Highline Speech Final

Front 1

internal noise (psychological)

Back 1

forces within a communicator that interfere with the ability to express or understand a message accurately

Front 2

transactional communication

Back 2

refers to the fact that we are capable of receiving, decoding and responding to a persons behavior while the other person does the same to ours

Front 3

intrapersonal communication

Back 3

communicating with yourself, internal dialogue

Front 4

mediated

Back 4

communication sent via something other than face to face, such as a telephone, or email, or instant message

Front 5

presenting self/public self

Back 5

the image a person presents to other people.

Front 6

percieved self/ private self

Back 6

the person we believe ourselves to be

Front 7

self-serving bias

Back 7

The tendency to interpret and explain information in a way that makes the audience view it in a favorable manner

Front 8

perception checking

Back 8

a tool that helps interpret others behavior more accurately. 3 steps. 1 description of behavior 2 two interpretations of the behavior 3 a request for clarification about the behavior

Front 9

reflected appraisal

Back 9

the theory that a persons self-concept matches the way others regard them

Front 10

self-fulfilling prophecy

Back 10

a prediction that the most likely outcome of an event will happen

Front 11

paralanguage

Back 11

nonlinguistic means of vocal expression such as- rate, pitch, tone, etc.

Front 12

low context culture

Back 12

a culture that relies heavily on language to get the point across

Front 13

relative meanings

Back 13

the things you say gain their meaning by comparison, i.e. large compared to what? soon compared to what time frame...etc

Front 14

ladder of abstraction

Back 14

things can be described with different levels of specificity. i.e.
a book
a textbook
a communication textbook

Front 15

inference

Back 15

a conclusion you come up with based on fact, but it is not necessarily right . FACT: you interrupted me before i finished. INFERENCE: you don't care what i have to say

Front 16

insensitive listening

Back 16

not recognizing the feelings being expressed by the speaker, taking the words at face value

Front 17

paraphrasing/supportive

Back 17

the feedback where you reword the thought and feeling to the speaker to show that you know what they mean

Front 18

territoriality

Back 18

the idea that we assume the rights to an area or piece of property, such as a parking space or a bedroom

Front 19

chronemics

Back 19

how people use and structure time, and how some people pace greater value on certain people time but not others

Front 20

proxemics

Back 20

how people use their space in different settings, based mainly on cultural norms

Front 21

regulator

Back 21

a nonverbal cue used to control your turn to speak

Front 22

emblem

Back 22

a nonverbal behavior that has a specific meaning to everyone within a cultural group; ie wave means hello/goodbye. head nod yes, head shake no.

Front 23

Johari window/hidden window

Back 23

a tool that shows the relationship between what you know about yourself and what others know about you...see book page 187

Front 24

self-disclosure

Back 24

revealing information about yourself to others that would not normally be known

Front 25

autonomy vs. connectedness

Back 25

the difference in a relationship between the collective needs and the individual needs; conflicting desires for connection and independence

Front 26

novelty vs. predictability

Back 26

the balance between stability and freshness in a relationship, people differ in their needs for these 2 things so there is no optimal mixture of the 2

Front 27

metacommunication

Back 27

messages referring to other messages;communication about communication

Front 28

relationship development and the dialectical model

Back 28

the suggestion that communication differs in important ways at various points in relationships

Front 29

social penetration theory

Back 29

a model describing that different levels of intimacy can be achieved through the amount (breadth and depth) of self disclosure taking place

Front 30

equivocation

Back 30

a vague statement that can be interpreted in more than one way

Front 31

concensus

Back 31

an agreement between group members about a decision.

Front 32

social role

Back 32

the roles people take on in order to maintain smooth personal relationships between members of a group. the role you play within a group of people

Front 33

task role

Back 33

the role you take to help the group solve a problem.

Front 34

leadership role

Back 34

the role one takes on when leading a group, should have the traits of a leader