CMN 003 Midterm 1
Communication - answer is the process by which individuals use
symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information.
The Functional Perspective - answer how communication behaviors helps (or don't
help) us accomplish our goals in personal, group, organizational, public, or
technologically mediated situations.
Goal-Oriented Communication - answer Influencing others, expressing affiliation,
managing relationships
6 Characteristics of Communication - answer symbols, shared code, linked to culture,
transactional process, various channels, not always intentional
Competent Communication - answer appropriate and effective, process oriented,
communication skills used, uses tech to assist,
Modeling communication - answer models used to describe communication process.
Communication processing - answer gathering, organizing, and evaluating info received
The Competent Communication Model - answerA transactional process where
communication takes place between interdependent parties simultaneously encoding
and decoding within a relational context, a situational context, and a cultural context
Language - answerthe system of symbols (words) with grammatical
rules we use to communicate and think about experiences and feelings.
The Nature of Language - answerlanguage is symbolic, filled with multiple meanings,
informed by our thoughts, ruled by grammar, and bound by context.
Communication accommodation theory (CAT) - answerhow competent communicators
adjust their language and nonverbal behaviors to the person, group, and context.
The 5 Functions of Language - answercontrolling, informing, feeling, imagining,
ritualizing
Communication acquisition - answerlearn language and how to use
Semantics - answermeaning
Pragmatics - answeruse and use in context
, high abstraction - answerhuman talk, not clear. aid in evasion, equivocation,
euphemisms
Situational Context - answerhigh and low language, code switching
Relational Context - answercultural context
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - answerwords culture uses or doesnt use influences thinking
nonverbal
communication - answerprocess of intentionally or unintentionally signaling meaning
through behavior other than words.
Nonverbal communication can be - answerspontaneous, ambigious, more believable,
Function of Nonverbal Communication - answerreinforce verbal communication,
substituting, contradicting, managing impressions/regulating, creating immediacy,
deception
Kinesics 5 types - answergestures and body movements that send nonverbal messages
emblems, illustrators, affect, regulators, adaptors
Emblems - answerdirect verbal translation
Illustrators - answerreinforce verbal
Regulators - answerhelp manage interactions
Adaptors - answersatisfy physical or physiological needs
Affect - answerdisplay emotions
Oculesics - answereye behavior as nonverbal communication
Paralanguage - answersounds that accompany words: pitch, tone, volume, rhythm,
pause, rate, quality
Vocalizations - answercues about emotional or physical state: backchannel cues: "ah"
"um" "uh"
Proxemics and Edward Hall 4 - answerhe study of how we use and communicate with
space. intimate, personal, social, public
Haptics and 5 uses - answeruse of touch to send messages. Functional, Social,
Friendship, Sexual, Love
Communication - answer is the process by which individuals use
symbols, signs, and behaviors to exchange information.
The Functional Perspective - answer how communication behaviors helps (or don't
help) us accomplish our goals in personal, group, organizational, public, or
technologically mediated situations.
Goal-Oriented Communication - answer Influencing others, expressing affiliation,
managing relationships
6 Characteristics of Communication - answer symbols, shared code, linked to culture,
transactional process, various channels, not always intentional
Competent Communication - answer appropriate and effective, process oriented,
communication skills used, uses tech to assist,
Modeling communication - answer models used to describe communication process.
Communication processing - answer gathering, organizing, and evaluating info received
The Competent Communication Model - answerA transactional process where
communication takes place between interdependent parties simultaneously encoding
and decoding within a relational context, a situational context, and a cultural context
Language - answerthe system of symbols (words) with grammatical
rules we use to communicate and think about experiences and feelings.
The Nature of Language - answerlanguage is symbolic, filled with multiple meanings,
informed by our thoughts, ruled by grammar, and bound by context.
Communication accommodation theory (CAT) - answerhow competent communicators
adjust their language and nonverbal behaviors to the person, group, and context.
The 5 Functions of Language - answercontrolling, informing, feeling, imagining,
ritualizing
Communication acquisition - answerlearn language and how to use
Semantics - answermeaning
Pragmatics - answeruse and use in context
, high abstraction - answerhuman talk, not clear. aid in evasion, equivocation,
euphemisms
Situational Context - answerhigh and low language, code switching
Relational Context - answercultural context
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - answerwords culture uses or doesnt use influences thinking
nonverbal
communication - answerprocess of intentionally or unintentionally signaling meaning
through behavior other than words.
Nonverbal communication can be - answerspontaneous, ambigious, more believable,
Function of Nonverbal Communication - answerreinforce verbal communication,
substituting, contradicting, managing impressions/regulating, creating immediacy,
deception
Kinesics 5 types - answergestures and body movements that send nonverbal messages
emblems, illustrators, affect, regulators, adaptors
Emblems - answerdirect verbal translation
Illustrators - answerreinforce verbal
Regulators - answerhelp manage interactions
Adaptors - answersatisfy physical or physiological needs
Affect - answerdisplay emotions
Oculesics - answereye behavior as nonverbal communication
Paralanguage - answersounds that accompany words: pitch, tone, volume, rhythm,
pause, rate, quality
Vocalizations - answercues about emotional or physical state: backchannel cues: "ah"
"um" "uh"
Proxemics and Edward Hall 4 - answerhe study of how we use and communicate with
space. intimate, personal, social, public
Haptics and 5 uses - answeruse of touch to send messages. Functional, Social,
Friendship, Sexual, Love
