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Communications Chapter 6
interpersonal communications ch 6
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Undergraduate 1
10/21/2008

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symbol
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word, sound, or visual device that represents an image, sound, concept, or experience
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referent
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thing that a symbol represents
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thought
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mental process of creating an image, sound, concept, or experience triggered by a referent or a symbol
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symbolic interaction theory
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theory that members of a society are bound together through common use of symbols
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denotative meaning
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restrictive or literal meaning of a word
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connotative meaning
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personal and subjective meaning of a word
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linguistic determinism
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theory that describes how use of language determines or influences thoughts and perceptions
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linguistic relativity
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theory that each language includes some unique features that are not found in other languages
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Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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based on the principles of linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity, the hypothesis that language shapes our thoughts and culture, and our culture and thoughts affect the language we use to describe our world
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world view
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Culturally acquired perspective for interpreting experiences
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bypassing
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confusion caused by the same words' meaning different things to different people
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malapropism
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confusion of one word or phrase for another that sounds similar to it
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restricted code
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set of words that have particular meaning to a person, group, or culture
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jargon
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another name for restricted code; specialized terms or abbreviations whose meanings are known only to members of a specific group
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allness
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tendency to use language to make unqualified, often untrue generalizations
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indexing
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avoiding generalizations by using statements that separate one situation, person, or example from another
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static evaluation
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pronouncement that does not take the possibility of change into consideration
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polarization
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description and evaluation of what you observe in terms of extremes such as good or bad, old or new, beautiful or ugly
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extended I language
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brief preface to a feedback statement, intended to communicate that you don't want your listener to take your message in an overly critical way
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word picture
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short statement or story that illustrates or describes an emotion, word pictures often use a simile (a comparison using the word like or as) to clarify the image
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elaborated code
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conversation that uses many words and various ways of describing an idea or concept to communicate its meaning
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apology
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explicit admission of an error, along with a request for forgiveness
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assertive
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able to pursue one's own best interests without denying a partner's rights
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aggressive
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expressing one's interests while denying the rights of others by blaming, judging, and evaluating other people
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