Linguistics COMM Exam 1
- Public (johari open to yourself and others window)
EX - everything you openly disclose like music, moral values
2. blind area |
facets of yourself that are readily apparent to others through your interpersonal communication but you're not area of EX -- strengths others see in you |
3. 2 types of uncertainty: cognitive & behavioral |
cognitive - I don't know what to think about you behavioral - I don't know what to do |
4. 3. hidden area |
parts of yourself that you're aware of but you hide from others EX - destructive thoughts |
5. 4. unknown area |
aspects of yourself that you and others aren't aware of EX - unconscious motives |
6. actor-observer effect |
tendency of people to make external attributions regarding their own behaviors example - our own impolite remarks during family conflicts are viewed as "reactions to their hurtful communication" rather than "messages caused by our own insensitivity" |
7. adaptive responses |
emotions fluctuate |
8. affect displays |
intentional or unintentional nonverbal behaviors that display actual or foreigned emotions |
9. affect displays: intentional |
babies learn to facially communicate anger and happiness to get what they want |
10. affect displays: unintentional |
infants instinctively display facial expressions of distress, disgust & interest |
11. algebraic impressions |
calculating each new thing we learn about a person When we form algebraic expressions, we don't place equal value on every piece of information in the equation. Instead, we weight some pieces of information more heavily than others, depending on the information's importance and it's positivity or negativity. EXAMPLE - your perception of potential romantic partners' physical attractiveness, intelligence, and personal values will likely carry more weight when calculating your impression than their favorite color or breakfast cereal |
12. appraisal |
the way you interpret the situation |
13. appraisal |
an individual's assessment of a particular situation |
14. Assessing IPC Competence |
adaptability conversational management conversational involvement empathy effectiveness appropriateness |
- attachment anxiety HIGH - you perceive yourself as unlovable and unworthy - your thoughts may result
from being ignored or even abused as a child
LOW - you feel lovable and worthy of attention - reflections of a supportive and affectionate upbringing
16. attachment avoidance |
the degree to which someone desires close interpersonal ties HIGH - you'd likely experience little interest in intimacy, preferring solitude instead LOW - you seek intimacy and interdependence with others - learning from childhood that such connections are essential for happiness and well-being |
17. attachment theory |
our interpersonal relationships and their dependability are created through our relationship with our caregivers as children |
18. attributions |
we create explanations for others' comments of behaviors answers to the "why" questions like "why didn't my partner return my text message?" |
19. attribution theory |
attempts to describe and explain mental and communicative processes involved in placing meaning on everyday behaviors |
20. behavioral expression |
things you can control/use inside feelings and show them on the outside - crying |
21. cognitive appraisal theory |
- emotional reactions are situational - emotional reactions vary from person to person |
22. common appraisals |
attribution & attention EX: loss ->> sadness danger/threat ->>fear |
23. communication |
How people portray their thoughts and feelings in verbal and non-verbal ways |
24. Complaint-counter complaint |
counter complaint - just go back and forth, no resolution |
25. components of IPC |
appropriateness effectiveness ethics |
26. Components of IPC - appropriateness |
based on your ability to communicate in ways that are expected of you |
27. Components of IPC - Effectiveness |
getting point across; being able to achieve goals you set |
28. Components of IPC - Ethics |
lying, gas lighting, purposefully hurting someone |
29. components of principles of interpersonal communication - dyadic |
at least two people |
30. components of principles of interpersonal communication - dynamic |
always changing, can change within the interaction |
31. components of principles of interpersonal communication - transactional |
shared meaning, back and forth |
32. components of the self |
self-awareness, self-concept, self-esteem |
33. culture |
an established coherent set of beliefs, attitudes, values, and practiced and shared by a large group of people America's perceived as : freedom, religious, loud, fat |
34. demand-withdraw pattern |
nothing gets accomplished |
- DETERMINING how do other people act in similar situations
ATTRIBUTION- consensus high - external low - internal
36. DETERMINING ATTRIBUTION consistency |
