Intro to Human Communication & Communicating Identities (Ch. 1 & 2)
A transactional process which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal/nonverbal cues. Referred to as a building block of communication.
Message
Cognitive representation and categorization are types of this.
organization
"Lexical choice" is another term for this kind of language.
Vocabulary
The process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to spoken and/or nonverbal messages.
Listening
A feeling of disorientation and discomfort due to the unfamiliarity of surroundings and the lack of familiar cues to an environment.
Culture shock
The belief that moral behavior varies among individuals, groups, and cultures across situations. In other words, nothing is absolute.
Relativism
A sense-making process in which we attempt to understand our environment so we can respond to it appropriately.
Perception
This theory is a branch of pragmatics that suggests when people communicate, they do not just say things, they do things with their words.
Speech Act Theory
When we behave more formally at a wedding than we do at a birthday party, we are responding to THIS element of contextual awareness.
Social Situation
Mariam and Lana are roommates with very little in common. Nevertheless, because they were roommates, they became friends based on their...
proximity
The fairly stable perception we have of ourselves.
Self-serving bias
The use of language to express oneself artistically or creatively
Imaginative language
When someone argues that many or even most people have done what that person is attempting to get me to do, they are engaging in which kind of manipulative conversational tactic?
Bandwagoning
Which theory emphasizes that our guesses about future interactions as positive or negative determine our likelihood of talking with someone and forming a relationship?
Predicted Outcome Value theory
Racial identity develops in response to this kind of force.
Social or societal force
The tendency to view one group's standards against which all groups are judged.
Communicative functions associated with the sense of smell.
Olfactics
Choosing what you will listen to, as well as how you will respond, are challenges based on...
ethics
This approach recognizes that things are not perceived as "either/or" but instead "both/and"
Dialectical Approach
According to the Synergetic Model, THESE are the four factors that influence communication.
1. Individual forces
2. Societal forces
3. Culture
4. Context
Yoon lives in the US, but her mom is from North Korea and her dad is from Taiwan. This makes Yoon THIS kind of border dweller.
border dweller through socialization
This nonverbal behavior is associated with respectful listening in Western social contexts.
Eye Contact
What is the major difference between task-oriented listening and analytical listening?
Task-oriented listeners tend to think about communication as a transaction and focus on the substance of the message
Analytical listeners wait until they have heard the whole message before they begin to process that message.
LGBTQIA+ individuals may refer to their romantic partners as friends or roommates. This is a result of....
Cultural Norms