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IPC Chapter 1
Interpersonal Communications Chapter 1 terms
Question | Answer |
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Message | To express your thoughts and feelings must be sent and received. |
Context | has at least four dimensions: physical, social-psychological, temporal and cultural. The room, workplace, or outdoor space in which communication takes place. |
Feedforward | conveys information about messages before you send them. (verbally or non-verbally early in the interaction) |
Channel | whats the best way to send the message |
Source | formulates and sends messages |
Feedback | is a special type of message. When you send a spoken or written message to another person, you get feedback from your own message. |
Receiver | receives and understands messages. |
Noise | anything that interferes with your receiving a message (ex. physical, physiological, psychological and semantic) |
Physical Noise | banging on things |
Physiological Noise | impairments (ex. deaf, blind) |
Psychological Noise | thinking about |
Semantic Noise | the way something is worded |
Interpersonal Communication | communication that takes place between persons who have a relationship. |
Captology | a new study. The study of computers as a persuasive technology. Focuses on the ways in which computers and computer mediated communication generally can influence beliefs, attitudes and behavior. |
Ambiguity | is a condition in which a message can be interpreted as having more than one meaning. |
Cultural Context | consists of the rules, norms, beliefs and attitudes of the people communication that are passed from one generation to another. |
Relationship Messages | formulate messages that are appropriate to the stage of the relationship. Also listen to messages from relationship partners that may reveal differences in perceptions. |
Encoding | ways to try to tell the story or communicate your feelings. |
Communication as a transactional process | in which each person serves simultaneously as speaker and listener |
Communication | occurs when you send or receive messages and when you assign meaning to such messages. |
Decoding | the way you take the message from the receiver |