how has this person acted previously in similar situations high - internal low - external |
37. Dismissive Attachment |
low anxiety & high avoidance relationship outcome: - self-reliant - relationships as unimportant - casual rather then serious CONFLICT: exit |
38. distinctiveness |
how does this individual act across social situation/does this action stand out against the norm high: external low: internal |
39. emotion |
fundamental feeling states emotions share certain common characteristics |
40. emotional contagion |
emotions are contagious |
41. emotional intelligence |
the ability to accurately interpret yours and others emotions and use this information to manage emotions, communicate them competently, and solve relationship problems |
42. emotional reaction process |
- emotional stimulus - appraisal of the stimulus - experience the emotion - behavioral response/action ->>> EXAMPLE - stimulus - game time changed - appraise - bad, inconvenient change of plans (goal is inhibited) - emotion - angry - behavioral response - complain |
43. example of selfawareness |
your best friend texts you that she failed an important exam. You feel bad for her, so you text her a comforting response. this leads to you thinking "I'm a good friend" |
44. example of social comparison |
when we compare favorably when measured against respected others, we think well of ourselves. when we don't compare favorably, we think less of ourselves |
45. examples of self-concept |
beliefs are convictions that certain things are true - "I'm an excellent student" attitudes are evaluative appraisals - "I'm happy with my appearance" values represent enduring principles that guide your interpersonal actions - "I think it's wrong to" |
46. external attributions |
"my partner is probably too busy to respond |
47. family & self |
caregivers play crucial role, providing us with ready-made set of beliefs, attitudes and values from which we construct out fledgling selves |
- fearful attachment high anxiety & high avoidance
relationship outcomes: - stay away from relationships
-chronic distrust
- prefer dependent partners
CONFLICT: exit
49. feelings |
specific things that occurs, short-lived & don't have physiological arousal |
50. fundamental attribution error |
the tendency to attribute others' behaviors solely to internal causes (the kind of person they are) rather than to social or environmental forces affecting them example - parents attributing teens' communication to "lack of responsibility" |
51. gender |
perceive communication as gendered; reality is men & women communicate very similarly |
52. gender & self |
the composite of social, psychological, and cultural attributes that characterize us as male or female |
53. gestalts |
general impressions of people, either positive or negative |
54. halo effect |
overarching positive view of someone so you think everything else they do is positive |
55. horn effect |
a person can never do anything right |
56. how are emotions displayed? |
conveyed through a host of nonverbal cues: kinesics cues - bodily cues affect displays |
57. I-It |
talk to people as if they were "it" (non-interpersonal) |
58. ineffective conflict communication patterns |
complaint & demand |
59. ingrouper |
people who belong to your culture |
60. interactive communication model |
Backchannel cue... "yeah" "hmm", feedback provided while your talking without interrupting Field of experience: prior knowledge, where you come from (professor to professor, student to student) EX: an interview, tutoring session, therapy |
61. internal attributions |
"my partner does't care about me" |
62. interpersonal communication |
A dynamic form of communication between two (or more) people in which the messages exchanged significantly influence their thoughts,emotions, behaviors, and relationships |
63. interpersonal communication competence |
consistently communicating in an appropriate, effective, and ethical manner |
64. interpersonal process model of intimacy |
the closeness we feel towards others in our relationships is created through two things: self-disclosure & responsiveness of listeners to disclosure |
65. interpreting |
assigning meaning to the information that you have already organized |
66. IPC Requires |
motivation knowledge skill |
67. IPC requires KNOWLEDGE |
how do I go about having this discussion |
- IPC requires MOTIVATION how to be motivated to engage people
69. IPC requires SKILL |
performance on the behavior |
70. I-thou |
engage people as people with thoughts and emotions |
71. I-thou/I-it Conveys 2 Meanings: Content & Relationship |
content - what do your words mean relationship - inferred meaning, interpretation - can be intentional or unintentional - is irreversible (how you say it) |
72. Johari Window |
model of relational self; types of info: private, public |
73. Linear Communication Model |
