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83 Cards in this Set
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Ethics (29) |
Branch of Philosophy that focuses on moral principles and codes of conduct |
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Interpersonal Communication Competence (35) |
The ability to communicate effectively |
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I-It Communication (12) |
Buber- when one person in communication is treated like an object, sometimes acknowledged, but only as "something" (waiter, salesperson, homeless person) |
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I-You Communication (13) |
Buber-second level, majority of our interactions. Acknowledged as people, but don't fully engage as unique people |
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I-Thou Communication (13) |
Buber- each person affirms the other as cherished and unique individuals. See each other's wholeness and individuality |
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Interpersonal Communication (14) |
Buber describes "Selective, systemic process that allows people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one another and create shared meanings" |
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Systemic (14) |
Takes place within various systems (Class, culture, relationship, history) |
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Selective (14) |
We make choices about who we communicate with and on what levels |
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Noise (15) |
Anything that distorts communication or interferes with people's understanding of one another: Physiological, physical, psychological, semantic |
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Content Meaning (18) |
Literal meaning of words |
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Relationship Meaning (18) |
What the words communicated mean in the context of the relationship (Parent to child: clean your room, vs. Friend to friend: clean your room) |
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Process (17) |
Communication is an ongoing, continuous process: evolves over time, decreases over time |
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Model (19) |
Representation of a phenomenon |
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Linear Model (20) |
Laswell- not effective because communication is portrayed as going one way (Sender and Reciever) |
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Interactive Model (21) |
Listeners give feedback |
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Transactional Model (21) |
More accurate, "Communicators A and B," field of experience, noise, time, systems, communication goes both ways |
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Feedback (21) |
Response to a message (Interactive Model) |
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Symbol (30) |
Something with no inherent or true meaning (words are an example) |
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Metacommunication (30) |
Communication about communication: "This has been a great talk" |
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Dual Perspective (36) |
Understanding that both our own perspectives, beliefs, thoughts or feelings may not line up with another person's |
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Person-centeredness (40, 88) |
Ability to perceive another as a unique individual by using knowledge of particular others |
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Monitoring (38, 40) |
The capacity to observe and regulate your own communication |
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Interpersonal (12) |
"Between people" |
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Buber (12) |
Philosopher, 3 levels of comm and defined Inter Comm as "Selective, systemic process that allows people to reflect and build personal knowledge of one another and shared meanings" |
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Physiological Noise (15) |
Hunger, tired |
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Physical Noise (15) |
Crowded room, super hot or super cold |
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Psychological Noise (15) |
Qualities in us that affect how we communicate and interpret (prejudice, bias from perspective) |
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Semantic Noise (15) |
Not understanding the actual words |
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Shared Meaning (17) |
The understanding of certain people's words and behaviors in relationships with history and understanding |
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Three Dimensions of Relationship-Level Meanings |
Responsiveness, liking or affection, power or control |
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Interpersonal Needs Theory (22) |
Psychologist William Schutz: We create and sustain relationships to meet 3 different needs |
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Three Needs According to Schutz (22) |
Affection, inclusion, control |
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Maslow (22) |
Hierarchy of Needs |
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Hierarchy of Needs |
Basic to Abstract: Physical (air, food), Safety and Protection (shelter,) Belonging or Inclusion, Self-esteem (respect, impacted by seeming, being,) Self-actualization (Understanding of self) |
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8 Principles of Interpersonal Communications |
1. We cannot NOT communicate. 2. It's irreversible. 3. Involves ethical choices. 4. People construct meanings. 5. Metacommunication affects meaning. 6. Inter Comm develops and sustains relationships. 7. Not a solution to everything. 8. Can be learned |
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Anxious/ambivalent attachment style (53) |
Inconsistent treatment by caregiver, sometimes loving, and attentive, sometimes indifferent and rejecting. Unpredictability causes anxiety in the child |
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Attachment styles (51) |
Patterns of caregiving that teach us who we and others are and how to approach relationships, learned in earliest relationships |
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Self (41) |
Starts with external people telling us who we are. Multidimensional process of internalizing and acting from social perspectives, begins with parents |
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Particular others (47) |
Specific people who are important in our lives |
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Direct Definition (47) |
Communication that tells us explicitly who we are by labeling us and our behaviors. Includes race and ethnicity |
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Reflected Appraisal (48) |
If people hint indirectly that we are smart, we become that. We are mirrors for other people. People's perception of us effects us |
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Social Comparison (50) |
Process of assessing ourselves in relation to others to form judgements about our own talents, abilities, and qualities, etc. Diversity is necessary, can elevate or lower our view of self |
