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Cards In This Set
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Communication
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The act/process of acting on information
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Human Communication
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Process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages
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Impersonal Communication
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When you treat people as objects or respond to a role rather than their uniquness
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Interpersonal Communication
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Distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships
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Human Communication as Action includes:
Source Encode Decoding Messages Channel Receiver Noise |
Originator of thought (puts into code) Translation of thoughts, ideas, feelings, into a code opposite process of encoding (interpretation) Written, spoken, and unspoken elements of communication Corresponds to sense (how its communicated) call-audio Person who decodes and attempts to make sense of what the source encoded Anything Interfering with the message |
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Human Communication as Interaction Includes
Ads/Feedback Context |
More realistic, but has limitations
Response to the message physical and psychological environment for communication |
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Other-oriented
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Consider thoughts, needs, experiences, personality, feelings, motives etc of your communication partner while maintaing integrity
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Human Communication as Transaction: Message Center
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Based on systems theory- interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one elemen effects all of the other elements
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5 Principles of Interpersonal Communication
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Connects us to others- interact everyday verbal/nonverbal
Is irreversible- lawyer says something "strike" you can't Complicated- language must be interpreted, just signs Governed by Rules- Don't reveal secrets Involves content and relationship dimensions- Content tells the ideas/actions you want R.D. is more implied (emotional) |
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Communicabiological Approach
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People inherit certain traits or characteristics that affect the way they communicate (introvert)
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Social Learning
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Suggests we can learn how to adapt and adjust our behavior toward others, by observing/interacting people can learn to enhance their communication competence
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Myth #1 More Words make meaning easier
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Sometimes you need to listen, give a hug, or stop confusing someone with more words
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Myth #2 Meanings in Words
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We create meaning when we communicate FALSE
just sound |
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MYTH #3 Information=Communication
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Encoding does not =decoding
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Myth #4 Interpersonal Relationships are Communication Problems
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Not neccesarily, may just disagree
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