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The formal study of human communication is often (incorrectly) said to have started in this country.
What is "ancient Greece?"
When people's internal thoughts and feelings accidentally become evident through their nonverbal communication, we say that they are experiencing ____________.
What is "leakage?"
The big difference between nonverbal and verbal language is whether ___________ is used.
What is "language?"
Goffman argued that humans have _____________.
What is "a complex self?"
This characteristic argues that communication helps build and maintain relationships.
What is "relational?"
______ is the author of Precepts, the oldest known book studying communication.
What is "Ptahhotep?"
Oh no! A privacy boundary is being challenged! This challenge is called ___________.
What is "turbulence?"
Saying that nonverbal communication can be read is not true because it does not involve _____________.
What is "language?"
Our own interpretation or "take" on facts is called _____________.
What is "presentation?"
This characteristic argues that humans communicate to both relay and interpret facts.
What is "presentation/representational?"
This communication organization is the biggest one in the United States.
What is "National Communication Association (NCA)?"
You're talking to someone in a super busy room and there are many distractions around you. These distractions can be called _________ distractions.
What is "environmental?"
Words are ___________, which are signs that are not directly connected to what they represent.
What are "symbols?"
This theory argues that we adapt our communication to be more or less similar to other people around us.
What is "Communication Accommodation Theory?"
This characteristic argues that human communication is filled with signs that have to develop meaning through socialization.
What is "symbolic/requires meaning?"
This group of traveling public speaking instructors was highly criticized for valuing delivery over content.
What are "sophists?"
You're on a Zoom for class and Zoom begins freezing your screen and making the sound inconsistent. This is a ____________ listening distraction.
What is "medium or media listening distraction?"
______________ meaning is the literal, dictionary definition of a word.
What is "denotative?"
This theory argues that humans attempt to save face when asking for favors by using particular strategies.
What is "Politeness Theory?"
This characteristic argues that communication provides us a blueprint/reference point for perceiving the world.
What is "has frames/cultural?"
The actual country in which the communication studies discipline originated is _____________.
What is "ancient Egypt?"
You're in line at the store and someone invades your personal space. If someone analyzed this person's invasion, that person would be studying _________.
When we attempt to relay certain meaning through our nonverbal communication, we are engaging in ___________.
What is "encoding?"
Convergence is a term discussed in this theory.
What is "Communication Accommodation Theory?"
This characteristic argues that communication takes place in complex environments marked by noise and distractions that also communicate specific messages to us.
What is "transactional?"