Intro Models
Mention any two forms of communication
You are in class with a friend discussing your amazing trip to Italy last summer with study abroad. What property of verbal communication makes this reference to a past event possible?
Displacement
Tim shares a story in class where he uses varying levels of pitch and volume to convey the emotional parts of the narrative. What type of communication is he demonstrating?
Paralanguage
What is the first step of the perception process?
Selecting
This type of listening allows you to learn from other people’s experiences and help to take on different perspectives.
Empathetic listening
What is the difference between encoding and decoding?
Encoding-- turning thoughts into messages
Decoding-- turning communication into thoughts
The fact that the words we use to describe things do not necessarily correspond with a thing in reality describes what characteristic of language?
Symbolism
Your friend Beth had to cancel your dinner plans for this evening. You roll your eyes at her while saying, “It’s fine.” What is Beth most likely to believe?
You're annoyed
You meet a professor who is white woman, strict, young, and comes from the US. You then believe that all professors look and are like this. What barrier to communication is this an example of?
Stereotype
You tell your friend about the bad grade you got on your exam which you are really bummed about. You tell him that you studied for over a week for the exam, but it was really hard. Your friend responds, “At least you didn’t fail! Last week I failed an exam, and it was horrible. I studied for like an hour.” What bad listening practice is this an example of?
Narcissistic listening
Interference with a message being sent between participants in a communication encounter is called x.
X has types, mention them
Noise
Environmental, semantic
What are the three points of the triangle of meaning?
Thought, symbol, referent
You walk into an interview and the interviewer shakes your hand firmly and aggressively to show he has the power in the space. What type of nonverbal communication is this an example of? Mention two other types that we've not talked about today
Haptics
B) proxemics, kinesics, vocalics
How would you define schemata/schema?
Databases of stored, related information that we use to interpret new experiences.
What steps comprise the Listening procedure?
Receiving, interpreting, recalling, and responding
What are the models of communication? Explain them in one sentence each
Transmission/linear, interaction and transactional
What are the types of definitions? Explain them
Denotation refers to definitions that are accepted
by the language group as a whole, or the dictionary definition of a word
Connotation refers to definitions that are based on emotion- or experience-based associations people
have with a word.
Explain what makes nonverbal communication more often credible than verbal communication
It is involuntary, ambiguous, and conveys important information
How does your textbook define intercultural communication competence?
The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in various cultural contexts.”
How would you define communication competence?
The knowledge of effective and appropriate communication patterns and the ability to use and adapt that knowledge in various contexts