4: Perceiving Others
Imagine that you have met someone that you are interested in, romantically, you ask your best friend what they think about this romantic interest. What are you and your best friend participating in?
Negotiation: the process by which communicators influence each other.
The Telegraph reported in 2013 that Sir Francis Buller ruled in 1886 a man could beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb, which thus created the popular, idiom. "Rule of thumb". This is an example of what type of language?
Sexist
When someone breaks into your car, rummages through your things and takes your prized phone out of your car, what has been violated?
Your territory
Jackie and Tammy are working on a project together. Whenever Tammy schedules time to meet with Jackie she has excuses for running late. There was traffic due to a car accident or her alarm did not go off, etc. When you turn in the project to your teacher and she/he gives your group much praise for a job well done. Jackie is the first to respond by saying “I worked many long and hard hours on the project”. Tammy knows Jackie did not work as hard and as long on the project. What is Jackie participating in?
Self-serving bias
A body of scholarship that explores how one's position in a society shapes one's view of society in general and of specific individuals.
Standpoint theory
This language should be avoided during confrontations but can be used when praising or including others in the conversations.
“You” language
The study of how humans use and structure time.
Chronemics
Direct and Forceful word choices like: “I will” or “I won’t” are example of what type of language?
Powerful Language
Couples who report being happily married after 50 or more years seem to collude in a relational XXXX (what?) that does not always jibe with the facts of what really happened.
Narratives
Tentative, indirect word choices, with hedges and hesitations like: “excuse me, sir” “I guess” “I might”. These are all example of what type of language?
Powerless Language
The study of how we communicate nonverbally through our posture, gestures, eye gaze, facial expressions and so on…
Kinesics
In the Hopi Native American Language, there is no distinction between nouns and verbs and they explain their world as constantly in process. On the other hand, English speakers characterize people or objects as being fixed or constant. Both cultures show a distinct difference in what?
Linguistic Relativity
The belief, at the beginning of a relationship, that our significant other can do no wrong. They are a cherub in our eyes.
Halo Effect
What language Identifies the speaker as a source (owner) of the message?
“I” language
The invisible bubble around our body is also known as…
Personal Space
The thumbs-up symbol for “good to go” or positive agreement (depending on the context of the situation it is used) represents what form of nonverbal communication?
Emblem
The following is an example of what?
“You said you really liked the job I did, but there was something about your voice that made me think you may not like it. Maybe it’s just my imagination? How do you really feel?
Perception check
The following song recognizes what language rule
Phonological Rule: How sounds are combined to form words.
Show me what personal distance looks like?
18 inches to 4 feet
American emoticons focus on mouth expressions, whereas Japanese emoticons feature…
The eyes