Gender & Communication Flashcards
the process of exchanging ideas and information through words or actions
Communication
communication related to words
Verbal Communication
communication related to actions and gestures
Non-Verbal Communication
famous book of John Gray
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
wrote Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
John Gray
a book says that men and women are so different that they must be from different planets
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
develop more gray brain matter that represents more information processing centers
Men
develop more white brain matter that represents more networking between these processing centers
Women
men communication styles
- Argumentative
- Aggressive
- Forceful
- Blunt
- Intense Language
- Control
- Individualism
women communication styles
- Complex
- Literate
- Socio-Intellectual
- Aesthetic Value
- Detailed
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- Facilitate Conversation
theory presented by Deborah Frances Tannen in her book “You Just Don’t Understand” in 1960
Genderlect
an American professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. that presented the Genderlect
Deborah Frances Tannen
book where Genderlect was presented
“You Just Don’t Understand” in 1960
describe the way that the conversation of men and women are not right and wrong they are just different
Genderlect
all socially transmitted behaviors, arts, languages, signs, symbols, ideas, beliefs, which is learnt and shared in a particular social group of the same type
Culture
