Chapter 1&2:
Introduction to Human Communication & Overview of Interpersonal Communication
Introduction to Human Communication & Overview of Interpersonal Communication
The process through which people use messages to generate meanings within and across contexts, channels, cultures, and media
What is Communication
The process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information from our senses
What is Perception
Exchange of spoken or written language with others during interactions
What is Verbal Communication
An established, coherent set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and practices shared by a large group of people
What is Culture
Sound wave vibrations travel along acoustic nerves to your brain
What is Hearing
Being aware and focusing on the here and now
What is Mindful Awareness
Mental structures containing information that defines concepts characteristics and interrelations
What is Schemata
Additional understanding of a word's meaning based on the situation and on common knowledge
What is Connotative Meaning
The ability to accept and respect other culture's beliefs, values, and customs
What is World-Mindedness
Summarizing others' comment after they have finished talking
What is Paraphrasing
Dynamic form of communication between two people in which the messages exchanged significantly influence their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships
What is Interpersonal Communication
Focusing our attention on certain sights, sounds, tastes, touches, or smells in our environment
We make our conversational contributions as informative, honest, relevant, and clear as is required
What is Cooperative Principle
Important and lasting principles or standards held by a culture about desirable and appropriate courses or outcomes of actions
What are Values
Behaving as if you are paying attention when you are really not
What is Pseudo-Listening
-Interactive Communication
-Transaction Communication
What are the Three Models of Communication
The degree to which something is noticeable and significant to us
What is Salience
Verbal and nonverbal behaviors that convey contradictory meanings
What are Mixed Messages
Informal guidelines about what is acceptable or proper behavior within a specific culture
What are Norms
Receiving, attending to, understanding, responding to, ad recalling sounds and images through media channels
The process of interacting with others while engaging in mindful awareness and practice
What is Mindful Communication
Assigning meaning to selected information
What is Interpretation
-Expresses Emotions
-Conveys Meanings
-Presents Ourselves to Others
-Helps Manage Interactions
-Defines Relationships
What are The Five Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Explicit guidelines that govern acceptable or proper social behavior within a specific culture
What are Rules
Systematically putting aside irrelevant thougts
What is Mental Bracketing