Nonverbal Comm
Relationships
Verbal Comm
Persuasive Speaking
Lecture Notes
100

A gesture that is used to substitute for a word, like a thumbs up. 

What is an emblem?

100

The difference between intimate friendships and acquaintances can be described like this.

What is intimate friends are people with whom we have voluntarily negotiated more personal relationships.

100
A term that means the dictionary definition of a word

Denotative meaning

100

The ancient Greeks used this term to describe logical appeals in persuasion.

What is logos?

100

It is a fancy term for small talk.

What is phatic communication

200

Pitch, volume, and rate of speaking are part of this type of nonverbal communication.

What is paralanguage?

200

Any verbal or nonverbal message offered to assist others when they are in need is considered to be an example of this. 

What is supportive communication?

200

A unique form of a more general language is called this. 

What is a dialect?
200

A declarative sentence that clearly indicates the position you advocate.

What is a proposition?

200

Being hungry or tired are examples of this kind of listening barriers

What are internal barriers?

300

This term refers to the use of time in nonverbal communication.

What is chronemics?

300

A person who is unhappy with their relationship and is thinking about the rewards/costs, and how it compares with alternatives, is using this theory. 

What is the Social Exchange Approach?

300

Clearly stating your own desires while also respecting others is an example of this communication behavior.

What is assertive behavior?

300

The ancient Greeks used this term to refer to emotional appeals in persuasion. 

What is pathos?
300

In this phase of relationship dissolution, the relational partners start talking about their dissatisfaction with each other.

What is the dyadic phase?

400

This kind of touch is scripted, rather than spontaneous - like a handshake or a high-five.

What is ritualized touch?

400

This theory  explains the decision-making process we go through as we choose whether or not to disclose confidential information about ourselves. 

What is Communication Privacy Management Theory?

400

This kind of meaning focuses on what people mean.

What is pragmatic meaning? 

400

A speech arguing that aliens are real is an example of this kind of proposition.

What is a fact proposition?
400
The four kinds of action you can propose in persuasive speaking

Adoption
Continuance
Discontinuance
Deterrence

500

One strategy for improving nonverbal communication. 

Accepted answers include:
1. Consciously monitor your nonverbal messages
2. Intentionally align your nonverbal messages with your purpose
3. Adapt your nonverbal messages to the situation
4. Reduce or eliminate distracting nonverbal messages 

500

One guideline for providing emotional support for others.

Anyone one of these is correct:
- clarifying supporting intentions
- buffer potential face threats
- using other-centered messages
- reframing the situation
- giving advice

500

This kind of meaning focuses on what words mean.

What is semantic meaning?

500

The Five Steps in Monroe's Motivated Sequence

What are:
Attention
Need
Satisfaction
Visualization
Action?

500

This dialectic of friendship refers to the tension between appreciating the other person's characteristics while also needing to tell them things that could be upsetting. 

What is the dialectic of Expressiveness-Protectiveness?