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| type of feedforward that asks the reciever to approach your message in a particular role or as someone else |
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| messages with more than one potential meaning |
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| medium through which the message passes |
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| occurs when one person (or more) sends and receives messages that are distorted by noise, occur whithin a context, have some effect, and provide some opportunity for feedback |
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| Communication Accommodation Theory |
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| you adjust to or accommodate to the speaking style of your listeners in order to gain a variety of benefits |
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| refers to your knowledge of the social aspects of communication |
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| Complementary Relationship |
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| two individuals engage in different behaviors |
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| Computer-mediated Communication |
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| communication between people that takes place through some computer connection |
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| Content and Relationship Dimensions |
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| communication refers to the real world and the relationships between the parties |
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| the behavioral respose expected |
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4 dimensions:
1) physical
2) social-psychological
3)temporal (time)
4) cultrual |
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| the beliefs, values, and ways of behaving that are shared by a group of people and passed down from one generation to the next |
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| the act of recieving messages |
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| a statement that aims to ensure that your message will not reflect negatively on you |
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1) Intellectual - changes in your thinking
2) Affective - changes in your attitudes, values, or beliefs
3) Psychomotor - changes in overt behaviors |
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| the act of producing messages |
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| messages sent back to the speaker reacting to what is said |
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| information you provide before sending your primary messages; it reveals something about the messages to come |
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| Intercultural Communication |
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| communication between members of different cultures |
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| communication that proceeds by questions and answers |
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| Intrapersonal Communication |
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| communication you have with yourself |
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| Interpersonal Communication |
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| communication between two persons or among a small group of persons |
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| communication from one source to many recievers who may be scattered throughout the world |
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| communication about communication |
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| messages that communicate about other messages |
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| anything that interferes with your receiving a message (physical, physiological, psychological) |
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| Punctuation of Communication |
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| the tendency to divide up the various communication transactions in sequences of stimuli and responses |
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| tells how the communication is to be dealt with |
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| a relationship characterized by fixed, unchanging roles |
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| two individuals mirror each other's behavior |
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| generalization that explains how something works |
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| the elements of communication are interdependent |
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| everyone and everything is constantly changing |
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| the process by which you learn the rules and norms of a culture different from your native culture |
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the amount of uncertainty
high-ambiguous (don't feel threatened by unknown)
low-ambiguous (hate unknown) |
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| teaches members the inportance of group values such as benevolence, tradition, and conformity |
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| quality of being aware and accepting of other cultures |
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| the process by which you learn the culture into which you were born into (native culture) |
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| a commiment to the beliefs and philosophy of your culture |
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| the tendency to see others and their behaviors through your own cultural filters |
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| something that prevents loss of dignity or self-esteem |
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| values modesty, concern for relationships and the quality of life, and tenderness in both men and women |
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| social construction of masculinity and femininity within a culture |
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| much of the information in communication is in the context or in the person |
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| High-power-distance Culture |
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| power in the hands of a few, great difference between those in power and ordinary citizens |
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| teaches members the importance of individual values such as power, achievement, hedonism, and stimulation |
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| most of the information is explicitly stated in the verbal message |
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| Low-power-distance Cultures |
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| power is more evenly distributed throughout the citizenry |
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| people value male aggressiveness, material success, and strength; women are valued for their modesty, focus on the quality of life, and tenderness |
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| biological distinction between male and female |
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| a fixed impression of a group of people |
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| a tendency to act for or against a person, object, or position |
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| a group of individuals gathered together to hear a speech |
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| to construct an audience profile in which you analyze audience members' sociological or demographic characteristics |
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| the confidence or conviction you have in the truth of some proposition |
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| Communication Apprehension |
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| whether your speech is persuasive or informative |
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| you seek to create understanding, enlighten |
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| Performance Visualization |
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| argues that you can reduce the outward signs of apprehension and the negative thinking that creates anxiety by developing a postive attitude and self-perception and modeling your performance on that of an especially effective speaker |
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| you try to influence attitudes or behaviors |
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| passing off the work of others as your own |
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| nothing, or very little, standing between the event and the reporting of it |
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| someone stands between the actual event and the report |
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| Systematic Desensitization |
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| you can reduce fear through a process of gradually adapting to lesser and then successively greater versions of the thing you fear |
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| prohibited or restricted by culture |
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| ask yourself a series of questions about your general subject |
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| divide your topic repeatedly into its constituent parts |
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| your perception of the worth or goodness of some concept or idea |
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