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13 Cards in this Set
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Brute Facts
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are objective, concrete phenomena & activities.
i.e. "Get Lost," or "Shut up!" |
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Institutional Facts
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are the meanings of brute facts based on interpretation.
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3 Principles of Verbal Communication....(of symbols)
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1. Interpretation creates meaning
2. Communication is guided by rules 3. Punctuation affects meaning |
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Communication Rules
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are shared understandings among members of a particular culture or social group, about what communication means & what behaviors are appropriate in various situations.
i.e. taught @ a young age, "please & thank you" |
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Regulative Rules
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regulate interaction by specifying when, how, where, and with whom to communicate about certain things.
i.e. rules vary across culture, appropriate in 1 society, but NOT the other. |
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Constitutive Rules
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define what a particular communication means or stands for.
i.e. we learn how to show respect, professionalism & rudeness. |
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Totalizing
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is responding to a person as if one label totally represents that person.
(occurs when we dismiss people by saying, "she's odd," "He's a jock") |
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Loaded Language
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are words that slant perceptions, and thus meanings, exceedingly.
i.e. the "pigs" aka the police |
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Static Evaluation
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is an assessment that suggests that something is unchanging. It just, IS...
i.e. the word IS. Ann is selfish, Sarah is rude. |
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3 Characteristics of Comm:
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1. Arbitrariness (arbitrary)
2. Ambiguous (ambiguity) 3. Abstraction (abstract) |
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Arbitrary
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means that the verbal symbols are not intrinsically connected to what they represent.
i.e. apple |
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Ambiguous
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means it doesn't have a clear-cut, precise meaning. Meanings (of words) vary from culture and individuals. i.e. Japanese man.
i.e. dog. CAN lead to misunderstandings |
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Abstract
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means that the words are not the concrete or tangible phenomena to which they refer.
i.e. NOT crystal clear |