Communication Needs
Models of Communication
Perception
Language
Listening
100

When we are isolated our health can decline. This is because communication meets our ______ needs

Physical

100

The _________ model visualizes communication as a one-way, linear process.

Action

100

generalizations about groups or categories of people, influence perception

Stereotypes

100

Most words are arbitrary, meaning...

There is no physical connection to the meaning. Words mean whatever we—as users of a language—choose for them to mean.

100

sensory process of receiving and perceiving sounds.

Hearing

200

are practical, everyday needs, which are plentiful and often take priority in our lives

Instrumental needs

200

The ____  model recognizes that communication is a two-way process, and it accounts for feedback and context.

Interaction

200

the process by which your mind and body help you isolate certain stimuli to pay attention to

Selection

200

The components of the semantic triangle are_________

Symbols, Referents, Reference/Thought


200

the active process of making meaning out of another person’s spoken message

Listening

300

companionship and affection; involves social settings and interacting with others

Relational needs

300

The _________ model does not distinguish between the roles of source and receiver, nor does it represent communication as a series of messages going back and forth.

Transaction

300

the tendency to emphasize the first impression over later impressions when forming a perception

Primacy effect

300

This hypothesis states that communities perceive the world differently and this perception is sustained by language.

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

300

occurs when you are trying to identify with the speaker by understanding and experiencing what he or she is thinking or feeling.

Empathetic listening

400

The ways we communicate with others and the ways others communicate with us shapes how we perceive ourselves. Communication meets our ________ needs.

Identity

400

To _______ a message is to interpret its meaning

Decode

400

the tendency to emphasize the most recent impression over earlier impressions when forming a perception

Recency effect

400

technical vocabulary of a certain professional occupation

Jargon

400

pretending to pay attention to someone when you really are not listening.

Pseudolistening
500

This need doesn't always involve religion but it is a that we reflect on the deeper meaning of our lives.

Spiritual Needs

500

This is anything that interferes with a receiver's ability to attend to a message

Noise

500

The Johari window represents the components of self. What are the four quadrants?

Open, Hidden, Blind, Unknown

500

mild expressions that symbolize something blunter or harsher such as saying someone "passed away"

Euphemisms

500

Information ______ refers to the huge amount of information that each of us takes in every day.

overload