communication test 5 & 6
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- Contradict
- When they oppose, deny, or disagree with verbal messages. When we attempt to hide or mask emotions, our nonverbal behavior often gives us away, this is leakage.
- Triangle of meaning
- word, object,concept because the are arbitrary, we have to negoiate their meaning when we communicate with others
- Highly Contextual
- the contestual cue is the nature of the relationship. Effective for communicating emotional C. To show intimacy, support, love, inclusion and dominance.
- Complement
- When they augment or add meaning to the verbal communication (pointing)
- Words are changeable
- words change based on social, political and cultural contexts and historical time in which they are used
- Gossip
- talk about an absent third party and can range from imparting information to spread rumors or false information. A big misconception is that women and girls engage in gossip when men do just as much.
- Denotation
- the dictionary definition of a word. They are called concrete because they come as close as possible to an objective description of reality
- Words
- Words are symbolic in that they represent ideas or objects and allow us to talk about them. Symbols allow us to talk about things that don't exist. (past, fictional characters)
- Key to critical thinking
- involves untangling the denotative and the connotative levels of meaning
- Abstract words
- have no physical referent, they refer to thoughts or theories
- Cultural sensitivity
- requires possessing the knowledge, awareness, and skills to communicate effectively and appropriately with diverse people
- Code
- is a set of conventions or rules that is shared by members of a cuolture an which governs the use of words and symbols. They regulate our private conversations as well as our public one. They provide frameworks for structuring our verbal communication.
- Doublespeak
- when language is intentionally obsure, confusing
- 5 Functions of nonverbal communication
- Complement, contradict, regulate, repeat, substitute
- Influenced by culture and gender
- problems arise from the different uses and interpretations. Nonverbal communication is influenced by culture and gender.
- 4 Basic characteristics of non verbal communications
- Nonlinguistic, contextual, influenced by culture and gender and continuous
- Eupemisms
- a socially accepted word or phrase substitued for an uncomfortable or unacceptable one. We use the term to make others feel comfortable.
- Inclusive language
- demonstrates respect for others by using language that values them as individuals
- Connotation
- refers to meanings of words based on specific individual or cultural experiences or values. Often these meanings are invested in emotion.
- Indexing
- a process that ties evaluations to a specific circumstance to make them unique
- Words are ambiguous
- because their meanings are not always clear, and a wide variety of interpretations are sometimes possible.
- Linguistic relativity hypothesis
- The more we know can expand our thoughts. If we have a wider vocabulary we have more words at our disposal to help usw think about or describe a situation
- Dating
- places observations in a specific time frame to suggest that change is possible
- Regulate
- Verbal messages by controlling, adjdusting, or altering the flow of interaction.
- Jargon
- technical language associated with a particular profession.
- Argot
- the specialized language of a co-culture
- Nonlinguistic
- Are general and often less precise than words. Often have more impact than wordsIn
- Taboos
- are prohibited words or the behaviors that those words describe
- continuous
- a steady stream of cues rather than individual, distinct bits of information. Usally happen simultaneously. Interviewing as and example
- Verbal language
- The systematic use of words and symbols to create and convey meaning
- Code-switching
- the ability to adopt a preferred code based on the group with which they are interacting