Chapter 1 Flashcards
Considering the moral impact of our words, ideas, and views on other people when we communicate.
Communicating ethically
Making a decision to be open to hearing different views and perspectives, even though we may not agree with them
Communicating civilly
To gain knowledge of a view or an idea
Understand
Systems, principles, and arguments that make up a person’s worldview
Logic
Word, gesture, sound, image, or object that stands in for or represents something else.
Symbol
Ways people use or hear a symbol or word and attach a meaning to it.
Semantic triangle of meaning
Concept or thing that symbol represents.
Referent
Memory or past experiences people have with the words being communicated.
Thought or reference
The mutual exchange of symbols and meanings
Reciprocity
Verbal and nonverbal signals we give to one another while we communicate.
Feedback
Learned patterns of perception, values, and behaviors shared by a group of people
Culture
Belief that our own culture perspectives, norms, and ways of organizing society are superior to other cultures
Ethnocentrism
When people communication internally with their own selves.
Intrapersonal communication
Communication with other people that ranges from the highly personal to the highly impersonal.
Interpersonal communication
Interacting with a small but organized collection of people.
Group communication
