Communicating Effectively Midterm
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER-The collaborative process of using
messages to create and participate in social reality
Social reality - CORRECT ANSWER-The set of social judgements members of a
group agree upon; these emerge through social interaction
Convergence - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the ways in which the many
forms of technologically mediated and face-to-face communication overlap and
intersect in our daily lives
Interpersonal communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to communication
with or between persons
Small group communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the communication
among the members of a small group of people working together to achieve a
common goal or purpose
Public communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to situations in which a
person delivers a message to an audience
Mass communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to messages transmitted by
electronic and print media to large audiences who are distant and
undifferentiated
Masspersonal communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Happens when a person
uses a mass communication context for interpersonal communication or when a
person uses an interpersonal communication context for mass communication
Transaction metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-was introduced to acknowledge
that people are connected through communication, and that they accomplish
something in communicating
Social construction metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-Stresses the ways
communication shapes and creates the larger social realities in which we operate
, Social construction model - CORRECT ANSWER-assumes that we become who
we are in relation to others through communication
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of being aware of and
understanding the world; can be passive or active
Selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of concentrating on one
part of the environment while not paying attention to the rest
Selective exposure - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when we expose ourselves
only to beliefs, values, and ideas that are similar to our own
Selective perception - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when individuals filter what
they see and hear to make it suit their own needs, biases, or expectations
Selective memory - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to what information we retain
from our interactions using a dynamic, creative, and social process of both
remembering and forgetting experiences
Schemas - CORRECT ANSWER-are mental structures developed from past
experiences that help us respond to some stimuli in the future
Prototype - CORRECT ANSWER-An image of the best example of a particular
category; they help us link new experiences to the stored categories we have
developed through experience
Stereotypes - CORRECT ANSWER-Generalizations made to an entire group of
people or situations on the basis of the observed traits of one or a few members
of the group; we do this when we seek to "copy" the traits and features of one
Interpersonal constructs - CORRECT ANSWER-Bipolar dimensions of
judgement used to size up people or social situations using sets of opposing
terms
Cognitive complexity - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to individuals who have
highly developed interpersonal constructs that are (1) numerous, (2) abstract, (3)
organized, and (4) capable of handling contradictions
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER-The collaborative process of using
messages to create and participate in social reality
Social reality - CORRECT ANSWER-The set of social judgements members of a
group agree upon; these emerge through social interaction
Convergence - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the ways in which the many
forms of technologically mediated and face-to-face communication overlap and
intersect in our daily lives
Interpersonal communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to communication
with or between persons
Small group communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to the communication
among the members of a small group of people working together to achieve a
common goal or purpose
Public communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to situations in which a
person delivers a message to an audience
Mass communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to messages transmitted by
electronic and print media to large audiences who are distant and
undifferentiated
Masspersonal communication - CORRECT ANSWER-Happens when a person
uses a mass communication context for interpersonal communication or when a
person uses an interpersonal communication context for mass communication
Transaction metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-was introduced to acknowledge
that people are connected through communication, and that they accomplish
something in communicating
Social construction metaphor - CORRECT ANSWER-Stresses the ways
communication shapes and creates the larger social realities in which we operate
, Social construction model - CORRECT ANSWER-assumes that we become who
we are in relation to others through communication
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER-the process of being aware of and
understanding the world; can be passive or active
Selective attention - CORRECT ANSWER-The process of concentrating on one
part of the environment while not paying attention to the rest
Selective exposure - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when we expose ourselves
only to beliefs, values, and ideas that are similar to our own
Selective perception - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when individuals filter what
they see and hear to make it suit their own needs, biases, or expectations
Selective memory - CORRECT ANSWER-refers to what information we retain
from our interactions using a dynamic, creative, and social process of both
remembering and forgetting experiences
Schemas - CORRECT ANSWER-are mental structures developed from past
experiences that help us respond to some stimuli in the future
Prototype - CORRECT ANSWER-An image of the best example of a particular
category; they help us link new experiences to the stored categories we have
developed through experience
Stereotypes - CORRECT ANSWER-Generalizations made to an entire group of
people or situations on the basis of the observed traits of one or a few members
of the group; we do this when we seek to "copy" the traits and features of one
Interpersonal constructs - CORRECT ANSWER-Bipolar dimensions of
judgement used to size up people or social situations using sets of opposing
terms
Cognitive complexity - CORRECT ANSWER-Refers to individuals who have
highly developed interpersonal constructs that are (1) numerous, (2) abstract, (3)
organized, and (4) capable of handling contradictions
