EXAM #1

Communications

interpersonal communication

Process of two people sharing roles of sender and receiver. mutual responsibility in creating meaning.

Process of Inter. Comms.

1. participants

2. a context

3. rules

4. messages

5. channels

6. noise

7. feedback

Principlas of Inter. Comms.

1. relational

2. purposeful

3. learned

4. continuous

5. vary in conscious encoding (planned- sarcastic- and unplanned- shocking news)

6. ethical complications

Language

its a body of words and a system of communicating that is commonly used

denotative

dictionary meaning

connotative

the associated emotional overtones

how do you evaluate on an inference?

evaluate context in which they occur

self esteem

personal worthness

cultures that emphasize individualism, what kind of goals will be emphasized

individual goals over collective goals

paralanguage

• non verbal sounds you hear

• vocal structure of language

in the US the culture has a bias of male or female

male

3 characteristics of non verbal comms

1. universal

2. ambiguous 

3. continuous

4. multichannel 

5. insight into emotional states (show more than words do) 

MA I SEE U

Distance in the US

1. intimate- private convos 18” - skin

2. personal- 18” - 4ft

3. social- 4ft-12ft

4. public- greater than 12ft

^ emotions conveyed through facial expressions

1. anger

2. sadness

3. joy

4. disgust

5. fear

6. surprise

3 relevant characteristics of informal time

1. punctuality

2. activity

3. time

what is conversation

informal exchange of thoughts and feelings between two individuals

listening

understanding, remembering, interpretation, responding, evalulating

one thing you can do to remeber

take notes, repeat

when perception is distorted, communication can be affected

true

phsyiological limits to our sensory perceptions

true