Chapter 1
What message gives the basic information being talked about?
A content message
What is communication through technology called?
Mediated communication
What kind of culture focuses on personal goals and independence?
An individualistic culture.
What is the way you see and understand yourself called?
Self-concept
Selection, organization, and interpretation
What type of message shows how people feel about each other or how they view their relationship.
Relational message
What type of communication sends a personal message to a large audience?
Masspersonal communication
What kind of culture focuses the group and working together?
A collectivistic group.
What concept explains how other people's opinion affect how you see yourself?
The looking-glass self.
Which steps happens when you decide to focus on certain details but ignore others?
Selection
What communication model shows people sending and receiving messages at the same time?
The transactional model
Posting a personal life update for social media followers is what concept?
Masspersonal communication
What communication style depends on body language, context, and shared knowledge?
High context communication.
How can a person's self-concept affect the way they communicate?
Answers include- it can change their confidence, behavior, or how they interact with other people
In what stage do we give meaning to the info we have gathered?
Interpretation
Name three qualities of interpersonal communication?
Any three: uniqueness, irreplaceability, interdependence, disclosure, and intrinsic rewards
What is hyperpersonal effect?
When online communication causes people to form positive or idealized impressions of others
What communication style is direct and explains a message clearly?
Low context communication.
In the Johari Window, what area includes things you know about yourself, but hide from others?
The hidden area
Avery decides a classmate is lazy for arriving late without considering that the classmates car broke down. What type of error is Avery making?
Attribution error
Two friends hear the same message but understand it differently. Which communication model explains why this can happen?
The transactional model
Addison only posts perfect pictures, so people believe her life is perfect. What concept is this?
Hyperpersonal effect
What is ethnocentrism?
to judge another culture based on the rules and beliefs of your own culture.
Name four parts of the Johari Window.
Open, blind, hidden, and unknown.
What ae the three parts of perception check?
Describe what happened, give two possible explanations, and ask the person for clarification