vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
attribution
the way of perceiving others by attaching meaning to behavior
channel
a characteristic of communication where the message pass through the sender to the receiver
disfluencies
a type of nonverbal communication in voice that has the use of vocal interruptions (ex. uh, er, um)
euphemisms
a type of troublesome language that has an indirect term in place of a direct but less pleasant term
facework
the verbal and nonverbal way people present their image and image of others
jargon
a type of language that people with the same background or experience could understand
mindful listening
a type of listening where one pays attention to the speaker and is fully aware of their gestures and manners, and is present during the speech
noise
a characteristic of communication where external distractions interfere with the reception of a message
paralanguage
a type of nonverbal communication the describes the nonverbal cues of rate, pitch, tone, etc
perceived self
a from of identity how a person influences how others see themselves
phonological rules
linguistic rules that govern how words are pronounced
proxemics
the type of nonverbal communication that shows how people use space to communicate
pseudolistening
the type of listening where one pretends that they are listening to the speaker, but they are actually not listening
reflected appraissal
the influence of other people on one’s self concept
sign
different ways to communicate one common thing by presenting itself in ways for everyone to understand
self serving bias
the way or perceiving others harshly be see themselves in a favored way
speech patterns
an organization tool to make a speech flow by accounting for space, time, and topic patterns
syntactic rules
a rule of language that governs the structure of language and the ways symbols can be arranged
transitions
a phrase that allows the speaker to show how information is related to one another
uncertainty avoidance
a cultural tendency where members in a certain culture feel threatened by how people avoid certain situations
