COM 112 Mayberry - Test 2 Flashcards | Quizlet

Language

is just symbols. "meanings are in people, meanings are not in words"

Denotation

dictionary definition

Conotation

all of the thoughts, feelings, and associations that go along with those words

Sapir-Whorf

hypothesis - link between language and culture. idea that language influences the ways that members of a culture see and think about the world. Many words that mean the same thing. ex. eskimos have many words for snow

Relative Language (troublesome language)

language that makes it hard for us to understand each other. language that doesn't have a fixed definition ex. old, expensive, fast, early

Polarized (allness)

two poles, good or bad. always and never. $2$ extremes - shapes the way that you think. black and white when most things are grey - not reality.

Static Evaluation

stuck evaluation - when we label someone with a static characteristic ex. Billy is slow.

Illustrator

adds to the story - talks with their hands, often used when describing something. Doesn't mean much by themselves. subconscious and culturally related

Emblem

gesture that does have a direct translation. can vary by culture ex. waving, flipping someone off

Adapter

adapting to something in the environment - itch, hair flip, pen clicking. all nervous habits

Proxemics

study of space. how close you stand next to someone. can be cultural or based on the setting or your relationship with that person. Can be related to power - boss has bigger space

Haptics (Zero Proxemics)

touch behaviors. can communicate many different things - flirting, comfort, doctor, etc. Ambiguous.

Chronemics

study of time (monochronic and polychronic). Showing up late or early sends a message. also can be related to power and status (ex. you wait for the doctor).

Vocalics

how quickly or slowly we speak, volume, accents, how smoothly we talk, etc. There are sex differences with this. change when flirty ex. women use more inflection and men are louder.

Maslow & Mintz Study

$3$ different environments: beautiful room, average room, and ugly room. Divided subjects up and put them into the rooms and then had them rate pictures of people. Beautiful room finished the quickest and had the highest rating and so on.

Listening

active - requires focus and paying attention. we aren't good at listening because we are never taught how to listen. not all listeners hear the same message

Remembering

bad at this, only remember $50\%$ of the things you hear right after you hear it - usually left with an emotional impression

Pseudolistening

fake listening - act like you're listening when you're not. this can become a bad habit ex. nod, make eye contact, etc.

Glazing Over

happens because the brain works too fast - you are listening but your brain has extra time so you go off on a tangent and need to refocus. daydreaming.

Rebuttal Tendency

so focused on what you're going to say back that you just missed what the other person said - arguments, close minded people

Intimate Distance

the distance most people maintain with intimate comments - $0\text{ to }1\,\text{feet}$

Personal Distance

the distance more people maintain with friends and relatives - $1\text{ to }4\,\text{feet}$

Social Distance

the distance most people maintain with casual acquaintances - $4\text{ to }12\,\text{feet}$

Public Distance

the distance most people maintain with the public - $12\text{ to }25\,\text{feet}$

Confirmation Bias

tendency to pay attention only to information that supports one's values and beliefs while ignoring information that doesnt