Comm. Model
Vocalization
Misc.
Reception
Vocabulary
100
The person who initializes the communication process
What is the sender
100
The sounds we make when we speak are a result of these contracting
What are muscles
100
This is where the communication process begins
What is the brain
100
Reception makes accounts for this percentage of the communication process
What is 50%
100
This measure is used to determine how loudly or softly we speak
What is volume
200
The point or main idea that someone is trying to convey in conversation; delivered verbally
What is the message
200
This thin, muscular membrane separates the abdominal cavity from the chest cavity and is instrumental in speech
What is the diaphragm
200
Cognitive functions including thinking, perceiving, and understanding language happens in this part of the brain
What is the cerebral cortex
200
This is the total of all receivers' responses that tells senders how they are "getting through"
What is feedback
200
The path between sender and receiver that a message travels through
What is the channel
300
The process in which the sender formulates a message
What is encoding
300
These thin, muscular strands are responsible for creating the vibrations necessary to produce sound are located in the larynx
What are the vocal chords
300
The cerebral cortex is located in this part of the brain
What is the frontal lobe
300
Feedback can occur in these two ways, or it can be a mixture of both
What is verbal and nonverbal
300
Body language and facial expressions are examples of these kinds of symbols
What is Nonverbal
400
The process in which the receiver breaks down the the sender's message for understanding
What is decoding
400
The combined, different parts of the body that are responsible for speech sound
What are the articulators
400
The main responsibility of the cerebral cortex
What is sensing and interpreting input
400
Abbreviated as AAT, this theory seeks to explain message behavior
What is the Action Assembly Theory
400
The study of spatial relationship between communicators
What is proxemics
500
Any prejudgment, attitude, belief, etc... that causes communication to halt or break down
What is a personal screen
500
This term is used to describe the study of the body's articulators
What is articulatory phonetics
500
People communicate for many reasons, but this is a major one
What is sharing common interests
500
AAT is an umbrella category for any of a variety of specific theories that share these
What are central features
500
Term that refers to the nonverbal elements of communication
What is paralanguage
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