Communication Basics
Humans use _____________ to represent things, processes, ideas, or events in ways that make communication possible.
What are symbols?
The language, values, beliefs, traditions, and customs people share and learn are collectively referred to in the textbook as _______________.
What is culture?
If the family communication pattern emphasizes _____________, the teen and his or her parents probably negotiate the curfew by talking openly about it and listening to each other.
What is conversation?
A message expressed through nonlinguistic means is called_______.
What is nonverbal communication?
Characteristics of your audience that can be categorized, such as age, gender, cultural background, educational level, and economic status are called _______________.
What are demographics?
A set of relatively stable perceptions that each of us holds about ourselves?
What is self-esteem?
The perception of membership in a group that is part of an encompassing culture is referred to as _____________.
What is coculture?
Social scientists use the term ________________ to describe messages that refer to other messages.
What is metacommunication?
Ethan simply shrugs his shoulders when his mother asks him if he’ll be home on Saturday night to babysit his sister. This is an example of _________.
What is substituting?
Deeply rooted feelings about a concept's inherent worth or worthiness are called ___________.
What are values?
An article in the print edition of a magazine is an example of ___________________.
What is mass communication?
A collection of symbols governed by rules and used to convey messages between individuals is referred to in the chapter as _____________.
What is language?
This type of power comes from what team members know or can do.
What is expert power?
_________________ involves interaction between people who are part of a close and irreplaceable relationship in which they treat each other as unique individuals.
What is interpersonal communication?
The ___________ tells your listeners the central idea of your speech and is the one idea that you want your audience to remember after they have forgotten everything else you had to say.
What is a thesis statement?
The physiological ability to perceive the presence of sounds in the environment is referred to as _____________.
What is hearing?
What rules make it possible for us to agree that “bikes” are for riding and “books” are for reading?
What are semantic rules?
The degree to which we like or appreciate others is known as ________________.
What is affinity?
Nonverbal cues that reinforce a message are known as __________.
What is complementing?
An intense level of apprehension about speaking before an audience, resulting in poor performance, is referred to as _______________.
What is debilitative speech anxiety?
The method by which a message is conveyed between people is called a _________________.
What is a channel?
____________ describe deliberate nonverbal behaviors that have precise meanings known to everyone within a cultural group.
What are emblems?
Rachel and Iris are friends. They both enjoy running with each other. The time they have spent running together has made them closer friends than ever. Which option below best describes their friendship?
What is doing-oriented?
In a series of ongoing exchanges, one person's confirming message leads to a similar response from the other person. The first person is then even more reinforcing in turn. This situation illustrates how _______________ works.
What is a positive spiral?
A(n) ___________ is given off the top of one's head, without preparation.