AND ANSWERS (GRADED A)
what are the 6 universal emotions? - Answer-SADFSH, sadness, anger, disgust, fear,
surprise and happiness
oculesics - Answer-eye contact, reveals degree of attention or interest, attitude or
persuasion, regulates interaction, communicates emotion, defines power and status,
impression management
emblems - Answer-gestures that mean something and have a direct verbal translation
like a thumbs up
illustrators - Answer-illustrate what is being said such as a pinch of salt
regulators - Answer-controls conversation such as raising hand to take turn
adaptors - Answer-unintentional behaviors that are usually responses to boredom or
stress such as touching hair biting nails
what is posture Immediacy? - Answer-degree to which you find someone interesting
and attractive
what is posture power - Answer-ability to influence or control other people events
Vocalics - Answer-vocal characteristics we use to communicate nonverbal messages,
how you say it, convey information about speaker's characteristics such as sex, age,
body type
Haptics - Answer-using touch to communicate nonverbally, powerful, noticeable
behavior during interpersonal encounters
Proxemics - Answer-communication through use of physical distance
territoriality - Answer-tendency to claim physical spaces as our own
chronemics - Answer-temporal communication, the way you use time to communicate
during interpersonal encounters
Mtime monochronic time - Answer-people value time management, schedules, believe
time is linear, segmented, scarce, controlled, tangible, saved, wasted, lost, punctuation
, Ptime polychronic time - Answer-stress involvement people and value relationships,
scheduling is not important, time is not a resource guarded, spent or saved, high
context such as Latin America
Physical appearance - Answer-visible attributes, hair clothing, body type which affect
communication
Artifacts - Answer-communicating through objects, things used to express identity to
others such as cars or jewelry
communicating with Environment - Answer-using physical features of our surroundings
to communicate things about people with fixed features and semifixed features
demographic imperative - Answer-characteristics of population are changing, that's why
interpersonal communication is important
economic imperative - Answer-to compete effectively in a global market, we need to be
aware of how business is conducted overseas, changing demographics in US means
workplace must change, appropriately creating and marketing products in new markets
technological imperative - Answer-the internet allows for social relationships across time
and space, and ethnic boundaries, we live in a global village: communication technology
unites people in remote areas
self awareness imperative - Answer-by learning about other cultures, we become more
aware of our deep rooted biases and values
Ethnocentrism - Answer-subconsciously assuming that the way we do things is the only
way or best way
culture - Answer-learned patterns of perception, values and behaviors, such as
Americans using a fork and Chinese using chopsticks, shared by a group of people that
are dynamic and heterogeneous, we acquire this slowly and subconsciously through
socialization
What is Communication? - Answer-Each act of transmitting information including
thoughts, ideas and emotions
What is media? - Answer-the channels used to communicate, broad definition includes
hands, voice and eyes
What is technical media? - Answer-things we construct to amplify communication such
as Television, internet, radio, and cell phones
is the golden record communication? - Answer-No, there is no one to receive the it. It
requires a process of sending and receiving