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Identity Scripts (51) |
Rules for living and identity, usually formed by 5 years old, adults write, children internalize. "We are responsible people" |
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Secure Attachment Style |
Caregiver responds CONSISTENTLY in an attentive and loving way, better self-esteem, positive view of others, positive view of self |
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Fearful Attachment Style (52) |
Caregiver in the first bond is unavailable or communicates in negative, rejecting, or abusive ways (sees self as unlovable and others as rejecting) |
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Self-fulfilling Prophecies |
Internalize other's expectation or judgements about us and then behave in ways that are consistent with those expectations or judgements. Labels we are given that we grow into |
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Dismissive Attachment Style |
Caregiver is rejecting, dismissive, child does not accept caregiver's view, so sees others as unworthy |
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Generalized Other (54) |
The general, or overall, society |
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Culture is Learned in Three Ways |
Interacting with others who have internalized cultural values, participating in institutions that embody cultural values, watched through media |
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Face (60) |
"save face, best face forward" The impression of self that we want others to accept in social situations |
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Impression Management (60) |
Have we use communication in an effort to persuade others to believe the face we present |
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Social Media's Role in Identity |
1. Direct Definition, Reflected Appraisals 2. social comparison3. Skilled facework |
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Johari Window (63) |
Open Area, Blind Area, Hidden Area, Unknown area |
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Self-Disclosure (64) |
Intentionally revealing information about ourselves to another person that he or she is unlikely to discover in other ways (Builds relationships, trust, reliability, learn to handle feedback) |
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Self-Sabotage (67) |
Self-talk, telling ourselves we are no good, we can't do it, etc |
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Perception (75) |
The ACTIVE process of creating meaning by SELECTING, ORGANIZING AND INTERPRETING people, objects, events, situations and other phenomena |
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Perception is affected by: |
Others, situations, events, behaviors, ourselves |
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Selection (75) |
We don't notice everything, we notice things that stand out. Change can shift attention and we can miss out on opportunities |
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In-Attention Blindness (76) |
Tendency to not notice what's right in front of us (talk-to-text phone while driving) |
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Organization (77) |
After we've selected what to notice, constructivism: "We organize and interpret experience by applying cognitive structures called schemata" |
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Four Types of Schemata (78) |
Prototypes, Personal Constructs, Stereotypes, Scripts |
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Prototypes (78) |
Clearest, most representative example of a category. Category: friends, Prototype: Karly |
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Personal Constructs |
Mental yardstick, two extremes: smart, not smart |
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Stereotypes (79) |
Predictive generalization applied to a person or situation based on the category we placed them in. These are pinned on people |
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Scripts (80) |
Guide to action, help us through interactions, but not always accurate |
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Interpretation (81) |
Subjective process of explaining our perceptions in ways that make sense to us |
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Attribution Error |
Issues in perception that lead to issues in communication |
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Attributions |
Explanation of why something happened or why someone acts in a certain way |
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Four Dimensions of Attributions (82) |
Locus, Stability, Specificity, Responsibility |
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Locus (81) |
Dimension of Attributions: Internal or external (He has no patience for lateness, vs. The traffic jam was frustrating) |
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Stability (82) |
Dimension of Attributions: Stable (unchanging, she's a type A personality,) Unstable (temporary, she has a headache right now) |
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Specificity (82) |
Dimension of Attributions: Specific (He spends a lot of money on clothes), Global (He's a big spender) |
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Responsibility |
Dimension of Attributions: Within personal control, beyond personal control |
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Self-serving bias (82+83) |
Bias towards ourselves and our interests, "I did well on the test because I'm smart and studied" vs. "I did badly on that test because the questions were unfair and no amount of studying would have made a difference" |
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Fundamental Attribution Error |
Locus dimension, overestimate internal causes or others' errors and underestimate internal causes of our errors |
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Influences in Perception (84) |
Physiology, expectations, age, culture, social location, roles |
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Social Location (86) |
"Realm of reality" |
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Standpoint |
Point of view that grows out of political awareness of the social location of a group: material, social, symbolic conditions common for members (Privileged people are more likely to contribute to a society that benefits them) |
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Roles |
Doctors observe medical symptoms, lawyers are analytic thinkers |
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Cognitive Complexity (89) |
Number of personal constructs used, how abstract they are and how elaborately they interact to shape perception (Children are more simple than adults) |
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Empathy |
The ability to feel with another person |
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Implicit Personality Theory |
Collection of unspoken and sometimes unconscious assumptions about how various qualities fit together in human personalities |
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Social Media's Influence on Perception (90) |
Views on issues are shaped by the people we follow. Cultural membership influences the content of our online communication |