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Communications 202 Midterm 1
Midterm 1 UW Fall 09 Thurlow
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
11/03/2009

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Term
Dimensions of Context
Definition

  1. Extra-Situational- Perception and Psychological Context
  2. Setting- Space and physical context
  3. Language- Metamessages and discursive framing
  4. Behavior- Nonverbal communication

Term
Contextual Awareness
Definition
 Viewing the message as a whole. It is about noticing the connections b/w "messages" and their psychological, physical, social, and cultural context.
Term
Framing
Definition

Putting communication in context. 

(E.G. Fountain by Duchamp- He turned a urinal into a fountain)

Term
Structures of Expectations
Definition

A communication context framework

 

  1. Perception- Cognitive process of making sense out of eperience. The mental inputting of meanings to experience
  2. Social
  3. Cultural

 

Term
Gestalt Psychology
Definition

Refers to the impulse to make things whole.

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"

Term
Figure-Ground Relations
Definition

A feature and a metaphor of communications. In its basic sense, it refers to a cognitive ability to separate elements based upon contrast

 

Example: Rubin Vase

Term
Cognitive Schemata/ Mental Maps
Definition
Perceptual concept of expectations. The outline or route your mind takes to get to a certain outcome hence the name mental maps.
Term
Stereotypes
Definition

  • Deals with perception 
  • Personal Experience
  • People Prototypes
  • Selective attention
  • Cognitive Misers
  • Fundamental error of attribution
  • Cultural myths and ideologies

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