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Human Comm Test 2

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Non-Verbal Communication   Any communication without words  
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How can we know what non-verbals mean?   Check the context, compare current behavior to baseline behavior, ask for verbal feedback.  
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Why is non-verbal communication sometimes unintentional?   As receivers, we should not assume that every non-verbal act is an intentional message. Some verbal communication is subconscious and exists simply because we are animated beings. We should always check for alternative interpretations.  
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We should try to make our verbal and nonverbal communication _______ and ________   congruent and clear  
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How does non-verbal communication provide relational information?   Liking is indicated through facial expression, eye contact, and proximity, and by the objects we display. Emotional expression is conveyed through non-verbal communication  
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Understand how non-verbal messages are used in conjunction with non-verbal messages.   Non-verbal messages should make our verbal messages congruent and clear  
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Define and apply the term repeating.   Repeats the verbal message.  
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Define and apply the term substituting.   Substitutes for the verbal message  
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Define and apply the term complementing.   The non-verbal message modifies the verbal message letting the receiver know how to take it  
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Define and apply the term accenting   non-verbal cues emphasize the verbal message  
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Define and apply the term regulating   the non-verbal message manages and controls behavior  
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Kinesic behaviors whose direct verbal translations are known to all members of a social group   emblems  
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Gestures that accompany speech and add to the meaning of utterances   illustrators  
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Consists of head nods and eye and hand movements that allow us to maintain, request, and deny others, or return to talk. They act as "traffic signals" during interaction   Regulators  
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Body movements that convey emotional states   displays  
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When a person is lying, he or she generally experiences heightened emotional arousal. If this arousal is not suppressed, it will act as a ____________   Leakage cue  
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Behaviors people use to adapt to stresses and satisfy personal needs. They are a good source of information about emotions   Adaptors  
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Some cultures consider a lack of emotional display appropriate   Cultural display rules  
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Rules for facial expression based on career considerations are called _____________   Professional display rules  
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The study of sounds that accompany words   paralinguistics  
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Includes vocal qualities of the voice, such as pitch, tone, and intonation patterns   paralanguage  
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Special sounds that convey meaning, such as groans and cries   Vocalizations  
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Pauses and fillers such as "um" and "uh"   Vocal segregates  
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The study of time as it affects human behavior   Chronemics  
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The study of how we use space and what space means to us   proxemics  
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The partner's behaviors lead to increasing levels of involvement and satisfaction   progressive spirals  
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When misunderstanding leads to more misunderstanding. Eventually damaging a relationship   Regressive spirals  
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initiating stage   Partners try to create favorable initial impressions, carefully observe each other for cues about personality, attitudes, and a willingness to engage in further interactions  
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experimenting stage   Partners look for common ground upon which to build their relationship. It consists of phatic communication or small talk.  
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intensifying stage   Individuals make initial moves towards greater involvement. Self-disclosure increases, and the use of nicknames and terms of endearment become more common.  
