Midterm Review 3 (Wbj Vs Miller- Whiteness)

Front 1

WBJ believes that communication occurs _____ and ______

Back 1

Unconsciously, unintentionally

Front 2

WBJ believes that the meaning behind communication comes from

Back 2

INTERPRETATION

Front 3

According to WBJ, one __ ___ communicate

Back 3

cannot NOT

Front 4

According to WBJ, communication is always ___ and ___ as well as verbal

Back 4

nonverbal and contextual

Front 5

According to WBJ, communication has a content and contextual level, and _____ joins the two

Back 5

metacommunication

Front 6

What does sequential mean when referring to WBJ's views of communication

Back 6

The meaning of each turn is affected by what came before it, and affects what comes after it

Front 7

What is this an example of?

"don't take this personally, but..."

Back 7

metacommunication

Front 8

What are the two weaknesses of WBJ's argument?

Back 8

-THere is a physical world out there (i.e. hiccups, gravity, etc.) that is meaning-free

-There are pathologies (mental illnesses) out there (EX: John HInckley watching Taxi and trying to kill ronald regan)

Front 9

According to Miller, ______ is central to communication

Back 9

intention

Front 10

According to Miller,

___ = meaning

Back 10

intention

Front 11

People may lie about their intentions, so outsiders must be the judges.

Who would agree with this?

Back 11

Miller

Front 12

what is the weakness of miller?

Back 12

Outside of a laboratory context
(i.e. most of the time), only the
speaker gets to proclaim what
something means.

Front 13

WbJ bElIeVeS iN:


Miller believes in:

Back 13

InTeRpReTaTiOn



intention

Front 14

According to Tracy and Robles, a _____ is a social meaning of a unit of talk

Back 14

speech act

Front 15

____ is right in the middle between intention and interpretation

Back 15

speech acts

Front 16

"Do the wobble" is meant to remind you that

Back 16

You DO the wobble, you don't THINK it or INTEND it. intending something is not the same as doing something

Front 17

communication is _____, utterances don't mean anything by themselves

Back 17

SEQUENTIAL

Front 18

would WBJ agree that a "Freudian slip" doesn't mean a blessed thing because it is unintentional?

Back 18

NO

Front 19

_____ is anything that tells you how to understand the content of your communication

Back 19

metacommunication

Front 20

______ level means the literal meaning of something

Back 20

content

Front 21

_____ level means how communication should be interpreted

Back 21

relational

Front 22

You use ____ signals to help differentiate content and relational level from a teacher saying "you seem a little sleepy today"

Back 22

nonverbal

Front 23

______refers to how everyday talk practices support or challenge one or the other party’s image

Back 23

facework

Front 24

what are the two kinds of facework?

Back 24

face threat and face redress

Front 25

what are three types of face threats?

Back 25

advice, reproach, commands and requests

Front 26

what is the face redress speech act that makes an attempt to repair social trouble?

Back 26

accounts

Front 27

What is the face redress speech act that offers metacommunication about your intentions?

Back 27

disclaimers

Front 28

Which face redress speech act is this an example of?

"I'm so sorry I completely spaced out"

Back 28

account

Front 29

which face redress speech act is this an example of?

"I was just kidding!." used for unacceptably hostile situations

Back 29

disclaimer

Front 30

_____ is civilized hostility

Back 30

humor

Front 31

How are indirectness and humor similar????

Back 31

Indirectness and humor are both complicated speech acts. Indirectness can make a speech act very difficult to interpret, and humor can complicate relationships enormously; they both have important relational factors

Front 32

what are the advantages of directness?

Back 32

helps with clarity and mutual knowledge may be created

Front 33

what are the advantages of indirectness?

Back 33

benefit of face redress,

Front 34

what are the disadvantages of directness?

Back 34

risk of face threat,

Front 35

what are the disadvantages of indirectness?

Back 35

sensitive information may be kept out of view, and it risks confusion about intention (whether real or pretend)

Front 36

Whose theory does this define?

Ownership is negotiated between the speaker and the listener

Back 36

WBJ

Front 37

Whose theory does this describe?

Meaning (ownership) is entirely determined upon the speaker and there is no negotiation involved

Back 37

MIller

Front 38

Whose theory does this describe?

in regular talk we alternate between intention and interpretation seamlessly based on what speech act is happening.

Back 38

Tracy and Robles