ch 4 vocab Flashcards
(22 cards)
abstract
removed from concrete reality.
ambiguous
subject to multiple meanings
arbitrary
random or not necessary
symbols
arbitrary, ambiguous, and abstract representations of phenomena
nonverbal communication
all forms of communication other than words themselves
verbal communication
words and only words
brute facts
objective concrete phenomena
institutional facts
meanings people assign to brute facts that are based on human interpretation
communication rules
shared understandings of what communication means and what behaviors are appropriate in various situations
regulative rules
communication rules that regulate interaction by specifying when, how, where, and with, whom to talk about certain things
constitutive rules
communication rules that specify how certain communication acts are to be counted
hypothetical thought
thinking about experiences and ideas that don’t exist or aren’t immediately present to the senses
I
the creative, spontaneous, impulsive, aspect of the self
me
the reflective, analytical, socially conscious aspect of self
I-language
language that identifies the speakers or perceiver’s thoughts and feelings
you-language
language that attributes intentions and motives to another person
indexing
a technique of noting that every statement reflects a specific time and circumstance and may not apply to other times or circumstances
static evaluation
an assessment that suggests that something is unchanging or static
loaded language
an extreme form of evaluative language that relies on words that strongly slant perceptions and thus meanings
re appropriation
a groups reclamation of a term used by others to degrade the group’s members
punctuation
defining the beginning and ending of interaction or interaction episodes
totalizing
responding to a person as if one aspect of that person were the total of who that person is
