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Comm. Process
communication process vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sender | speaker |
| receiver | listener |
| stimulus | triggers a thought |
| motivation | desire to communicate |
| encoding | process of deciding how best to send the message |
| decoding | process of interpreting a message |
| message | the communicate you want to send |
| frame of reference | what makes each person unique (experience, background, race, gender, location, parents, etc.) |
| code | the symbols that carry the message |
| verbal code | spoken and written words |
| visual code | nonverbals |
| vocal code | tone of voice, volume, emhphasis, rate, etc. |
| feedback | verbal, visual, and vocal responses to a message |
| environment | time, place, physical and social surroundings |
| external noise | distractions in the environment |
| internal noise | conditions inside the sender or receiver |
| channel | medium in which the message is sent(email, speech, text, etc.) |