your nonverbal messages
2. Intentionally align your nonverbal messages with your purpose
3. Adapt your nonverbal messages to the situation
4. Reduce or eliminate distracting nonverbal messages
One guideline for providing emotional support for others.
Anyone one of these is correct:
- clarifying supporting intentions
- buffer potential face threats
- using other-centered messages
- reframing the situation
- giving advice
This kind of meaning focuses on what words mean.
What is semantic meaning?
The Five Steps in Monroe's Motivated Sequence
What are:
Attention
Need
Satisfaction
Visualization
Action?
This dialectic of friendship refers to the tension between appreciating the other person's characteristics while also needing to tell them things that could be upsetting.
What is the dialectic of Expressiveness-Protectiveness?