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Intro Communication
Intro Communication Fall 2025
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Perception | The cognitive process that helps us make sense of the world (p. 50). |
| Cognitive Processing | How we gather, organize, and evaluate the information we receive (p. 50). |
| Schemas | Mental structures that represent categories and patterns of people and situations, developed from life experiences (p. 50). |
| Social Construction | Explains that schemas are socially constructed perceptions of reality (p. 51). |
| Interaction Appearance Theory | Explains how people change their perception of someone else as they spend more time together (p. 51). |
| Mindlessness | A passive response to information; corrected by mindfulness, focusing on the task at hand (p. 51). |
| Selective Perception | Allowing chosen observations to influence our thoughts (p. 51-52). |
| Distorted Perception | Inaccurate schemas that lead to flawed interpretations (p. 52). |
| Attributions | Explanations for why someone says or does something (p. 52). |
| Fundamental Attribution Error | Tendency to assume another person’s wrong behavior stems from an internal flaw (p. 52). |
| Self-Serving Bias | Tendency to attribute our own failures to external causes (p. 52). |
| Negativity Bias | Focusing on the negative over positive or neutral attributes (p. 53). |
| Diversity and Perception | Effective communication depends on understanding how diversity influences perception (p. 54). |
| Narrow Perspective | Failure to see beyond one’s own beliefs and circumstances, blinding us to other viewpoints (p. 55). |
| Stereotyping | Generalizing about people based on group membership, which can lead to prejudice and superiority (p. 56). |
| Improving Perceptions | Verify perceptions, be thoughtful, look beyond first impressions, and question assumptions (p. 57). |
| Self-Concept | Who we think we are; influences communication (p. 59). |
| Direct and Indirect Evidence | Ways we receive information about ourselves (p. 59). |
| Social Comparison Theory | Comparing ourselves to others, often leading to disadvantage (p. 60). |
| Gender Identity | The personal sense of one’s own gender, not always tied to biological sex (p. 59). |
| Racial Identity | Physical, social, linguistic, ethnic, and racial aspects of self (p. 59). |
| Self-Esteem | How we feel about ourselves in a particular situation (p. 60). |
| Communication Apprehension | General fear or anxiety about communicating with others (p. 61). |
| Self-Efficacy | Ability to predict our effectiveness in a communication situation (pp. 61-62). |
| Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | When inaccurate self-efficacy changes behavior in ways that make the prediction come true (pp. 61-62). |
| Self-Actualization | High performance assessment of communication effectiveness (p. 63). |
| Self-Adequacy | Adequate performance assessment of communication effectiveness (p. 64). |
| Self-Denigration | Poor performance assessment of communication effectiveness (p. 65). |
| Self-Presentation | Intentional communication to let others know about ourselves (p. 66). |
| Narratives | Stories about ourselves or our experiences used in self-presentation (p. 66). |
| What are the three loci of attributions? | Internal vs. External Controllable vs. Uncontrollable and Stable vs. Unstable |
| The Relational Context | The sum of the shared experiences of the individuals involved in the relationship and helps define what is appropriate in specific circumstances. It also includes goals and expectations for the relationship. |
| The Situational Context | Includes the social environment, physical place, specific situation, and details related to the time and place. |
| Cultural Identity | an individual's sense of belonging to a group with a shared culture, including common values, beliefs, traditions, behaviors, language, and history |
| Interpersonal Communication | Between pairs of people |
| Basic Communication Processes | perception, intercultural interaction, language, nonverbal communication, and listening |
| Mass Communication | Think mass media |
| Self Fulfilling Prophecy | A prediction that by the mere act of being believed of stated ultimately causes itself to become true. |
| Self-Actualization | The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, especially considered as a drive or need present in everyone. |
| Self-Denigration | the act of disparaging, criticizing, or belittling oneself. It involves speaking or acting in a damaging, derogatory way about oneself, |
| How can stereotyping be helpful? | A positive stereotype can foster a sense of belonging and confidence by identifying a positive shared experience within a group. |
| Interdependence | What we do affects others and vice versa |
| Encoding | The process of producing and sending a message. |
| Decoding | The process of receiving a message and making sense of it. |
| Channel | The method through which communication occurs |
| Competent Communication | Focused more on process than outcome. |
| Ethics | The study of morals. |
| Rhetoric | The art of speaking well to achieve your goal(s). |
| How does Technology help influence Self-Concept? | In creates a space for self-expression, exploring your identity, and connecting with people of diverse backgrounds. Self reflection and skill development can be done with technology as well. |
| Effective communicator traits | clarity, empathy, adaptability, ethics, etc. |
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