Comm Test 2

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término American English definición American English
Phonological language rules
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The correct pronunciation of a word
Syntactic language rules
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The way words and phrases are put together to make sentences
Semantic language rules
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The meaning of individual words
Pragmatic language rules
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Social and cultural info usage to determine meaning of statements
Denotative meaning
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A word's literal meaning
Connotative meaning
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A word's implied/secondary meaning
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
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The idea that language influences the ways that members of a culture see and think about the world
Linguistic determinism
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The structure of language determines how we think
Linguistic relativity
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Because language determines our perceptions of reality, people who speak different languages will see the world differently
Ethos
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A speaker's respectability, trustworthiness, and moral character
Pathos
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Listener's emotions
Logos
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Listener's ability to reason (make judgements about the world based on evidence)
Equivocation
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Strategically vague language that disguises the speaker's true intentions
Weasel words
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Terms and phrases that are intended to mislead listeners by implying something that they don't actually say
Allness statement
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A declaration implying a claim is true w/o exception
Euphemism
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A vague, mild expression that symbolizes something more blunt or harsh
Doublespeak
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Using euphemisms to distort meaning or make offensive/upsetting news seem more acceptable
Libel
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A defamatory statement made in print or some other fixed medium
Slander
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A defamatory statement made aloud
Communication accommodation theory
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People may be more likely to trust someone who speaks in their dialect
Evaluative feedback
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A reply that withholds assessment of what the speaker has said or done
You-statement
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A statement that shifts responsibility for one's own thoughts or feelings to the listener
I-statement
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A statement that claims ownership of one's own thoughts or feelings
Oculesics
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The study of eye behavior
Emblem
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A gesture w/ a direct verbal translation
Adaptor
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A gesture used to satisfy a personal need
Haptics
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The study of how people touch to communicate (affectionate, caregiving, power/control, aggressive, ritualistic)
Vocalics
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Characteristics of the voice that convey meaning (pitch, inflection, volume, filler words, etc.)
Olfactics
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The study of the sense of smell
Proxemics
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The study of spatial use (intimate, personal, social, public distance)
Halo effect
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The tendency to attribute positive qualities to physically attractive people
Chronemics
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The way people use time
Artifacts
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An object or a visual feature of an environment w/ communicative value
Left-positioning
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Angling yourself in the direction you want to go to leave a conversation faster
Relational listening style
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Listening while showing concern for others
Task-oriented listening style
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Listening as part of a transaction
Critical listening style
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Listening that emphasizes intent to challenge someone's statement
Analytical listening style
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Listening that withholds judgement while listening and considers all sides of an issue
HURIER Model
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Model of effective listening (Hearing, understanding, remembering, interpreting, evaluating, responding)
Informational listening
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Listening to learn something
Appreciative listening
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Listening for enjoyment
Psuedolistening
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Using feedback behaviors to give the fake impression that you're listening
Conversational overload
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Being swamped w/ texts, tags, tweets, messages
Glazing over
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Daydreaming during the time not spent listening
Rebuttal tendency
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Tendency to disrupt listening to form a replyl before the other person has finished talking
Competitive interrupting
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Using interruptions to take control of a conversation
Vividness effect
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The tendency for shocking, dramatic events to distort one's perception of reality
Emotion
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The body's multidimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits one's goals
3 categories of emotion
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Joyful, Hostile, Sad
Social emotions
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Emotions that arise out of social interactions
Amygdala
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A cluster of neurons in the brain that largely controls the body's fear response
Action tendencies
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Motivations to act in a particular way when experiencing an emotion
Valence
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The positivity or negativity of an emotion
Primary emotions
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Distinct emotional experiences not consisting of combinations of other emotions
Limbic system
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Coordinates how the brain and nervous system regulate emotion and motivation
Secondary emotions
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Emotions composed of combinations of primary emotions
Display rules
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A social group's norms for how emotions should be expressed
Emotional contagion
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The tendency to mimic other peoples' experiences and expressions
Alexithymia
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A personality trait characterized by a relative inability to understand, process, and describe emotions
Emotional reappraisal
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Changing how one thinks about a situation that induced negative emotions so the effect of the emotion is diminished
Jealousy
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Feeling when a relationship feels threatened
Envy
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Feeling when you want what someone else has

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