Teaching & Learning Flashcards
(29 cards)
Any means of exchanging information or feelings between two or more individuals
Communication
Uses spoken or written words
Verbal Communication
Uses other forms such as gestures, facial expressions, & touch.
Nonverbal Communication
email, text messaging, social media are all examples of what?
Electronic Communication
individuals who tend to focus on their own needs and become impatient when these needs are not met.
Aggressive Communicators
Individuals who tend to declare and affirm their opinions. in doing this, however, they respect the rights of others to communicate in the same fashion.
Assertive Communicators
A medium used to convey messages
Channel
Communication in which the verbal and nonverbal aspects of the message match.
Congruent Communication
The quality of being truthful, trustworthy, & reliable
Credibilty
The process of relating the message perceived to the receiver’s storehouse of knowledge and experience and sorting out the meaning of the message.
Decoding
A speech style similar to baby talk, which communicates a message of dependence and incompetence to older adults.
Elderspeak
Transmitting information through email, social networking, text messaging, and other electronic means
Electronic Communication
The selection of specific signs or symbols to transmit a message, such as which language and words to use, how to arrange the words, and what tone of voice and gestures to use.
Encoding
The mechanisms by which some of the output of a system is returned to the system as input. The response a receiver of a message gives to the message’s sender.
Feedback
Communication that is characterized by body contact, heightened sensations of body heat and smell, and vocalizations that are low.
Intimate Distance
Content that is actually said or written, the body language that accompanies the words, and how the words are transmitted.
Message
Individuals who focus on the needs of others. They often deny themselves any sort of power, which causes them to become frustrated.
Passive Communicators
Awareness and interpretation of stimuli; the ability of the individual to interpret the environment.
Perception
Communication characterized by moderate voice tones, less noticeable body heat and smell. Physical contact such as handshaking or touch a shoulder is possible
Personal Distance
The distance people prefer in interactions with others
Personal Space
The study of distance between people in the interactions
Proxemics
Communication that requires loud, clear vocalizations with careful enunciation.
Public Distance
This is the third component of the communication process. The receiver is the listener, who listens, observes, and attends.
Receiver
This is the 4th component of the communication process; it is the message that the receiver returns to the sender. Also called feedback
Response