Info flows in one direction Message, channel, sender Noise- psychological noise, physiological noise increases when stressed EX: ELC emails, lecture class, speech, texting |
74. looking-glass self |
I am not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I AM WHO YOU THINK I AM -- I am too short because I think that you think that I am too short |
75. mindfulness |
paying close attention to detail |
76. mood |
longer period of time & low intensity |
77. norms that guide management of feelings for creating a socially desirable & appropriate emotional display |
norms that guide management of feelings for creating a socially desirable & appropriate emotional display: 1. 4 emotional display rules: - simulation - intensification - miniaturization - inhibition |
78. organizing |
once you've selected something as the focus of your attention, you take that information and structure it into a coherent pattern in your mind example - imagine that a cousin is telling you about a recent visit to a hometown. As she shares her story, you select certain bits of her narrative on which to focus your attention, based on salience, such as a mutual friend she saw during her visit or a fav hangout she went to. you then organize your own representation of her story in your head |
79. outgrouper |
people who don't belong to your culture |
80. perception process |
selecting, organizing, interpreting |
81. perception process selecting |
focusing attention on certain sights, sounds, tastes, touches or smells in the environment |
82. physiological arousal |
your heart beating fast when you're nervous |
83. preoccupied attachment |
high anxiety & low avoidance relationship outcomes: constant worry, demand attention & reassurance, difficult for partners over time CONFLICT: extreme responses |
84. primary vs. non primary |
primary: joy, disgust, anger, sadness non-primary: jealousy (anger+fear+sad) |
- Principle of Emotional identifying, labeling, and articulating one's own emotions Intelligence: Principle 1 -
emotional awareness decoding the emotional expressions of others
understanding people experience multiple emotions at the same time
86. Principle of Emotional Intelligence: Principle 2 Emotional Perspective Taking |
empathy - both recognize and understand what a person is feeling empathic accuracy (can be protective mechanism) - correct or accurate understanding of how another person is feeling and why minimize conflict, maximize resolution |
87. Principle of Emotional Intelligence: Principle 3 Constructive Management |
reappraisal: strategy to change the way you think about a situation to decrease emotional experience - occurs early in the emotion generation process, before emotional response - think about emotional situation in non-emotional terms - I thinks vs. I feel suppression: strategy to change the way you REAPPRAISE DONT SUPPRESS venting stimulus -> appraisal -> emotion -> response reappraisal occurs between appraisal and emotion suppression and venting occur before response |
88. Principle of Emotional Intelligence: Principle 4 strategic expression |
capacity for harnessing emotion for positive communication and relationship management |
89. Principles of Emotional Intelligence |
1) Emotional Awareness 2) Emotional Perspective Taking 3) Constructive Management 4) Strategic Expression |
90. principles of interpersonal communication |
emotional support, contribute to individual health |
91. punctuation |
structuring the info you've selected into a chronological sequence that matches how you experienced the order of events example: think about how you punctuate sequence of events with a housemate - you hear a noise, open your eyes, see your housemate in your room, than hear her yelling at you |
92. salience |
the degree to which we are attracted to aspects of communication communication is salient if the communicator behaves in a visually and audibly stimulating fashion - >>> EXAMPLE: a housemate yelling and energetically gesturing is more salient than quiet communication becomes salient if our goals or expectations lead us to view it as significant ->>>> even a housemate's spoken phone announcement will command our attention if we are anticipating an important call communication that deviates from our expectations is salient ->>>>> example - an unexpected verbal attack will always be more salient than an expected one |
- schemata mental structures that contain information defining the characteristics of various concepts, as well as how those characteristics are related to one another
