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The Shannon-Weaver model was criticized because it assumed that communication always occurred linearly.

Identity needs include our need to present ourselves to others and be thought of in particular ways

Haptics is the study of touch as a form of nonverbal communication.

In an collectivistic culture, there is a belief that you can do what you want and follow your passions.

Emotionally intelligent people can label their feelings appropriately and use this information to guide their behavior.

It is possible to have a silent listening response.

Nonverbal communication lacks ambiguity

Mindful communication is the process of interacting with others while engaging in mindful awareness and practice.

What is communication apprehension defined as?

thrifty versus cheap is an example of what?

Brian Spitzberg (2000) argued that communication competence involved being both appropriate and effective.

With language, we are able to reflect on the past, consider the present, and ponder the future.

Is a high self-monitor socially anxious?

Perception checking is a strategy to help us monitor others reactions to and perceptions about people and communication.

We are simultaneously both a sender and receiver in interactions

We have schemata about individuals, groups, places, and things

Proxemics is the study of communication through space.

The first step of the perception process is to select what information you want to pay attention to

Can idioms be used for artistic expression?

The social penetration theory trys to explain how individuals gradually become more intimate based on communication

Each interaction that we have will typically include a sender, receiver, message, channel, feedback, and noise.

Personality is biologically determined where temperament is a product of the social environment.

Americans are considered individualistic.

Public communication "is" a type of communication that uses some form of tech to transfer information between people

Through our interpersonal interactions we create social reality, but all of these different contexts impact this reality

Do competent communicators need to self-monitor?

Rules for communication guide our behaviors and interactions in context and as context changes so do the rules and norms

Culture "is" a group of people who are able to share their perceptions of the world which affect their behavior

Are verbal messages rule governed?

Listening refers to a passive activity where an individual perceives sound by detecting vibrations through an ear.

What is emotional intelligence?

Stereotyping is the process of making reasonable and natural generalizations.

Social intergration "is" the attempt to generate as favorable an impression of ourselves as possible

Communication is beneficial to your health

Is language symbolic?

Positive interactions w/ individuals from other cultures r mostly b/c of ability adapt to/understand nonverbal behavior

What is a connotative meaning of a word?

What is another word for the intelligence that involves labeling feelings and guiding their behavior from this?

Nonverbal Communication is communication that is produced by some other way than words

A society is called masculine when emotional gender roles are clearly distinct (what we call traditional)

Many of our problems in the world occur due to perception

Some scholars refer to interpersonal communication as dyadic communication because it involves two people or a dyad.

High context cultures place a high importance on nonverbal cues

are introversion and extroversion finite?

Three ways we sort things into patterns include:

Decoding is the means through with the message is sent from one communicator to the other

What is ambiguous language?

Do most people think they are great communicators?

What is a highly empathetic individual?

Perception is the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information.

How to decrease affiliation with someone through language?

The transactional models demonstrate that individuals act as both sender and receiver simultaneously

K. Watson, L. Barker, and J. Weaver identified four distinct listening styles: people, content, action, and passive.

Pseudo-Listening creates a barrier to true active listening.

Complementing in communication is nonverbal cues used in conjunction with verbal to emphasize a message

What are syntactic rules?

Listening should include the following: hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluation, and responding.

Do expectations impact the way we perceive others behavior?

Oculesics is the study of how individuals communicate through voice behavior.

How to increase affiliation with someone through language?

Which basic principle includes/applies the use of symbols?

ethocentrism "is" the degree to which someone makes judgements on others based on their culture often with hate

Cognitive dispositions are general patterns of mental processes that impact how people respond and react to the world

Cognitive complexity isnt a critical cognitive disposition because it doesnt directly impact interpersonal relationships

What is personality defined as?

We make impressions based off of behaviors we observe and our interactions with others.

We tend to focus on personality traits in others that we feel are important to our own personality.

What is considered not a communication need?

What are some examples of personality?

What are the characteristics of competence?

Low context cultures place a high importance on nonverbal communication.

Is self-concept related to the judgments and evaluations we make to our self-esteem?

Co-cultures bring their unique sense of history and purpose within a larger culture.

Cultural intelligence "is" someones ability to function effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity

Regulating the flow of communication is often accomplished through nonverbal behavior communication.

The Johari Window includes: the open self, the hidden self, the blind self, and the closed self.

Three key things can help improve communication competence:

Communication is also a transactional process

How much of communication do we get from nonverbal cues?

Self-disclosure is the process of purposefully communicating information about one’s self.

Perception Checking involves: 1)Describe your perception, 2)offer different interpretations 3)seek clarification

Interaction models view the sender as responsible for the effectiveness of the communication.

Scholars suggest that up to 30-50% of the meaning we get from communicative interactions comes to us nonverbally

High power distance involves the extent to which cultures as a whole are fearful of ambiguous and unknown situations.

Accenting is a specific type of substituting nonverbal behavior that have direct verbal translation.