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19 Cards in this Set
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Communication
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The process of creating or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking
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Participants
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Individuals who take turns assuming the roles of senders and receivers during an interaction
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Contexts
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The physical, social, historical, psychological, and cultural settings in which communication occurs
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Physical Context
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The location, enviromental conditions (Temp, lighting, noise level) physical distance between communicators, any seating arrangements, and time of day of a communication event
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Social Context
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The expressed purpose of the event as well as the nature of the realtionships between the participants
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Historical Context
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The background provided by previous communication episodes between the participants that influence understandings in the current encounter
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Psychological Context
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The mood and feelings each person brings to the conversation.
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Cultural Context
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The beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, social hierarchies, religion, notions of time, and roles of a group of people that help participants form and interpret messages
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Messages
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Verbal utterances and nonverbal behaviors that senders use to convey their meanings
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Meaning
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The combination of ideas and feelings that exist in a sender's mind
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Symbols
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Words, sounds, and actions that are recognized by others as representing specific content meaning
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Encoding
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The cognitive thinking process of transforming ideas and feelings into symbols and organizing them into a message
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Decoding
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The process of transforming messages from another back into one's own ideas and feelings
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Channel
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A sensory route used to transmit messages
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Noise
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Any external, internal, or semantic stimulus that interferes with sharing meaning
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External Noises
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Sights, sounds, and other stimuli in the environment that draw people's attention away from what is being said or done
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Internal Noises
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Unrelated thoughts and feelings that draw attention away from what is said or done
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Semantic Noises
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Unintended meanings aroused by certain symbols and behaviors that distract your attention from what another person has to say
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Feedback
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A receiver's response to a message
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