CMN 10V Midterm 1 – Questions With Verified
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Communication A process through which you send messages to and
receive messages from others
Transmit info
Technical media Used to amplify communication
Theory Predicts relationships of reality and how it happens
Model Representation of theorized relationships, can be
general or specific
Transmission model Shannon and weaver (1949)
Linear process
Sender ---> message --channel--> receiver ---> effect
Laswell (1948) Who ---> what ---> channel ---> whom ---> effect
Only effective if it reaches the end
Can have disruptions/noise at any step
David Berlo's SMCR model (1960) Sender --encodes--> message ----> channel --
decodes--> receiver
Transfer of message is unidirectional
Feedback loop Added to berlo's model
Types of nonverbal communication Signs, symbols, behavior
,Interpretation Depends on the decoding of the receiver of the
message
Due to many factors such as culture, age,
experiences
Polysemic Multiple meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding Consists of production, circulation, use, and
reproduction
Production Ideas encoded into message
based on sender's experiences/beliefs and the
sender's perceptions of the receivers
experiences/beliefs
Circulation Message made available to receiver
Use Attention, decoding, interpretation
Based on experiences, informed by assumptions
about sender's experiences
Reproduction Effects/consequences of use
Types of decoding Dominant, negotiated, oppositional
Dominant decoding Decode = encode
Agreement of sender and receiver
Negotiated decoding Shares some of dominant, but unique to receiver
Oppositional decoding Fundamentally different/opposing dominant
McAdams (1988) Through personal relationships, we find our most
profound experiences of security, anxiety, power and
impotence, and unity and separateness
Proxmire (vs. Berschield & Walster) 1. Scientists could not understand love
2. Even if they could, no one wanted to hear it
, Interpersonal relationships Unique, irreplaceable, and requires understanding a
partner's psychological makeup
Repeated interactions over time, influence one
another, unique interactions
Role relationships Impersonal, based on jobs and stereotypes of
people involved
Some interdependence, not psychologically or
behaviorally unique, replaceable
Miller (1976) Communication and relationships are dependent on
each other
Kelley (1956) Rewards and reciprocity
Rewards Positive outcomes of relationships
Reciprocity Behavior leads to similar response in another
Close relationship Enduring bonds, emotionally attached, personal
need fulfillment, irreplaceability
Interdependence becomes more enduring and
diverse
interpersonal communication exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
between two people, regardless of their relationship
1. Impact each other
2. Inherently relational- behavior impacts relationship
3. Continuum - of impersonal and interpersonal
4. Messages due to choices mad
5. Inevitable and irreversible
relational communication Subset of interpersonal communication Focused on
expression and interpretation of messages in close
relationships, includes vital to mundane
Relationship Behavioral interdependence characterized by unique
interaction patterns
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Terms in this set (245)
Communication A process through which you send messages to and
receive messages from others
Transmit info
Technical media Used to amplify communication
Theory Predicts relationships of reality and how it happens
Model Representation of theorized relationships, can be
general or specific
Transmission model Shannon and weaver (1949)
Linear process
Sender ---> message --channel--> receiver ---> effect
Laswell (1948) Who ---> what ---> channel ---> whom ---> effect
Only effective if it reaches the end
Can have disruptions/noise at any step
David Berlo's SMCR model (1960) Sender --encodes--> message ----> channel --
decodes--> receiver
Transfer of message is unidirectional
Feedback loop Added to berlo's model
Types of nonverbal communication Signs, symbols, behavior
,Interpretation Depends on the decoding of the receiver of the
message
Due to many factors such as culture, age,
experiences
Polysemic Multiple meanings
Theory of Encoding and Decoding Consists of production, circulation, use, and
reproduction
Production Ideas encoded into message
based on sender's experiences/beliefs and the
sender's perceptions of the receivers
experiences/beliefs
Circulation Message made available to receiver
Use Attention, decoding, interpretation
Based on experiences, informed by assumptions
about sender's experiences
Reproduction Effects/consequences of use
Types of decoding Dominant, negotiated, oppositional
Dominant decoding Decode = encode
Agreement of sender and receiver
Negotiated decoding Shares some of dominant, but unique to receiver
Oppositional decoding Fundamentally different/opposing dominant
McAdams (1988) Through personal relationships, we find our most
profound experiences of security, anxiety, power and
impotence, and unity and separateness
Proxmire (vs. Berschield & Walster) 1. Scientists could not understand love
2. Even if they could, no one wanted to hear it
, Interpersonal relationships Unique, irreplaceable, and requires understanding a
partner's psychological makeup
Repeated interactions over time, influence one
another, unique interactions
Role relationships Impersonal, based on jobs and stereotypes of
people involved
Some interdependence, not psychologically or
behaviorally unique, replaceable
Miller (1976) Communication and relationships are dependent on
each other
Kelley (1956) Rewards and reciprocity
Rewards Positive outcomes of relationships
Reciprocity Behavior leads to similar response in another
Close relationship Enduring bonds, emotionally attached, personal
need fulfillment, irreplaceability
Interdependence becomes more enduring and
diverse
interpersonal communication exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages
between two people, regardless of their relationship
1. Impact each other
2. Inherently relational- behavior impacts relationship
3. Continuum - of impersonal and interpersonal
4. Messages due to choices mad
5. Inevitable and irreversible
relational communication Subset of interpersonal communication Focused on
expression and interpretation of messages in close
relationships, includes vital to mundane
Relationship Behavioral interdependence characterized by unique
interaction patterns
