+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
Arbitrary
|
Symbols are not intrinsically connected to what they represent
|
|
Ambiguous
|
Symbol's meanings are not clear cut or fixed
|
|
Abtract
|
Symbols aren't concrete or tangible
|
|
Communication rules
|
Shared understandings of what communication means and what kinds of communication are and are not appropriate in various situations
|
|
Regulative rules
|
Specify when, how, where and with whom to talk about certain things
|
|
Constitutive rules
|
Define what communication means by telling us how to count certain kinds of communication
|
|
Punctuation
|
Mental mark of the beginnings and endings of particular interactions
|
|
Totalizing
|
Using single label to represent the totality of a person
|
|
Loaded language
|
Consists of words that strongly slant perceptions and thus meanings
|
|
Hypothetical thought
|
Thinking about experiences and ideas that are not part of your concrete, present situation
|
|
Dual perspective
|
Recognizing another person's point of view and taking that into account as you communicate
|
|
Static evaluation
|
Assessments that suggest that something is unchanging or frozen in time
|
|
Indexing
|
Allows us to note that our statements reflect only specific times and circumstances
|
