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| Linear Communication Model |
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| When information flows in one direction, from a starting point to an end point. |
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| What is an example of noise? |
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| Interactive Communication Model |
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| Involved senders and receivers, but is also influenced by feedback and fields of experience |
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| What is wrong with the interactive communication model? |
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| Communication can change/sender can also be a receiver |
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| Transactional communication model |
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| A multi directional process where each person equally influences the communication behavior of the others. Includes the feature of time. |
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| Interpersonal communication is constantly changing over time meaning it is... |
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| Interpersonal communication is primarily dydadic meaning... |
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| It involves two or more people |
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| A way of relating that deepens bonds and affirms individual uniqueness |
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| Viewing the other as an object leading to impersonal communication and even disrespectful communication |
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| Occurs when we recognize the other as a person and treat him or her based upon a social role he or she occupies such as a doctor |
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| What are the 3 goals of interpersonal communication? |
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1. Self presentation
2. Instrumental
3. Relationship goals |
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| The interpersonal needs theory states that relationships depend on... |
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| Affection, Inclusion, Control |
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| Who came up with the interpersonal needs theory? |
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| Desire to give and reieve love and liking |
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| Desire to be social and included in groups |
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| Desire to influence the people and events in our lives |
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| The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately |
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| Interpersonal communication Competence |
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| Self Awareness, self-concept, self-esteem |
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| The ability to step outside yourself, view yourself as a unique person distinct from your environment; and reflect on your thoughts, feelings, and behavior |
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| Your overall perception of who you are |
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| The overall value that we assign to ourselves |
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| The characteristics you want to possess |
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| The person others with and expect you to be |
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| Specific people who are significant to us |
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| Communication that tells us explicitly who we are by directly labeling us and our behaviors |
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| Our beliefs about how others see and evaluate us (reflected appraisal) |
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| Predictions about future out-comes that lead us to behave in ways that increase the liklihood of those outcomes |
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| Self-fulfilling prophecies |
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| Rules for living that guide and assign our roles in society |
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| The most positive attachment style - develops when the caregiver responds in a consistently attentive and loving way to the child |
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| Cultivated when the caregiver in the first bond communicates negative, rejecting, or even abusive ways to the child |
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| A fearful attachment style can lead to... |
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| Feeling apprhensive about relationships, feeling unloved, and feeling insecure |
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| Promoted by caregivers who are dissinterested, rejecting, or abusive towards children |
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| Dismissive attachment style |
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| Children of a dismissive attachment style are... |
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| View relationships as unnecessary, do not accept rejection, view other people as unworthy |
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| The most complect attachment style - inconsistent treatment from the caregiver |
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| Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Style |
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| Observing and assigning meaning to others behavior and then comparing it to our own |
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| Theory that suggests self esteem is determined by how you compare your ideal self with your ought self |
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| Your representations of the attributes you believe you possess |
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| The characteristics you want to possess (how you want people to see you) |
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| The person others wish and expect you to see |
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| Suggests that some parts of our selves are open to self-reflection and sharing while others remain hidden |
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| Revealing private information about yourself to other individuals |
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| The process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information from our senses |
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| The first step of perception where we focus attentin on stimuli in our environment |
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| The degree to which people or aspects of their communication atteact our attention |
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| Communication is salient when... |
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1. A person behaves in a visually or audibly stimulating manner
2. Our goals and expectations lead us to view it as important
3. The exchange deviates from our expectations |
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| Most typical or ideal example of a group of people |
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| Bipolar dimensions of judgement that we use to assess where someone/something fits |
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| Generalizations about people and situations that allow us to create a set of expected behaviors |
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| A sequence of behaviors that we have for how we/others should act in certain situations |
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| Mental structures containing information that defines concepts' characteristics and interrelationships |
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| Creating explanations for others' comments or behaviors |
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| Communication stems from character |
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| Communication stems from circumstances (situational) |
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| The tendency to attribute others' behaviors to their personality rather to social or environmental forces |
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| Fundamental Attribution Error |
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| Attributing ecternal factors to explain our own behavior |
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| Taking credit for our success by making an internal attribution |
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| According to this theory, a primary concern during initial interactions in reducing uncertainty about our conversational partners. |
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| Uncertainty Reduction Theory |
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| Information about different personality types and the ways in which personality traits cluster together |
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| Implicit personality theories |
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| Mental pictures of who people are and how we feel about them |
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| Interpersonal Impressions |
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| General and global impressions of people, either positive or negative |
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| We emphasize first information we learn about others |
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| We emphasize the negative information we learn about others |
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| We tend to positively interpret others' actions because we have a positve gestalt of them |
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| We tend to negatively interpret others' actions because we have a negative gestalt of them |
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| Categorizing people into social groups and evaluating them based on information about that group |
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| Identifying with the feelings of others |
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| What are the 5 steps in perception checking? |
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1. Check your puncuation
2. Check your knowledge
3. Check your attributions
4. Check perceptual influences
5. Check your impressions |
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| What are the characteristics of verbal communication |
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| Arbitrary, Ambiguous, Abstract |
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| Define word meaning (which words represent which object) |
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| Govern how we use language |
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| Refers to the literal, conventional meaning (most people in a culture agree upon) |
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| Rules vary from person to person |
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| Words and phrases that have a unique meaning in a relationship |
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| Variations on language rules shared by a large group of people |
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| Producing easily understood messages, taking active ownership for what you say, and making others feel included |
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| Cooperative Verbal Communication |
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| Group of people that share a set of norms on how to talk |
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| Assume responsibility for what you say and own your feelings and beliefs |
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| Emphasize inclusion and express your connection to others |
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People adapt their language when they:
1. Seek social approval
2. Want to establish relatoinships
3. View other's language usage as appropriate |
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| Culture Accomodation Theory |
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| Switching back and forth between language |
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| Not allowing time to be a part of communication - something is unchanged - viewing someone the same 10 years later |
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| Reminder that the way people act at one point intime is not how they always are |
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| Communication about communication |
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| Broadly held social views |
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| Defines where an individual stops and the rest of the world begins |
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| The number of personal constructs used, how abstract they are, and how elaborately they interact to shape perceptions |
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| Language determines what we can perceive and think |
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