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name three types of noise
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external, phisiological, psycological
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what is external noise?
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the environmental factors that are impeding communication. ex. construction.
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what is phisiological noise?
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a biological factor impeding communication. ex. hearing trouble.
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what is psycological noise?
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things that are mentaly distracting you from your communication. ex. worrying about an exam.
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name three models of communication.
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action, interactional, transactional
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what is a significant other?
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anyone we feel is qualified to make judgments about us and influences our self concept.
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what is our self concept?
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how we believe we should and are percived by others.
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how do we get our self concept?
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significant others, social comparison.
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give three traits of the self concept
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subjective, flexable, resists change
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why is the self concept subjective?
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first because it is created from our perseption, second so it can be self serving.
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why is the self concept flexable?
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so it can fit in a greater variety of situations. also it can change with moods.
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why is the self concept resistant to change?
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cognative conservationalism; we tend to seek evidence supporting our ideas.
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provide four things that are required to change our self concept.
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-the person doing it must be seen as competant.
-must be personal to you -be reasonable in light of what we beleive -consistant and numerous |
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define comunication.
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the treansmision of information to convey thoughts or ideas. the sending and receiving of messages.
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what is a channel?
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the medium chosen for comunication to occur via
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what is attraction theory?
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"misery loves company" similar to cognitive conservationalism, attraction theory uses the idea that we tend to seek people who are like us and support how we veiw ourselves
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explain the uncertanty reduction theory.
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the idea that when someone breaks our expectations we seek an explanation for use in the future.
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what is your self monitor?
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how carefuly we monitor our coherance in dynamic situations.
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what are the traits of a high self monitor?
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can adapt and change their behavior quickly when situations change
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what are the traits of a low self monitor?
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behaves the same in all situations with little or no regard for how well we are being received or other's reflections.
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