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12 Cards in this Set
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What is sensory input?
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The outside event.
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Sicht, smell, sound, taste or touch.
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What is "meanings are in people"?
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The meanings people have for the words that need to concern you, not the words themselves.
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What is denotative meanings?
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A word and its dictionary meaning.
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What is connotative meanings?
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A word is the associations and overtones people bring to it.
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What is powerful talk?
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Straightforward and to the point.
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What is powerless talk?
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Direct, negative effects of which the communicator is completly unaware.
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What is hedges/qualifiers?
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"kinda", "I think", and "I guess" qualify statements by distracting from their certainty and weakening their impact.
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What is hesitation forms?
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"uh", "ah", "well" and "um" they are not being straight forward and direct.
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What is "you knows"?
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Often in informal conversations.
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Contribute to perceptions of powerlessness.
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What is tag questions?
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Makes declarative sentences less forceful.
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"sure is cold in here"
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What is deictic phrases?
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Pointing out or proving by showing.
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"over here" or "over there"
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What is disclaimers?
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Introductory expressions that excuse, explain, or request understanding or forbearance.
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"Don't get me wrong" or "this might sound crazy"
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