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The relationship between perception and communication is reciprocal; comm influences perception and perception influences comm

the first stage in the perception process

selected from the environment based on their interest, use, and meaning to us

selected from the environment because they are noticable

occurs when we categorize the stimuli we have selected from the environment to make sense of it

1. Mental templates that enables us to organize and classify stimuli into manageable groups or categories

Another component of paralanguage is accent, the particular way that words are pronounced

2.occurs when a portion of the stimuli selected from the environment is the focal point of ourattention and the rest is placed in the ground

3. we organize on the basis of _____ when we group stimuli that are physically close to eachother

Facial expressions and eye behavior are related to interaltion management, or the regulation of communication

4.We organize in the basis of __ when we group elements together based on color, shape, size

"Haptics" or touch provides infants with comfort and protection and helps young children develop their identities

5. We organize on the basis of ___ when we fill in the missing pieces to form a whole or complete pic

educated guess

Kinesics, or the category of body movement and position

We interpret stimuli that we have selected and organized from the environment when we assign meaning to the stimuli

_____ occurs when we ignore certain parts of a stimulus and to other

occurs when we see what we want to see, hear and believe what we want to believe

Nonverbal communication functions to regulate the flow of verbal behavior

__ suggests that we recognize that no one has a corner of the truth and that each stage in perception process is influenced by your own bias

generalizations that are often based on only a few perceived characteristics

feelings toward and rejection of others who are not members of our groups

Like nonverbal behaviors that accent the spoken word complementing nonverbal communications adds meaning to verbal communication

behaviors as evaluated by oneself and others is effective in achieving one's communications goals

concerns the use of words to create and convey meaning

We can accent the spoken word by pounding our fist on a table, thursting an index finger close to someone's face, and changing the volume.

The way which words are arranged to form phrases and sentences

the study of the way humans use language to evoke meaning in others

The study of language as its used in a social context including the effect on the comm

Emblems are nom verbal behaviors that can be translated directly in a word or two of verbal communication

(+) meaning is accepted as correct and this type of meaning is found in dictionaries

(-) meaning is emotional and personal and may engender disagreement

Communicating "i dont know" with a shoulder shrug can take the place of a verbal communication

Replace words associated with the unpleasant and (-) connotation with those associated with pleasant or neutral connotation

refers to levels of specificity in language

The repeating function is the illustarted when we point out index finger of something as we say "it's over there"

illustrates that language can move from highly abstract to highly specific and concrete

Ambiguous is having a double meaning

related words and phrases such as maybe and it could be acknowledge differences in thought and opinion and can present us from engaging

Nonverbal communication refers tonall forms of communication other than words themselves

entails specifying a time that something war known to be true can add precision to our comments

general attractiveness

Noise is anything that can interfere with our ability to litsen

clothing, jewelry etc

Can interfere with our ability to be fully attentive

____ includes features such as architectures style, lighting, color, temp, time

Time

Noise can interfere with our ability to learn

Individuals who have a sense of urgency believe that time shouldnt be wasted

Feeling, hungry, tired

Selective listening occurs when we attend to some parts of a message and ignore others

Individuals who believe that time should be adjusted

refers to a stationary area or fixed geographical location

refers to how people use space and distance

physical or psychological closeness between people involved in interactions

Confrontational listening occurs when we listen carefully for flaws in a message to refute them or attack

contributed to perceptions of approachability, responsiveness and understanding are associated with decreased anxiety on the part of...

has been defined as a complex activity that involves the process of receiving, constructing meaning from..

We engage in ___ when we want to learn understand and recall info

Pseudo listening occurs when we pretend to listen even though we focus on out own thoughts and miss speaker's message

when we want to judge the soundness of a message

We engage in empathic listening when we want to understand and experience the feelings of a conversation partner

We engage in appreciative listening when we want to and enjoy and appreciate the message we listen to