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Communications Midterm
Chapters 1 -12
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Communication
Undergraduate 3
11/02/2011

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Term
Communications
Definition
Social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment
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Liner Communications
Definition
Sender -> MSG-> target
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Interaction
Definition
Receive <--- ---->sender
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Transactional
Definition
Simultaneous sending and receiving (builds on past)
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Cybernetic Tradition
Definition
Info processing
Term
Socio-psychological
Definition
Casual linking
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Socio-cultural
Definition
From another view
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Critical tradition
Definition
advocating fairness
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rhetorical
Definition
talk as a practical art
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semiotic
Definition
re-thinking what's natural (symbols)
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phenomenological
Definition
Experiencing otherness
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positivistic approach
Definition
assumes existence of objective reality and value neutral research
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interpretive
Definition
views truth as subjective and stressing the participation of the researcher in the reasearch process
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critical
Definition
stressing the researchers responsiveness to change the inequities on status quo
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Scope
Definition
the breadth of communication behaviors covered in theory
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Logical consistency
Definition
refers to the internal logic in the theoretical statements
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Parsimony
Definition
Simplicity of explanation provided by theory
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Utility
Definition
Usefulness or practical value
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Testability
Definition
ability to test accuracy of theorists claims
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test of time
Definition
durability over time
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Heurism
Definition
Amount of research and new thinking created by theory
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Geoge Herbert Mead
Definition
developed symbolic interaction theory
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Symbolic interaction theory
Definition
people are motivated to act based on the meanings
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Self concept
Definition
a stable set of perceptions people hold about themselves
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Self fulfilling prophecy
Definition
A prediction about yourself causing you to behave in such a way that it comes true
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mind
Definition
ability to use symbols with common social meaning
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language
Definition
system of verbal and non-verbal symbols
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significant
Definition
meaning agreed upon by many people
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symbolic interaction theory INFO
Definition
semiotic/ phenomenological
intra/interpersonal
interprative
utility, testability, scope
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Coordinated Management of Meaning
Definition
In conversation and through msgs we send and receive, people co-create meaning.
Term
Barnett pearce and vernon cronen
Definition
COM
Term
CMM
Definition
phenomenological/cybernetic/socio-cultural
intra/interpersonal
pisitivist/interpretive
scope/parsimany/utility/heurism
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Cognitive dissonance
Definition
the experience of dissonance is unpleasant, and people are highly motivated to avoid it.
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Leon Festinger
Definition
CDT
Term
CDT
Definition
socio-psychological
intrapersonal
positivism
utility/testability
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Expectancy violations
Definition
concerned primarily in structure of non-verbal messages.
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judee burgoon
Definition
expectancy violations theory
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EVT
Definition
socio-psychological
intrapersonal
interpersonal
positivistic
scope, utility, testability
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Uncertainty Reduction
Definition
when strangers meet, their primary focus is on reducing their level of uncertainty.
Term
Berger and Calabrese
Definition
URT
Term
URT
Definition
socio-psychological
intra/interpersonal
positivistic
utility/ heurism
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Social penetration theory
Definition
irwin aalttman and dalmas taylor
Term
SPT
Definition
trajectory
self disclosure
non intimate to intimate
predictable
Term
SPT
Definition
socio-psychological
interpersonal
positvistic
scope, heurism
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social exchange
Definition
major force in interpersonal relationship is the satisfaction of both people's interest
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John thibaut and harold kelley
Definition
Social Exchange Theory
Term
SET
Definition
semiotic, phenomenological, socio psych
intra
inter
positivistic
scope, utulity, testability, heurism
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Relational Dialectic
Definition
Pictures relational life as a constant progress and motion
Term
Leslie baxter and barbara montgomery
Definition
RED
Term
RED
Definition
socio-cultutral
interpersonal
interpretive
parsimony/utility
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proxemics
Definition
study of a person's use of space
Term
territioriality
Definition
person's ownership of an area or object
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arousal
Definition
when expectancies are violated the persons interest or attention is aroused
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threat threshold
Definition
positive when threat closer
negative when farther
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EVT
Definition
focuses on what people expect from one another
Term
stages of SPT
Definition
orientation, exploratory, affective and stable
Term
social constructivism
Definition
belief that people co-construct their social reality in conversations
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loop
Definition
the reflexiveness of levels of hierchy of meaning
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cognitions
Definition
ways of knowning, beliefs, judgements and thoughts
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