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integrating stage   The individuals become a couple both in their own and in other's eyes. Attitudes and interests are shared and social circles merge  
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bonding stage   Consists of a public ritual to legitimize a relationship. (ie a marriage)  
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differentiating stage   A couple beings to notice and comment on previously overlooked differences. Partners discover substantial areas of disagreement, which can then become major topics of conversation. Overt argument and conflict are hallmarks of this stage  
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circumscribing stage   Members carefully restrict their communication. Certain topics are placed "off limits" because they are too painful  
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stagnating stage   This stage is characterized by silence and inactivity. communication is infrequence, and when it does occur, it is stylized, rigid and awkward, as thought the partners were strangers  
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avoiding stage   Partners separate either physically or emotionally  
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sociological level rules   Are tied to group membership and are used when people belong to a specific group within our culture  
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psychological level rules   Partners in an interaction make up the rules themselves  
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Self disclosure   Occurs when one person voluntarily tells another person things about himself in which the other is unlikely to know or discover from other sources. It is the voluntary revealing of information that would normally be obtainable in interpersonal relationsh  
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Expressive-Protective dialectic   Involves finding balance between the need to share personal information and to maintain privacy  
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Autonomy-togetherness dialectic   Here friends and couples decide how interdependent they want to be  
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Novelty-Predictability dialectic   Finding a balance between life's routines and change. Some people get bored with the same routine, while others get security from continued routines. The key here is balance between the two  
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Disconfirmations   rejecting responses that leave us with a diminished sense of self-respect  
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Impervious response   Fails to acknowledge a message  
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Irrelevant response   People burst into conversations and immediately change the subject to something that has no bearing on what was said before  
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Tangential response   An individual briefly acknowledges the topic but then goes on to discuss his or her interests  
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Paradoxes   Double messages that have mixed meanings  
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Terminating Stage   The final stage in relational disengagement. If both parties are aware that their relationship is dissolving, it may come as a relief or it may be a heart-wrenching suprise  
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Social penetration model   All relationship develop intimacy through self-disclosure. As couples voluntarily engage in self-disclosure increasing int he breadth of topics discussed as well as the depth of those topics, intimacy is created and maintained  
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Characteristics of a group   1. Develop through interaction 2. Behavior of members become interdependent 3. Separate individuals become a functioning whole 4. The stronger and more cohesive group members have about their sense of membership, the stronger their collective identity  
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Advantages of communicating in groups   1. More input than individuals 2. Provide support and commitment 3. Can meet individual's personal needs.  
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Interpersonal needs   the need for inclusion, control, and affection  
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Inclusion need   the need to establish identity by associating with others  
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Control need:   the need to prove one's worth and competence by making effective decisions.  
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Affection need   the need to develop close, caring relationships with others  
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Groupthink   A mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involves in a cohesive group, when the members' striving for unanimity override their motivation to realisticly appraise alternative courses of action  
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Symptoms of groupthink   Illusions of invulnerability, belief in the group's own morality, shared stereotypes, collective rationalizations, self-censorship, illusions of unanimity, pressure on dissenters, mind-guards.  
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Illusions of invulnerability   A group immersed in groupthink believes so strongly is is the best that is loses all sense of reality  
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Belief in the group's own morality   Members feel that their actions and beliefs are more valuable than those of people outside the group  
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Shared stereotypes   Members take on an "us versus them" mentality  
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Collective rationalizations   Explain problems or failutres  
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Self-censorship   Individual members who being to doubt the group feel strong pressures toward self-censorship (they do not express their doubts)  
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Illusions of unanimity   A doubting member will believe that everyone else agrees with the chosen action  
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Pressure on dissenters   If a dissenting member speaks up, he or she is severely sanctioned  
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Mind-guards   "protect" the group from negative information  
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Four phases of Fisher's Model of Group Development   Orientation phase, conflict phase, emergence stage, reinforcement stage  
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Orientation phase   Group members begin the complex process of becoming interdependent. It is marked by primary tension  
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Conflict phase   Group members experience a new kind of stress called secondary tension  
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Emergence stage   members who have opposed the leading solution begin to back down, replacing their earlier strong disagreement with noncommittal somewhat ambiguous comments  
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Reinforcement stage   Members bolster their decision through the expression of favorable comments and positive reinforcement  
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Characteristics of a good leader   Persistence, intelligence, originality, self-confidence, and the ability to handle stress  
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Democratic leadership style   When leaders have the final word, yet draw on the expertise of individual group members  
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Authoritarian or autocratic leadership style   Leader has absolute power, and power is not evenly distributed among group members  
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Laissez-Faire leadership   Leader simply fails to lead, and the group is left "leaderless" in making their own decisions  
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Defensive climate   group members feel threatened  
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Supportive climate   Group members feel positive toward other group members and feel free to share their ideas  
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Evaluation vs Description   Leaders must no continually evaluate a person's behavior, but offer a description of behavior that does not place blame on someone else when problems arise  
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Control vs Problem   Leaders should avoid controlling their employees' behaviors and instead focus on the problem and not imply that the employee IS the problem.  
