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| Semantics | Relationship between symbols, objects, people, and concepts, and the words have for people, either because of their definitions or their placement in a sentence |
| High Language | More formal language |
| Nonverbal Communication | intentionally or unintentionally signaling meaning through behavior other than words |
| Transactional | messages are dependent on and influenced by other person |
| Appropriate Communication | meets demands of situation and expectations of others |
| Feedback | receiver's responses |
| Problem-Solving Group | a group to solve a problem |
| Perception | interpret experiences and come to unique understanding |
| Communication Processing | gather, organize and evaluate information |
| Schema | a tool to guide his or her perception of event |
| Culture | Shared beliefs, values, and practices |
| Ethics | study of morals, specifically moral choices individuals make in their relationships with others |
| Affiliation | person leans in, make eye contact, smiling, laughing at your jokes |
| Mindlessness | reduced cognitive activity, inaccurate recall, and uncritical evaluations |
| Primary Group | family |
| Interaction Appearance Theory | thoughts of a person's physical appearance change as we communicate with them |
| Communication | use symbols and behaviors to exchange information |
| Fundamental Attribution Error | blaming others mistakes on internal flows while our own external |
| Improving Perception | Verify, thoughtful when seeking explanations and look beyond first impressions |
| Kinesics | body movements |
| Denotative Meaning | dictionanry definition of word |
| Selective Perceptions | Distracted by mispronounced words, "um," and gestures that you miss point of communication |
| Cultural Myopia | Failure to consider others cultural perspectives |
| Stereotyping | fitting our perceptions of individuals into our existing schemas without adjusting that schema |
| Phonological Rule | grammatical rules that dictate how words should be pronounced |
| Linear Model of Communication | no feedback (only sender, receiver, decode, encode, channel) |
| Love | affection and attachment to another with commitment, passion, and intimacy |
| Benefits of Productive Conflict | fosters healthy debate, improve decision making, and spurs relationship growth |
| High-context culture | subtle cues to communicate, indirect |
| Individualistic | needs, rights, and personal identity instead of those of the group |
| Uncertainly Avoidance | degree to which a culture adapts its behaviors in order to reduce ambiguity and risk |
| Monoschronic time | time is finite |
| Undue influence | allowing someone else to convince you to do something that you really dont want to do |
| Language | system of symbols we use to think about and communicate experiences and feelings |
| Equivocation | Words with unclear or misleading definitions to get out of an uncomfortable situation |
| Repeating | Saying "OK" and giving the ok hand symbol |
| Low-context | United States is more direct |
| Substituting | Unable to use verbal communication and substitute a nonverbal gesture, replaces does not clarify or reinforce |
| Communication Boundary Management | Not discussing certain topics in an effort to not hurt or be insensitive to another's feelings |
| Content Oriented Listeners | Critical listening |
| Emblem | holding up one finger to the mouth to communicate, "be quiet" |
| Jargon | technical language that is specific to a group or person |
| Channel Discrepancy | One set of person's behaviors say one thing and another set of behaviors says something different |
| Adaptor | Nonverbal behaviors that arise subconsciously in an anxious situation, legs shaking, twisting hair |
| Chronemics | time as a non-verbal |
| Norms | patterns of behavior and thought excepted as the usual way of doing things |
| Interpersonal Relationship | interconnections and interdependence between two people |
| Proximity | how physical close a person is affects attraction |
| Regulating | nonverbal behavior that coordinates verbal interaction by helping us to navigate the back and forth of communication in a constructive, appropriate manner |
| Loyalty | maintaining relationships despite disagreementa and framing difference as positive |
| Storage Love | love someone, but not in love with them |
| Hearing | physiological process |
| Social information processing theroy | intimacy takes longer to develop online because communicators need to use unique language and stylistic cues |
| Hyperpersonal Communication | self disclosing too much, too personal, too early |
| Inclusion | involving other in our life and being involve in theirs |
| Conflict | A negative interaction between two or more inter depended people |
| Action oriented listeners | focus on getting tasks completed |
| Slang | Using words in a different way then what originally define |
| Matching Hypothesis | Attracted to others with comparable levels of physical attraction |
| Provocation | Incompetence, aggression, and relationship threats |
| Communication Climate | dominate temper, attitudes, and outlook of a relationship |
| Defensive Climate | mistrust, suspicion, and apprehension |
| Flaming | posting of hostile and insulting messages online to provoke anger |
| Feeling | attempting to put someone in a good mood to get what you want |
| Clique | small subgroups of individuals who have bonded withing a larger group |
| Control | power to influence others |
| Euphemism | Replacing offensive words with less offensive words |
| Collectivist | Look at whole group |
| Team | a group that works together to carry out a project or to compete |
| Decoding | interpreting and assigning meaning |
| Interdependence | what you do to me affects me and what i do affects you |
| Informational Listeners | students comprehend but do not analyze |
| Gender | behavior and cultural traits assign to men and women and a way a particular cultural defines feminist and masculinity |
| Connotative meaning | cognitive thought or emotion |
| Listening apprehension | uneasiness anxiety of fear of listening |
| Intercultural communication | communication with people from different culture with different world views |
| Stages of a Group Development | Forming- set responsibilities and group goals Norming- choose a leader |
| Diverse | surrounded by people from many different backgrounds |
| Steps in listening process | selecting, attending, understanding, remembering, responding |
| Critical listening | listen critically and judge or challenge all aspects |
| Paraphrasing | guess, thoughts and feeling of partner and restate back to them |
| Selecting | choose what to listen to |
| Unbalanced Costs and Rewards | too much cost and not much reward or vice versa |
| Productive Conflict | Conflict that is manged affectingly |
| Attending | focus your attention on the message |
| Group | three or more people who share a relationship are interdependent and collaborate towards a share purpose |
What type of language rules deal with the pronunciation of words?
Phonological rules deal with the correct pronunciation of words.
Which term refers to the meaning that words have for people either because of their definitions or their placement in a sentence?
Semantics. the relationship among symbols, objects, people, and concepts. the meaning that words have for people, either because of their definitions or because of their placement in a sentence. Pragmatics. the ability to use culture's symbol systems appropriately.
Which term refers to a form of communication in which a communicator changes his or her regular language and slang to fit into a particular group?
code switching. a type of accommodation in which communications change their regular language and slang to fit into a particular group.
Is a system of symbols governed by grammatical rules that we use to think about and communicate experiences and feelings?
Language can be defined as a system of symbols that is used to communicate. Although language is used to communicate with others, we may also talk to ourselves and use words in our thinking. The words we use can influence the way we think about and understand our experiences.