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Exam 3
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
11/01/2011

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Expressing and Managing Intimacy
Definition
using nonverbal behaviors to help convey attraction and closeness
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Regulating interaction
Definition
using nonverbal behaviors to help manage turn taking during conversation
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Communicating Information
Definition
Using Nonverbal behaviors to help clarify verbal messages and reveal sttitudes amd moods
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Artifacts
Definition
Clothing and other artifacts
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Demand Touching
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a type of touch used to establish dominance and power
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Love- Intimate Touch
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The Touch most often used wih ones romantic partners and family
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Friendship Touch
Definition
Touch that is moe intimate than social touh and usually conveys warmth, closeness, and caring.
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Social Polite Touch
Definition
touch that is part of daily interaction in the united states it is more intimate than professional touch but its still important.
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Semantics
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The study of meaning
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Contradicting
Definition
Verbal and Nonverbal Messages send conflicting messages
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congruent
Definition
Verbal and Nonverbal messages that express the same meaning
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Service Task Functions
Definition
Using nonverbal behavior to signal close involvement between people in impersonal relationships and contexts.
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Establishing Social Control
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Using Nonverbal behavior to exercise influence over other people
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Professional Touch
Definition
Type of touch used by certain workers such as dentists, hairstylists, and hospice workers, as part of their livelihood.
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Haptics
Definition
The study of the communicative function of touch
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Public Distance.
Definition
12 to 24 feet
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Social Distance
Definition
4 to 12 feet
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personal distance
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18 inches to 4 feet
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Intimate Distance
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0 to 18 inches
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Polychronically
Definition
engaging in multiple activities simultaneously
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Monochronically
Definition
Engaging in one task or behavior at a time.
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Proxemics
Definition
The study of how people use spaticalcues, including interpersonal distance, territorality, other space relationships, to communicate.
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Chronemics
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The study of the way people use time as a message.
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Vocalizations
Definition
Uttered sounds that do not have the structure of language
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Voice Qualities
Definition
Qualities such as speed, pitch,, rhythm, vocal range, and articulation that make up the music of the human voice.
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Paralinguistics
Definition
All aspects of spoken language except the words themselves, includes rate, volume, pitch, stress
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Relaxation
Definition
The degree of tension displayed by ones body
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Immediacy
Definition
How close or involved people appear to be with each other
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Regulators
Definition
Gestures used to control conversation
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Emblems
Definition
Gestures that stand for a specific verbal meaning
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Adaptors
Definition
Gestures used to manage emotions
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Illustrators
Definition
Signals that accompany speech to clarify or emphsize verbal messages
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Gestures
Definition
Nonverbal communication made with part of the body, including actions such as pointing, waving, or holding up a hand to direct peoples attention.
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Kinesics
Definition
Nonverbal Communication sent by the body, including gestures, posture, movement, facial expressions, and eye behavior.
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Nonverbal Codes
Definition
Distinct, organized means of expression that consists of symbols and rules for their use.
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Nonverbal Communication
Definition
Nonverbal behavior that has symbolic meaning
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Nonverbal Behavior
Definition
All the nonverbal actions people perform.
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Responding
Definition
Showing others how you regard their message
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Evaluating
Definition
Assessing your reaction to a message.
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Understanding
Definition
Interpreting the messages associated with sounds or what the sounds mean.
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Sensing
Definition
The stage of listening most people refer to as hearing when listeners pick up the sound waves directed toward them.
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Confirming Communication
Definition
Comments that validate positive self images of others
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Disconfirming Communication
Definition
Comments that reject or invalidate a positive or negative self image of our conversational partners
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Concultural Theory
Definition
Explores the role of power in daily interactions.
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Sapir- Whorf Hypothesis
Definition
Idea that the language people speak determines the way they see the world
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Relativists
Definition
Those who argue that language serves not only as a way for us to voice our ideas that guide for the individuals metal activity
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Nominalists
Definition
Those who argue that any idea can be expressed in any language and that structure and vocabulary of the language do not influence the speakers perception of the world.
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Jargon
Definition
The specialized terms that develop in many professions.
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Ebonics
Definition
Version of english that has its roots in west african, carribean, and US. slave language.
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Cohort Effect
Definition
The influence of shared characteristics of a group that was born and reared in the same language.
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Lexical choice
Definition
Vocabulary
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Dialect
Definition
A varaiation of a language distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
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Speech at theory
Definition
Branch of pragmatics that suggests that when people communicate, they do not just say things, they also do things with their words.
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Synthax
Definition
The rules that govern word order.
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Instrumental
Definition
Use of language to obtain that what you need or desire.
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Phonology
Definition
The study of the sounds that compose individual languages and how those sounds communicate meaning.
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Imaginative
Definition
Use of language to express one self artistically or creatively
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Personal Language.
Definition
Use of language to express individuality and personality
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Interactional
Definition
Use of language to establish and define social relationships
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Heuristic
Definition
use of language to acquire knowledge and understanding.
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Informative
Definition
Use of language to communicate information or report facts
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Regulatory
Definition
Use of language to control or regulate the behaviors of others
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Pragmatics
Definition
Field of study that emphasizes how language is used in specific situations to accomplish goals
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Connotative Meaning
Definition
The affective or interpretive meanings attached to a word
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Denotative Meaning
Definition
The dictionary or literal meaning of a word
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