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Details Title: Interpersonal Comm. Ch 5-7 Description: 2nd Test Total Flash Cards: 42 Created: 10/31/2007 13:08:41	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term EQUIVOCAL LANGUAGE   Definition Consists of statements that have more than one commonly accepted definition Term RELATIVE WORDS   Definition Gain thier meaning by comparison     Ex. Slow, smart, stupid, short and long     Ex. probable, good chance  Term STATIC EVALUATION   Definition An incorrect belief Term ABSTRACTION   Definition Langauge vague in nature Term BEHAVIORAL LANGUAGE Definition Refers to specific things that people say or do Term SYNTATIC RULE Definition Govern the grammar of language: the meaning of a statements     * The syntax Term PRAGMATIC RULES   Definition Govern the use and meaning of a statement         how to interpret messages in a given context  Term CONVERENCE Definition Term Communication Reasearch call the process of adapting one's speech style to match that of others Term POWERLESS SPEECH MANNERISMS Definition Ex. Hedges: I'm kinda disappointed"     Hesitations: " Uh can you hold a minute?"     Intensifiers " I'm not very hungry"     Polite Forms: "Excuse me sir.."     Tag Questions: 'It's about time we started, isn't it"?     Discalimer (Qualifier): " I'm not really sure but.."     Rising inflections: talk as if asking a questions  Term DIVERGENCE   Definition Communicators use this when they want to set themselves apart from another person's communication styls. Term EMOTIVE LANGUAGE Definition Describes something but actually announces the speaker's attitude toward a particualr subject Ex.    Approve        Disapprove         thrifty           cheap Term IT STATEMENTS   Definition replace the personal pronoun "I" with the less immediate word "it"     Ex. "It bothers me when you are late" Users want to avoid responsibility for ownership of message  Term BUT STATEMENTS Definition ex. " You're really a great person, but I think we ought to stop seeing each other." Often is a strategy for wrapping the speakers real but unpleasant message to another person     - "Save Face" strategy  Term QUESTION STATEMENTS Definition Sincere requests for information ex "What are we having for dinner? -- may mean "I want to eat out or want to get a pizza" Is an indirect way of communicating that would be difficult to address head on Term I AND YOU LANGUAGE STATEMENTS Definition "I" is a way of accepting responsibility.  "You" expr4esses a judgment or the other person Term WE LANGUAGE STATEMENTS   Definition One way to avoid "I" language which advocates responsibilty for both speaker and receiver of the message Term LOW CONTEXT CULTURES Definition Generally value using language to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as clearly and logically as possible     Ex. US, Europe, Canada  Term HIGH CONTEXT CULTURE Definition Use language to maintain social harmony. Rather than upset others by speaking clearly.       Ex. Asia, S.America, Africa Term LINGUISTIC RELATIVISM Definition Thoery that the worldview of a culture is shaped and reflected by the language its members speak     Ex. Eskimos, and many ways to call "snow"  Term SAPIR-WHORF HYPOTHESIS Definition observed that the langage spoken by Native American Hopi Indians represents a view of reality that is differnet from that of more familiar tongues. Term NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION Definition Messages that are expressed b nonliguistic means     -Body, face, dimensions of spoken word (pitch, rate, volume, etc.)  Term REPEATING Definition Redirecting instructions through non-verbal means     Ex. saying "north", then pointed to the direction  Term COMPLEMENTING Definition nonverbal behaviors matcfh the thoughts and emotions that the communicators is expressing linguistically     Ex. saying "Thank You" can mean differntly depending on the type of nonverbal messages that go with it  Term SUBSITUTING Definition Useful when communicators are reluctant to express thier feelings in words.     Ex. Yawn= bored, Thumbs down= no mercy  Term ACCENTING Definition Emphasize a certain idea in oral messages     Ex "It was your idea" Term REGULATIING Definition Influence the flow of verbal communication     Ex. nodding while saying "I understand"  Term CONTRADICTING Definition Mixed messages. or the oppossite of what an individual meant to say     Ex. Somone veins bulging out while saying "angry, no I'm freaking hungry"  Term DECEIVING Definition Deception, double message of an intent message     Ex. Example somone lying and stuttering to show that he/she is lying  Term KINESICS Definition Body position and motion, posture, gesture, facial expressions, and eye contact Term BODY ORIENTATION   Definition The degree to which we face toward or away from someone with our body, feet, and head. Term POSTURE Definition Position of the body while talking, standing, reading. Changes depending the type of activity that person is doing Term GESTURE Definition Movements of the hands and arms Term ILLUSTRATORS Definition Gestures that are most common     Ex. While giving directions orally, an individual is pointing gesturing physically how to get there  Term EMBLEMS Definition deliberate nonverbal behaviors that have a precise meaning, known virtually to everyone within a particular culture group.     Ex. In N. AM, waving="hello, or bye"  Term ADAPTORS   Definition Unconscious body movements in iresose to the environment     Ex. Shivering while it's cold  Term MANIPULATROS Definition Self-touching, often shows discomfort     Ex. Hands shaking during an interview  Term MICROEXPRESSIONS Definition Quick flashes or nonverbal response     Ex, when somene says hello, that person's left eye always blinks  Term PARALANGUAGE Definition Social scientist use term to describe nonverbal, vocal messages     Ex. Emphasizing this in a sentence, "This is a great book!"  Term HAPTICS Definition Social scientist use word to describe the study of touching Term PROXEMICS Definition Study of the wa people and animals use space Term TERRITORY Definition Personal space is the invisible bubble we carry around as an extension of our physical being Term CHRONEMICS Definition Describe the stud of how humans use and structure time     Ex. Monochronic: American, Europeans         emphasize doing things on time      Ex. Polchronic: S. Am, Arabs         more flexible schedules, many taks can be done at the same time