Details Title: Inter personal comm Description: Chapter 1,3,5 Total Flash Cards: 17 Created: 03/07/2009 18:07:54		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Debate/Speech Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Six elements of interpersonal communication Definition • Source-receiver is the person who sends and receives interpersonal messages simultaneously. • Encoding-decoding refers to the act of putting meaning into verbal and nonverbal messages and deriving meaning from the messages you receive from others. • Competence is the knowledge of and ability to use effectively your own communication system. • Messages are the signals that serve as stimuli for a receiver; metamessages are messages that refer to other messages. ○ Feedback messages are messages that are sent back by the receiver to the source in response to other messages. ○ Feedforward messages are messages that preface other messages and ask that the listener approach future messages in a certain way. ○ Messages can quickly overload the channels, making meaningful interaction impossible. • Channels are the media through which messages pass and which act as a bridge between source and receiver, for example, the vocal-auditory channel used in speaking or the cutaneous-tactile channel used in touch. • Noise is the inevitable physical, physiological, psychological, and semantic interference that distorts a message. • Context is the physical, social-psychological, temporal, and cultural environment in which communication takes place. • Ethics is the moral dimension of communication, the study of what makes behavior moral or good as opposed to immoral and bad. Term Transactional Process Definition Interpersonal communication is a transactional process. • Interpersonal communication is a process, an ongoing event, in which the elements are interdependent; communication is constantly occurring and changing. • Don't expect clear-cut beginnings or endings or sameness from one time to another. Term Cognitive Complexiity versus self monitoring Definition Self-monitoring theory is a contribution to the psychology of personality, proposed by Mark Snyder in 1974. The theory refers to the process through which people regulate their own behavior in order to "look good" so that they will be perceived by others in a favorable manner. It distinguishes between high self-monitors, who monitor their behaviour to fit different situations, and low self-monitors, who are more cross-situationally consistent. Term Quantitative versus qualitative interpersonal communication Definition Quant-defines interpersonal communication as any interaction between 2 people. In DYAD Qual,-occurs when p people treat one another as unique indiviudals, regardless of the contex in which the interaction occurs or the number of people involved. Term Computer mediated communicarion, Definition email instant messaging, , improve communiccation with family Can increase both the amount and quality of interspersonal communciation, Easier, Asynchonous sharing Express opinons more openly Term Self concept Definition Self-Concept • Self-concept is the image you have of who you are. • Sources of self-concept include others' images of you, social comparisons, cultural teachings, and your own interpretations and evaluations. Is subjective, Healthy one is flexible, but often resists change(cognitive conservatism) Term Self esteem Definition Self-Esteem • Self-esteem is the value you place on yourself; your perceived self-worth. • To increase self-esteem, try attacking your self-destructive beliefs, seeking affirmation, seeking out nourishing people, and working on projects that will result in success. Term Reflected Appraisal- Definition perceptios of the judgements of those around her or him, makes you feel more or less valuable, Term Significant other- Definition the judgements that are especially influential in reflected aprrasal. Term Social comparison- Definition evaluating ourselves in termsm of how we compare with others, Usally by reference groups Term Self fullfilling prophecy Definition 1. Holding an expectation 2. Behaving in accordance with that expectation 3. The expectation coming to pass 4. Reinforcing the original expectation Term Percieved self Presenting self Facework Definition Percieved self Honest self examination, may not be accurate Presenting self The way we want to appear to others, Facework The verbal and nonverbal ways in which we act to maintain our own presting image and the images of others. Term Nature of language 4 rules Definition Language is symbolic Language is rule governed (phonological rules-combining sounds, semantic rules-symbols-and syntax) Prfromagmatic Rules-appropriate interpretations of messages Lanuage is subjective-words can have totally different meanings depending on the person Term Convergence/Divergence- Definition adapting ones speech style to match that of others with whom the communicator wants to identify-Diver-set themselves aprart from others , speaking in a way to emphasize their differences Term Powerless speech mannerisms Euphemisms- Definition Powerless speech mannerisms Ex-I guess I'd like to .makes a person seem less confident Euphemisms- Too soften the blow of information presented "I am not ready for commitment" Term Abstraction Ladder Definition Shows how people communicate a situation at various levels of specificity Starting at-you complain too much, ending you complain too much when we are at work Term Elminating sexist language Eliminating Disruptive language Definition Elminating sexist language Use they instead of he and she, Denote sex clearlys in a term, Congressman or Congresswoman Eliminating Disruptive language Fact-opinion confusion Fact-interference confusion-trying to read someones mind instead of labeling the feelings that you noticed Eliminating emotive language-the language that really anonces somones attitude instead of desribing something