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Infrences
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Connotation
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf's hypothesis that language creates ways of thinking and perceiving
Occulesics
Eye behavior, such as direct or indirect eye contact, during communication
Communication
The imparting or exchanging of information or news
Feedback
The receiver's response to a message
Analogies
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Euphamism
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
culture
a way of life passed down from generations
self-fulfilling prophecy
an expectation that causes you to act in ways that make that expectation come true.
semantic interference
attributes different meaning to the signal
Denotation
dictionary definition
Empathic listener
focuses on the speaker's feelings, concentrating on what he or she sees as well as says and reading people's body language and reactions
Pygmalion effect
higher expectations lead to an increase in performance
rate of speech
how fast or slowly a person speaks, generally determined by how many words are spoken per minute
private theory of personality
how we select and organize information about other people on the basis of what behaviors we think go together
verbal messages
intentional communication (words)
non-verbal messages
intentional/unintentional
critical listening
listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it
sender-reciever model
look at it
Listening
paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear
charisma
personal appeal or attraction; magnetism
Remebering
recalling something from stored memory; thinking of something again
Pronemics
sending message through use of time
communication for pleasure
small talk
technical interference
sound transmissions
unintentional message
spoken or written
Proxemics
study of personal space
Haptics
study of touch
code switching
switching back and forth between one linguistic variant and another depending on the cultural context
halo effect
tendency of an interviewer to allow positive characteristics of a client to influence the assessments of the client's behavior and statements
primacy effect
tendency to remember information at the beginning of a body of information better than the information that follows
selective attention
the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Interference
the interaction between waves that meet
channel and medium
the method used to deliver a message
perceptual filters
the personality-, psychology-, or experience-based differences that influence people to ignore or pay attention to particular stimuli
horns effect
the tendency to form an overall negative impression of a person on the basis of one negative characteristic
Hearing
the vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain
monochronemic
time is fixed and important
polychronemic
time is fluid
Objectics
use of physical objects in non-verbal comm
discriminative listening
when the listener interprets and assigns meaning to sound rather than to words.
dicotomy
Two opposite parts of one whole
Overlapping codes
codes which provide an area of commonality but which also contain areas of unshared codification
phatic communication
communicating to ensure mutual well being
purpose of language
communication and cognitive development
intercultural communication
communication that occurs in interactions between people who are culturally different
Tubbs Model of Communication
communicators affect each other in terms of producing and receiving messages simultaneously.
