Human communication midterm 1 Flashcards
Why do human communicate?
To meet needs. (Physical, safety, belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization)
T or F- The likelihood of meeting our needs depends on our ability to participate effectively in a very diverse social world
True
Interpersonal communications
building personal knowledge of one another and creating shared meanings
Content meaning
What you say
Inside jokes, shared memories
Relationship meaning
How you say it(subtext)
Message behind the statement
It
Impersonal
(Ticket taker, airline pilot)
You
Engaging with others without a personal connection (salesperson,advisor)
Thou
Engaging others with intimate personal connection
3 major communication models
Linear, Interactive, transactional
Linear model
One-way communication from one person to another
Noise
Anything that distorts communication and makes it harder for people to understand one another
Interactive model
Communication is a process that includes feedback from the listener (response to the message)
Environment
Context for information based on the situation
Transactional model
Communication is a dynamic process where participants assume multiple roles (changes over time)
T or F- Its possible to not communicate
False- everything we do or don’t do expresses/communicates something
T or F- communication is reversable
False- It is impossible to completely delete a message from memory
T or F- communication involves ethical choices
True-what we say affects other people
T or F- People construct symbols
True- Words and symbols only have meanings because we attach it to them
Metacommunication
Communication about communication
T or F- communication develops and sustains relationships
True- spending time and expressing self to another person is how we shift from strangers to community
T or F- you must be born with communication skills to have them
False- like any skill, you can improve with practice
Self
A multidimensional process of internalizing and acting from social perspectives (how we see ourselves depends on the culture in which we live
Particular others
Specific people who are significant to us(family, friends)
Direct definition
Communication that explicitly tells us how others see us by labeling us and our behaviors ( you are funny)
Reflected appraisal
Our reflection of how others view us (using other people as a mirror)
Social comparison
judgements of our own talents, abilities, and qualities based on what other people can do
Self-fulfilling prophecies
Internalizing others expectations or judgements about us and then behaving in ways that are consistent to those beliefs
Identity scripts
Social expectations regarding how members of a particular group behave and communicate
4 attachment styles
Secure: loving attentive caregiver
Dismissive: disinterested/ unavailable caregiver
Anxious/ambivalent: inconsistent unpredictable caregiver
Fearful: negative and rejecting caregiver
Generalized other
An individuals impression of societal norms and expectations(culture, race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status)
The self is…
Multidimensional, a process, arises in communication via socially constructed views