Comm 120: Vocabulary

Lakukan tugas rumah & ujian kamu dengan baik sekarang menggunakan Quizwiz!

Individualist culture

A culture that values the individual more than the group

Language

a structured system of symbols used for communicating meaning

Meta-message

about a message, verbal & non-verbal

Feed-forward

conveys information about messages before you send them

Social comparison

evaluating one's abilities & opinions by comparing oneself with others

What does culture effect?

everything

Acculturation

refers to the process by which a person's culture is modified through direct contact with or exposure to another culture

Relation principle

talk about what is relevant to the conversation

Connotative meaning

implied meaning; found in people

Denotative meaning

literal meaning; found in Dictionary

CMC

(computer-mediated communication) written words purely text-based CMC

Listening stages

1. Receiving 2. Understanding 3. Remembering 4. Evaluating 5. Responding

Listening barriers

1. distractions: various types of noise 2. biases & prejudices 3. lack of appropriate focus 4. premature judgment

Culture principles

1. quantity principle 2. quality principle 2. relation principle 3. manner principle

Saving face

Act that avoids publicly embarrassing/punishing someone

High power distance culture

a culture in which power is concentrated in the hands of a few people. there is a great difference the power held by the leaders & the power of the ordinary citizen

Low power distance culture

a culture in which power is more equally distributed--easy to access power

Masculine culture

a culture where men are valued for their aggressiveness, material, success & strength

Feminine culture

a culture where women are valued for their modesty, focus on the quality of life & tenderness

Stereotype

a generalized belief about a group of people

Self-esteem

a measure of how valuable you think you are

Johari Window

a model of our 4 selves 1. open self 2. blind self 3. hidden self 4. unknown self

Listening vs. Hearing

active process vs. passive process

Context

an environment that influences the form & content of communication

Collectivist culture

based on valuing the needs of a group or a community over the individual

Quantity principle

be only as informative as necessary to communicate your intended meaning

Self-concept

develops from the image others have of you

Low ambiguity tolerant cultures

do much to avoid uncertainty & have a great deal of anxiety about not knowing what will happen next

High ambiguity tolerant cultures

do not feel threatened by unknown situations, uncertainty is normal

Linear module

encoding/decoding speaker/listener

Unknown self

information about yourself that neither you nor others know

Open self

information about yourself that you and others know

High-context culture

places a great deal of emphasis on the information that is in the context or the person

Low-context culture

places less emphasis on relationships and interactions

content/relationship (messages)

refer to something external to both speaker & listener, & at the same time the relationship between both parties

Manner principle

requires that you be clear, avoid ambiguities, be relatively brief, & organize your thoughts into a meaningful sequence

Accommodation theory

speakers will adjust to or accommodate to the speaking style of their listeners

Interpersonal communication

the VERBAL and NONVERBAL interaction between two INTERDEPENDENT people, sometimes more.

Looking Glass concept

the image of yourself that others reveal by the way they treat you

Culture

the lifestyle of a group of group that consists of their values, beliefs, artifacts, and ways of behavior and communicating.

Ethics

the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions

Active listening

the process of receiving, constructing meaning from, & responding to spoken & nonverbal messages

Culture shock

the psychological reaction you experience when you encounter a culture very different from your own

Feedback

the response to a message

Hidden Self

things only you know about yourself

Blind Self

things people know about you

Schemata

type of stereotype which happens through one's personal experience

Package of Signals

verbal & non-verbal behaviors that reinforce or support each other

Self-fulfilling prophecy

when you prophecy about something and it happens (starts with an idea with either yourself or others)

Enculturation

you learn the values of your culture through the teachings of your community & the people you are surrounded with

Quality principle

you should say what you know or believe to be true


Set pelajaran terkait

Chapter 39 - The Child With a Genitourinary Disorder

View Set

TEXAS POLITICS REVIEW 2 (chapter 4&5)

View Set

GRE Math Definitions, Formulas and Problems (Algebra)

View Set

MANGT 595 - Final - Quiz Questions

View Set