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| describes how troublesome the group experience is for many people |
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| family and friends & social networks--feeling of belonging and affection |
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| aa, cancer surviver--social support is found here. |
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| task forces, self managing work teams---satisfaction from solving challenging problems |
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| class study groups, sbible study---enhance knowledge from participants |
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| chess club, sports---thrills and entertainment |
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| homeowners associations, pta---sense of community |
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| social and service groups |
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| frats, rotary, lions---an identity and pleasure from helping others |
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| bands, choir---creative outlet |
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| groups whose members are connected by electronic technology |
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| the "i knew it already" tendency. we tend to overestimate our prior knowledge once we have been told the correct answers. |
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communication is a transaction
-each person is a sender and reciever simulataneously
-all parties influence each other |
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| refers to the information transmitted |
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| refers to how messages define or redefine the relationship between group members |
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| a structured system of symbols for sharing meanings |
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| are representations of referents-what ever the symbol refers to |
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| when we assume that everyone has the same meaning for a word. counteracted by recognizing that meaning is not in a word-but in different heads |
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| sharing meaning with others without using words |
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| occurse when there is a positive verbal and a negative nv or vise versa |
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| typed icons or combinations of punctuation marks meant to indicate emotional tone-still limited and often interrupt the flow of messages :)))))) ; ) |
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an enviornment in which meaning emerges
-who
-what
-to whom
-why
-where
-when
0how |
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| engaging in communication with others that is both effective and approriate within a given context |
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| means complying with rules and their accompanying expectations |
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| 5 ways to imporve your effectiveness and appropriateness in groups |
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1. acquire knowledge
2. hone communication skills
3. improve your sensitivity
4. redouble your commitment
5. apply ethical standards to your comm. choices |
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| the successful persformance of a communicaton behavior and the ability to repeat it |
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| receptive accuracy whereby you can detect, decode and comprehend signals sent within groups |
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| the concious decision to invest time, energy, thought and feeling to improve yourself or your relationship with others |
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| a set of standars for judging the moral correctness of our behavior |
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| 5 essential standards for ethics of comm. |
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1. honestly
2. respect
3. fairness
4. choice
5. responsibility |
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| gender similarities hypothesis |
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| most gender differences in communication are small |
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| the view that womens style of communication is typical of relatively powerless people. imbalance of power between genders. |
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| a mere collection of individuals. they do not interact with and influence each other to achieve a common goal. |
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| interpersonal communication |
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communication between only two individuals
-dyadic (two person) |
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| the speaker and the audience are clearly indicated and the situation is far more formal than what is usually found in group discussions. verbal feedback is delayed, there are notes/manuscripts, formal preparations. |
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