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30 Cards in this Set
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What is Cybernetics?
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The computer-like function of the brain to interpret and store information.
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What is language?
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A system of human communication based on speech sounds used in arbitrary symbols.
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6 ways you learn language?
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(1) Input
(2) Storage (3) Stimulus (4) Search (5) Recall (6) Output |
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Emotive means...
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To express emotion
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Phatic is used for...
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to fulfill social obligations (small talk)
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Cognitive is...
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exchanging info
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Rhetorical is used as an...
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Influance
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Identifying means...
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to describe or categorize
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5 Functions of language?
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(1) Emotive
(2) Phatic (3) Cognitive (4) Rhetorical (5) Identifying |
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Connotation means...
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thoughts, feelings & interpretations of the word
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Denotation means...
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strict dictionary definition of the word
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Sapir-Whorf (linguistic determinism) says what?
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As humans we use language to impose order in the world
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What is the Closure Principle?
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We have a natural tendency to want to fill in gaps
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High context relies more on what?
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Nonverbals
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Low context relies more on what?
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the context and what is said
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Slang is..?
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"In group" words
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Euphemisms are?
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Polite substitutes to avoid offending anyone
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Relative words are required for what?
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mutual understanding
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Direct communicators have _____ reliance on nonverbals
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little
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Indirect Communicators have ________ reliance on nonverbals
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heavy
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Circular communicators are what?
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loosely connected stories
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Linear communicators have what?
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strong organization
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Attached communicators involve what?
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subject emotion
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Detached communicators are what?
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objective
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Substituting is when...?
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Nonverbals take the place of verbals
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Complimenting is when...?
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Nonverbals add to the meaning of verbals
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Conflicting is...?
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when verbals and nonverbals don't match up
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Accenting is when...
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Nonverbals intensify the verbals
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What is Kinesics?
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Use of the body
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What are Facsics?
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Facial expressions
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