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What is communications
It is a symbolic interaction between humans to create meaning
What are the 3 transactional model of human communications
1. Messages that are being sent and received are Simultaneous
2.The process for people to influence each other is fluid
3. To rely on the cooperative interdependence of others is relational
The transaction of meaning occurs wheather:
or not you intended it too
What is important to remember about meaning?

(3 explanations)
1. A message with significance
2. are derived with several characteristics
3. Misunderstanding is when someone attaches a different meaning to a message with a different intention
What are the 5 aspects associated with the meanings of messages
1. How it is said
2. The channel used to transmit a message
3. Environment and it's noise
(External, Physiological, psychological)
4. People
5. Interaction
What are symbols?

(Definition and key 3 things)
it is something used to help people interact. Symbols are agreed upon and have a common use/

It is an object, idea, and/or behavior
What are the 5 different types of communications?
Intrapersonal - one
Dyadic - 2 people
Small group - 3 to 8 people
Public - speaker - audience
Mass - no personal contact
Communication fills 4 types of needs:
Physical, practical, social, and identity

OR P.I.P.S
What are the 5 things you need to remember about communication?
- Irreversible
- unrepeatable
- situationally dependent
- carries content & relational dependent
- It's a set of skills that can be learned
What does content carry?
Content refers to the essential meaning of communication
chronemics
the study of how humans time
affinity
the degree people appreciate each other. This is usually expressed non verbally
cognitive complexity
The ability to appreciate and to be flexable with multiple frameworks in human behavior
critical listening guidelines
hearing (physio)
attending (psych)
remembering
reacting
understanding
defensive listening
a response in which the listener feels attacked
dialectical tension
inheriting conflicts that arise when 2 opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously

(romeo and juliets family)
disinhibition
When you send out a message without thinking of the consequence
empathy
to put yourself in ones shoes to experience the others thoughts and feelings
encoding
putting thoughts into symbol
(flipping someone off)
decoding
receiver that attaches meaning

(being flipped off you think someone is pissed)
equivocal language
when one ends out a message with one or more meangings

(fobs)
euphemism
a pleasant sounding term used in place of a more direct but less pleasant one
facework
verbal and nonverbal behavior disigned to create and maintain a communicator's face and the face of others
fact
something that one can varify to be true or false
opinion
a thought of someone that needs to be explained
Hall's distances

(4 key)
intimate - touching 18 inches
personal -18inches to 4 feet
social - 4 to 12 feet
public is 12 feet and beyond
haptic
study of touch
kinesic
body language gesture and posture
intimacy
closeness between two people

physical- is touching
intellectual- exchanging ideas
shared activities- working together
emotional - exchanging feelings
intrapersonal
is talking to oneself
interpersonal
understanding that individuals are all equal
Johari windows
a model that describes the relationship between self disclosure and awareness
listening steps
hearing, understanding
attending, response, remembering
listening
is taking the message of someone and putting meaning
hearing
auditory vibrations with no meaning
manipulators
movement of a body part to manipulate another

(biting your lip during a shot so the pain isn't horrible)
most powerful part of the body during communication
eyes and face
needs of communication
personal
identity
physical
and social
noise
external
psychologically
physiological
functions of nonverbal
it plays a role in expressions and emotions

it's ambiguous in nature
characteristics of nonverabal
body movement
proximics
peoples use of time and space
territory
a space that is assumed to belong to an individual
residual message
someone can recall a message after short or long term memory loss

(50 first dates)
richness
adundance of nonverbal cues that add clarity to a verbal message
self concept (characteristics)
thoughs of ones self (positve or negative)

- self esteem
- shows how others feel about us
- social comparisson
self disclosure
something that you hide that others don't know
self-fulfilling prophecy
prediction or expectation of an event that makes the event happen
symbolic communication
is the understanding and agreement of a culture


this could be a symbol
a motion or a sign
stimuli
a concept in behaviorism
sympathy
compassion for anothers situation
adapters (types)
. self directing adapters - manipulating our own bodies
- alter " "- tapping of our foot
- object " " - playing with a pencil
collective culture
a culture where members focus on a group goal other then an individual focusing on ones owns goal
individualistic culture
when one focuses on an individuals success other then a groups success
evasive language
used to not want to communicate
listening styles
-misconceptions
-personal
-effective
-informational
- critical
- social support
sexism
is when either favoring a a certain such as

man kind etc.
racism
the use of derogatory term