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Strategy vs Spontaneity   Strategy is another word for manipulating an employee without being honest, and this will create defensive behaviors. Spontaneity consists of open and honest communication, and employees will feel supported by the leader if they are honest and open  
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Neutrality vs. Empathy   Neutrality causes defensive behaviors because it communicates to the employees that a leader is not concerned for them as human beings. Empathy creates a positive communication environment and will make an effective leader  
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Superiority vs Equality   If a leader projects the persona that he is superior, or worth more than the employees, that leader will create defensiveness in his employees. A leader expresses equality when he shows that his employees' ideas are just as important  
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Certainty vs. Provisionalism   If a person communicates that he is right all the time and is never open to employees' ideas, he or she will create a defensive communication climate. An effective leader should avoid defensive behaviors and establish supportive ones  
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Situational approach to leadership   This occurs when a leader primarily uses a democratic leadership style, but in times of crisis or strict deadlines may shift to an authoritarian style to make quick, important decisions  
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Organization   A system consisting of a large number of people working together in a structured way to accomplish multiple goals  
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Interdependence in organizations   Means that all the members within an organization are connected to one another  
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Hierarchical structure   A system that is divided into orders and ranks. (like a bureaucracy)  
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Bureaucracies   Have a clear chain of command. Every member of the organization reports to someone who is responsible for overseeing his or her work. Jobs are usually specialized and employees are rewarded on the basis of performance  
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Be able to explain why organizations are dependent on communication   Tom D. Daniels points out that we should not think of organizations as "things" but rather as elaborate and complicated forms of human behavior. One of the most important kind of behavior is communication  
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Climate   organizational identity  
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Structurational approach   the belied that there is a reciprocal relationship between organizational structures and organization communication  
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How communication in the organizational context differs from every day or interpersonal communication (Choice and power)   The organization chooses who we work with, and levels of power are matched with levels of authority; therefore, you cannot talk to tour boss the way you would talk to a friend  
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Information flow   The path information takes as it passes through the organization. The effective use of communication channels was directly linked to organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction  
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Formal channels of communication   formal channels of communication occur when information flows through a structured chain of command officially recognized by the organization  
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Channels of communication   informal channels of communication occur when a more personal and less structure path occur  
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Organizational chart   A visual representation of the organization's chain of command  
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Downward flow   Occurs when someone from near the top of the organization sends a message to someone near the bottom  
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Horizontal flow   Takes place when communication occurs between people at the same level  
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Upward flow   When a message travels from the bottom of the chart toward the top  
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Downward communication   When a supervisor discusses the results of a yearly evaluation with a subordinate or explains travel policies to new employees, the supervisor is using downward communication  
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Three reasons why employees in most organizations report dissatisfaction with downward communication   Inadequacy of information. Inappropriate means of diffusing information. Filtering of information. General persuasive climate of dominance and submission  
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Inadequacy of information   There is not enough information to be completely informed of a situation  
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Inappropriate means of diffusing information   Information goes through too many channels so that the message is inaccurate when it reaches people that are ranked lower within the organization  
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Filtering of information   Information is filtered for specific reasons to benefit those in authority of an organization rather than those whoa re lower in rank. some information is intentionally left out  
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Gatekeeper   is someone who is in a position to pass or disregard information (Gene Kranz from Apollo 13 was a gatekeeper during the mission)  
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Ombudsman   This person's job is to listen to lower levels of the organization to pass their concerns directly to the top  
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Factors that can make horizontal communication ineffective   When experts who have been trained in different areas try to work together. Differences in the way workers approach problems can get in the way. Use of technical jargon from the various fields. Territoriality may raise its ugly head.  
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Grapevine   Means that information came through an informal channel  
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Network Analysis   A method of mapping informal communication patterns. network analysts can identify who is connected to whom in the organization. They can also specify the role each individual plays in an informal role  
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Opinion leaders   These people are at the center of things, and they are the first person others go to for information  
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Tight coupling   subunits within an organization that are closely connected and are highly interdependent  
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Loose coupling   when the relationship between subunits in an organization is relatively weak. each unit acts in a relatively independent fashion and an event that influences on unit may have only indirect effects on others.  
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Power in professional relationships   Organizations are hierarchial, thus differences in power and status are natural and expected. Even though everyone has contributions to make, they should also recognize role and status differences  
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Choice in professional relationships.   We choose friends. We do not choose our coworkers  
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