WGU Intro to Communication

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affect displaysnonverbal movements that reveals emotion affection needsthe need for others to approve of us, which is an external affirmation of our value and identity appeal to misplaced authorityreplies on the reputatoin of an expert in an unrelated field asynchronous communicationcommunication that occurs outside of the constraints of time and place asynchronous new medianew media that does not allow for immediate feedback when a message is sent attribution errorin interpreting our own or others' behavior, we rely on faulty explanations, reasons, or information bad apple effectpoisonous impact of having just one ineffective team member behavioral intentionindividual's expectation or plan that he or she will behave in some particular way bias-free languagecommunicates respect through being sensitive to others' sex, race, age, physical condition, and other characteristics Body of the speechmiddle section of speech in which you provide support with logic, "tell your audience" (logos) brief reportrepresents a highly structured overview of very specific information for the intended audience. shorter than an instructional presentation chronemicsthe ways in which comunicators use time and the messages they communicate as a result of how they manage their time closureour ability to fill in missing information to complete a perception co-culturesreflect the unique beliefs, ways of thinking, communication patterns and styles, and customs of members of particular groups that exist within the umbrella culture collectivismvalue their membership in their particular in-group to such an extent that they place a greater importance on their role within the group than their role as an individual control needsthe extent to which relationships help us feel competent and confident as individuals, and, by extension, influential over others critical thinkinginternal process that involves (a) assesing the other communicator, the context, and the message, and (b) producing a reasoned conclusion about the ides being shared decodinga receiver assigns meaning to the message that has been communicated

dialectical tensiontension that exists between two competing and contradictory, but related, forces; a "push-pull" force operating on the health and stability of a relationship dyadic relationshipstwo individuals involved in a relationship encodinga psychological process in which the sender of a message assigns symbols, such as words, sounds, or gestures, to his or her thoughts and feelings ethnocentrismthe belief that one's own culture and lifestyle are superior to all others ethosthe credibility of a speaker fear appealsseek to influence audience members to change because they are scared of the consequences of not doing so forced dichotomyoccurs when a speaker presents only two solutions to a problem, ignoring other solutions either purposefully or out of ignorance fundamental attribution errorthe mistake we make when we attribute other people's positive characteristics and successes to external, situational factors, and their negative characteristics and failures to aspects of who they are general purpose statementreveals whether your talk is informative or persuasive and states your presentation topic groundrepresents the background of the particular stimuli that capture your focused attention groupthinka team's overwhelming motivation to agree and reach consensus - and failure to critically evaluate the task or alternative pairs and solutions hapticsthe use of touch in communication hasty generalizationa fallacy of inductive reasoning that comes to a general conclusion based on too few or unrepresentative examples hate speechcommunication that vilifies a person or a group based on discrimination against that person or group high power distanceplace a great deal of value on social rank and the status associated with certain occupations or political offices illustratorsmovements that either accompany or reinforce the meaning of a verbal code imagined interactionsmental rehearsal of a message in anticipation of a difficult conversation impression managementthe deliberate use of verbal and nonverbal messages to create a particular impression among others

inclusion needsour need to feel accepted by and involved with others initiating or orientationthe initial stage in which we use communication to initiate encounters with people we are interested in dating, befriending, working with, or just becoming closer to intensificationa purposive period of communication intended to move the relationship into greater intimacy and commitment interdependencetwo people being mutually dependent on one another; the behaviors of one person affect the other intimate distancethe space that extends up to 18 inches away fron you keyloggingusing devices and software to detect the keystrokes that an individual types on his or her personal computer kinesicsthe study of body movements, including posture, gestures, and facial expressions languagea collection of words that are symbolic because they have arbitrary meanings governed by a system of rules lean mediareliant mostly on text and permit little or no exchange of affect, instant feedback, or important nonverbal cues listeninga process of receiving, assigning meaning to, and responding to messages locus of causationwhether the communicator's behavior was motivated by an internal state (such as intelligence, compassion, or honesty), or an external factor (such as resources, luck, favoritism, or the situation) logoslogical argument presented by a speaker low power distancewhen people tend to communicate in ways that promote equality and diminish the barriers between people that status and rank create low-contextcommunicators who require explicit or clear verbal messages to understand a message monochronicpeople of monochronic cultures tend to like doing one thing at a time, are punctual, and concentrate fully to meet their commitments. Monochronic people rarely cancel plans, tend to be very structured in their use of time and time lines, and can be highly irritated by interruptions or delays Monroe's motivated sequencemethod of structuring and presenting ideas that uses time-tested and research- validated logic for persuading audiences in educational, business, and sales situations noiseany auditory, visual, or psychological distraction that interferes with the sending and receiving of messages