The Nature of Communication
This need highlights the role of communication in maintaining mental and physical well-being.
What is a physical need?
In this type of culture, people prioritize personal achievement over group goals.
What is an individualistic culture?
This term refers to a person’s stable ideas about who they are.
What is self-concept?
This term refers to how we make meaning from people and our relationships.
What is interpersonal perception?
Language is made up of these, which represent objects or ideas.
What are symbols?
Nonverbal communication is often believed over verbal communication due to this reason.
What is its perceived authenticity?
This model sees communication as a dynamic, simultaneous exchange of messages.
What is the Transaction Model?
A culture that values competitiveness, strength, and achievement.
What is a masculine culture?
The desire to be included in social activities and maintain relationships.
What is the need for inclusion?
The inability to take another person’s perspective.
What is egocentrism?
The idea that language influences the way we think and see the world.
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?
The primary way humans express emotions nonverbally.
What are facial expressions?
This term describes how individuals interpret messages based on personal experiences and background.
What are perceptual filters?
A phrase whose meaning is not literal, such as "kick the bucket."
What is an idiom?
The process of projecting a desired public image.
What is image management?
The tendency to attribute our own successes to internal factors and failures to external ones.
What is the self-serving bias?
he use of words to entertain, which can enhance or harm communication.
What is humor?
The term for how scent influences perception and memory.
What is olfactics?
Explicit and implicit guidelines shape communication behaviors in different settings, illustrating this characteristic.
What is communication being governed by rules?
The term for a culture's expectations about how men and women should behave.
What are gender roles?
The act of intentionally revealing personal information to others.
What is self-disclosure?
A strategy to separate facts from personal interpretations.
What is perception-checking?
The process of reclaiming offensive terms and using them within a group for empowerment.
What is reclaiming the term?
The nonverbal behavior of maintaining or avoiding this can vary widely by culture.
What is eye contact?
Unlike the Action Model, this model emphasizes the importance of context in interpreting messages.
What is the Interaction Model?
A style of communication that focuses on emotions and building relationships.
What is expressive talk?
The psychological phenomenon where people tend to disclose more online due to a sense of anonymity.
The psychological phenomenon where people tend to disclose more online due to a sense of anonymity.
The process of evaluating whether an observed behavior is due to personality or external factors.
What is attribution theory?
A method for creating positive climates in electronically mediated communication.
What is being mindful of tone, avoiding immediate reactions, and seeking clarification before responding?
This term refers to gestures that regulate the flow of conversation, such as turn-taking cues.
What are regulators?