Definitions
Rhetoric
General Communication
The Tricky Stuff!
Miscellaneous
100
this is communicating about communication
What is Metacommunication
100
provide a basic definition of rhetoric
What is The Art of Persuasion
100
communication without words
What is Nonverbal Communication
100
The process of shifting to different styles and introducing shifts in vocabulary or syntax
What is Code Switching
100
the idea that meanings are carried or contained by words
What is Container Fallacy
200
this refers to “polar words”
What is Dichotomy
200
this is the implied meeting of the word
What is Connotation
200
What is the Communication Process...draw and explain the diagram
sender --> encodes --> message --> channel --> receiver --> decodes --> feedback --> feedback loop Noise interrupts the process ((context (process) culture)
200
This type of society is concerned with wasting time, using time, biding time, and having free time
What is a Monochronic Society
200
replacing blunt words or phrases with mild, vague, or less emotionally-charged words or phrases
What is euphemism
300
this refers to the idea that language can have two or more possible interpretations
What is Equivocal Language
300
list the three rhetorical appeals found under rhetorical strategies
What is Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
300
this refers to the factors that cause the receiver to perceive distortion in the intended information or stimuli
What is Technical Interference
300
how we select and organize information about other people on the basis of what behaviors we think go together (talkative = extraverted, bold, outgoing, confident)
What is Private Theory of Personality
300
words, phrases, or nonverbal signs that create unique meaning within a relationship
What are Idioms
400
this is the study of body movements in communication
What is Kinesics
400
indicates a criss cross of terms
What is Chiasmus
400
This is our ability to use symbols to create a shared experience between individuals
What is Communication
400
the world is perceived differently by members of different communities and this perception is transmitted and sustained by language
What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
400
the ability to process certain incoming stimuli while simultaneously filtering out others
What is selective attention
500
this is the tendency to extend a favorable or unfavorable impression of one trait to other traits
What is Halo Effect
500
identify the 3 parts of the rhetorical situation and explain an example
What is Audience, Exigence, and Constraints (plus example)
500
list the communication contexts
What is interpersonal, intercultural, interviewing, small group, public, organizational, and mass communication
500
List the 3 traits of Communication
What is irreversible, inevitable, and transactional
500
when you evaluate yourself primarily on the basis of how you think others perceive and evaluate you
What is Looking Glass Self
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