EX - suppose you're interviewing for a job with a manager who has been at the company for 18 years. You'll likely interpret everything she says in the light of your knowledge about "long-term employees." This knowledge includes your assumption that "company veterans generally know insider information." So when your interviewer talks in glowing terms about the company's future, you'll likely interpret her comments as credible. Now imagine that you receive the same info from someone who has been at the company a few weeks. Based on your perception of him as "new employee" and on the information you have in your "new employee" schema, you may interpret his message as naïve speculation rather than expert commentary, even if his statements are accurate
94. secure attachment |
low anxiety & low avoidance relationship outcomes: - warm, supportive - high self-esteem - confident communications CONFLICT: work toward resolution of difficulties |
95. selective perception |
deciding to pay attention to the stimuli of importance to us while dismissing other stimuli |
96. selfawareness |
the ability to step outside yourself and view yourself as a unique person distinct from your surrounding environment and reflect on your thoughts feelings, and behaviors |
97. selfconcept |
overall perception of WHO YOU ARE relatively fixed set of perceptions we had about ourselves based on beliefs, attitudes, and values fixed but flexible emerges from interactions with others |
98. selfconcept clarity |
the degree to which you have defined consistent and enduring one's sense of self example - struggling with your identity, remaining uncertain about who you really are |
99. selfdisclosure |
- personal information made public - primary way to build relationships with people- intentional - choose: -> when to disclose -> how much to disclose |
100. self- discrepancy |
the difference of how people see us vs. how we see us ideal self - "stop procrastinating" ought self - other people's version of you they wish THE CLOSER THESE TWO MACTH, HIGHER SELF_ESTEEM |
101. self-esteem |
overall evaluation of ourselves - positive or negative |
- self-fulfilling tell yourself the positive outcome, not the negative one prophesies for example - you may see yourself as professionally capable and highly skilled at communicating, which leads you to predict the interview success
103. self-reflection |
to engage in critical self-reflection and ask questions like "what am I thinking and feeling?" "why am I thinking and feeling this way?" the ultimate goal of critical self-reflection is HOW CAN I IMPROVE |
104. self-serving bias |
our actions that result in noteworthy success, either personal or professional, we typically take credit for the success by making an internal attribution example - you've persuaded a friend to lend you her car for the weekend. In this case, you'll probably attribute this success to your charm and persuasive skills rather than to luck or your friends generosity |
105. social comparison |
observing and assigning meaning to others' behavior then comparing your own |
106. social penetration theory |
revealing yourself to others is like peeling back layers of an onion (((like Shrek))) |
107. some principles are counterintuitive |
- attributions of blame & responsibility following extra-dyadic relationships (cheating) - first in, last out - 0 men fall in love first and women are the first out - effects of sense of humor on relationship satisfaction --> people with average sense of humor are better for relationships because they can be serious if need be |
108. sources of the self |
gender & self, family and self |
109. stereotyping |
when we stereotype people, we replace subtle complexities that make people unique with subtle blanket statements about their character and worth solely based on their social group affiliation |
110. subjective experiences |
2 people, same situation, but different feelings example - football game cheering for different teams |
111. thought interruption |
emotions overriding your ability to think about other things |
112. transactional communication model |
Considers communication to be multidimensional Senders are now collaborators Jointly create a convo meaning, complicated EX: talking to close friend, dinner with family |
113. Uncertainty Reduction Theory |
a theory suggesting that people are motivated to reduce their uncertainty about others |
114. valence experiences |
positive or negative emotions positive - happy, ecstatic, joyful, surprise negative - sad, angry, fearful |
115. ways to reduce uncertainty: active |
talk to other people about the person |
116. ways to reduce uncertainty: interactive |
talk to the person face-to-face |
117. ways to reduce uncertainty: passive |
seeing how someone reacts in their natural habitat |
- ways to reduce uncertainty: proactive doing things before the interaction; seek to decrease uncertainty before the interaction
119. ways to reduce uncertainty: retroactive |
effort to make sense of an interaction after it occurs |
120. What are the motives for IPC? |
1. Goal Achievement 2. Self-Presentation (show you're happy) 3. Instrumental (trying to achieve a "tangible thing") 4. Relationship (establish, maintain, or end a relationship) |