Comm 100: Unit 1, Interpersonal Process

Channel

The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver (pg. 13)

Cognitive Complexity

The ability to construct a variety of frameworks for viewing an issue (ps. 24)

Communication

The use of messages to generate meanings (pg. 10)

Communication Competence

The ability to achieve one’s goals in a manner that is ideally, both effective and appropriate (pg. 20)

Content Dimension

The dimension of a message that communicates information about the subject being discussed (Relational dimension pg. 15)

Environment

Both the physical setting in which communication occurs and the personal perspectives of the people involved (pg.12)

Feedback

A discernable response of a receiver to a senders message (pg.10)

Interpersonal Communication

In contrast to impersonal communication, the interpersonal variety is distinguished buy the qualities of uniqueness, interdependence, self-disclosure and intrinsic rewards (pg. 19)

Noise

External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with the accurate transmission and reception of a message (pg. 13)

Relational Dimension

The dimension of a message that expresses the social relationship between two or more individuals ( Content Dimension pg. 15)

Self- Monitoring

The process of attending to one’s behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves (pg. 14)

Transactional Communication

The dynamic process in which communicators create meaning together through interaction (pg. 10)