Foundations of Communication
This model describes communication as an activity during which information flows in one direction, from a starting point to an end point.
What is the linear communication model?
What is culture?
Perception is a process that involves selection, organization and this.
What is feminine cultural value?
Defined by our use of language, this type of spoken or written exchange when interacting with others is called this.
What is verbal communication?
Boredom, contentment, grouchiness or serenity are considered low-intensity arousal states, also known as these.
What are moods?
Symmetrical relationships are defined by a balance in power, while this type of relationship suggests imbalance.
What is a complementary relationship?
These can be casual or close, long-term or short-term, but what they have in common is a voluntary interpersonal relationship characterized by intimacy and liking.
What are friendships?
When a network of people whose shared lives are bound by marriage, blood or commitment, they are known as this unit.
What is a family?
When you have a professor lecturing or a classmate making a presentation in front of the room, they are engaging in this type of communication model.
We create this when we define our self-concepts by considering how others see us. For example, a young girl who believes others think of her as a poor athlete formulates an image of herself as uncoordinated even though she is an excellent dancer.
What is a looking-glass self?
The degree to which particular people or aspects of their communication attract our attention is known as this.
What is salience?
When you have the ability to communicate appropriately, effectively and ethically with people from diverse backgrounds, you have this.
What is intercultural competence?
We engage in humandkind's most profound and unique abilities when we create symbols to represent people, places, objects and ideas, also called this.
What is naming?
These emotional reactions usually only last a few seconds or minutes - and we experience dozens, if not hundreds, of them daily.
What are feelings?
There are five types of power currencies common in interpersonal relationships: personal, intimacy, expertise, resource and this type, characterized by having substantial influence.
What is social network currency?
What is a communal friendship?
There are several types of families: nuclear, extended, stepfamily, cohabiting couples, single-parent and this group, usually formed when there is distance from or dissatisfaction with blood and legal relatives.
What is voluntary a kin family?
This model emphasizes communication as multidirectional. That is, each participant equally influences the communication behavior of others.
What is the transactional communication model?
When you are able to turn a lens on yourself and examine the resulting image, you have the ability to view yourself as a unique person, also known as this.
What is self-awareness?
Each of us develops these mental structures that contain information defining the characteristics of various concepts, as well as how those characteristics are related to each other. For instance, we know that a white dress, bridesmaids and flowers refer to a wedding.
What is schemata?
This cultural value emphasizes clear, direct communication as people who belong to it tend to not presume that others share their beliefs and attitudes.
What is low-context culture?
This type of nonverbal communication involves facial expressions, posture and gestures.
What is kinesics?
This barrier to listening occurs when people pretend to listen but are distracted.
What is pseudo-listening?
These types of arguments involves a series of unresolved disputes, all having to do with the same issue.
What are serial arguments?
This type of friendship involves friends who focus on helping each other achieve practical goals; they value sharing time together, but only if the parties are available and there are no other priorities at the time.
What is an agentic friendship?
We solidify our families' sense of identity by sharing these, narrative accounts of birth, courtship and survival.
What are family stories?
If I'm listening to you and I respond with verbal and nonverbal messages such as making eye contact, nodding my head or saying, "Uh-huh," I have giving you this.
What is feedback?
Your self-esteem is caused by comparing your ideal self (the person you want to be) to your ought self (the person others expect you to be), also known as this theory.
What is self-discrepancy theory?
When we create explanations for others' comments or behaviors - such as "Why didn't my partner return my text?" or "Why did my friend share that horrible photo of me on Instagram?" - we create these.
What are attributions?
What is power distance?
When someone has this, they have fear or anxiety associated with interaction, leading to intense discomfort while talking with others.
What is communication apprehension?
When you do this, you summarize others' comments after they have finished speaking, helping to check the accuracy of your understanding.
What is paraphrasing?
When you have this type of power currency, you have characteristics that people consider desirable, such as intelligence, beauty, charm and sense of humor.
What is personal currency?
Showing support, respecting privacy, sharing humor and maintaining equity are some examples of these, ways we can help our friendships succeed.
What are friendship rules?
One of two dimensions that underlie communication within a family, this is the degree to which family members are encouraged to participate in unrestrained interaction about a wide array of topics.
What is conversation orientation?
This term refers to environmental factors that get in the way and keep messages from reaching their destination.
What is noise?
If you have a high level of this, you are extremely self-aware of whether your behavior and communication are well-suited to the situation you are in. In contrast, having a low level of it means you prefer encounters where you can just "act like yourself" and not have to worry about what others think.
What is self-monitoring?
When we create mental pictures of who people are and how we feel about them, we use perception to size people up, also known as this.
What are interpersonal impressions?
When people from co-cultures interact with people from the dominant culture, this occurs.
What is co-cultural communication?
Another code of nonverbal communication, this is a way of communicating using physical distance, and includes intimate space, personal space, social space and public space.
What is proxemics?
There are four main ways to prevent emotions before they occur: encounter avoidance, encounter structuring, attention focus and this, systematically desensitizing yourself to emotional experience.
What is deactivation?
When physical violence is present in close relationships, it could lead individuals to stop discussing issues out of fear of their partner's negative reactions, an outcome known as this.
What is the chilling effect?
These types of friendships cross demographic lines and are a powerful way to break down negative stereotypes.
What are cross-cultural friendships?
The opposite of conversation orientation, this dimension emphasizes uniformity of thought among family members and often require respect for authority and have parental control and the pressure of adapting to those beliefs.
What is conformity orientation?