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33 Cards in this Set
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Semiotics |
The understanding of the difference among three types of signs. |
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Iconic Sign |
A sign that has a physical resemblance to its meaning. Ex: Smiley face, bathroom sign, gender signs (woman (dress) man (no dress)) |
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Indexical Sign |
A sign with a casual connection to it's meaning (Two objects that go together)
Ex: Animal tracks, hand print, fire and smoke, dark clouds and rain |
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Symbolic Sign |
A sign that has an arbitrary connection to it's meaning. Ex: Star of David, heart, skull |
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Kinesics |
The Study of Body Language |
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Emblem |
Body movements that have precise meaning Ex: Hand signals (thumbs up, hitch hikd, okay, shaka) |
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Illustrators |
Body movements that we use to clarify the shape or size of something. Ex: Using your hands to demonstrate how big or small an object is |
How big was the fish |
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Affect Displays |
Body movements and facial expressions that display emotions. Ex: upturned lips (happiness) downturned lips (sadness) |
Someone's facial expressions |
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Regulators |
Body movements that control the back and forth movements of conversation. Ex:Nodding your head, raising our hand, telling someone to come here, stop |
What do you do when you have a question? |
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Adaptors |
Body movements used to deal with stress and anxiety. Ex: Involuntary movements (tremble or shaking) |
Tourettes |
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Proxemics |
How physical distance is used in communications |
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Public Distance |
The space we maintain when talking to strangers (12 to 25 feet) |
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Social Distance |
The distance we use when communicating with acquaintances (4-12 ft) |
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Personal Distance |
The distance we use with people we have a personal relation (1.5-4 ft) |
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Intimate Distance |
The distance we use when communicating with the people we are close with (1.5- touching) |
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Paralinguistics |
The study of how sounds are used in communication |
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Vocal Qualities |
The stable qualities of our voice (Dependant on our speech organs). How low or high our voice is.
Ex: Child has a high pitched voice, adult (low) |
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Vocal Qualifiers |
Changeable qualities of our voice (Sounds We use to affect meaning). Aspects of our voice we can change (volume). Ex: we use volume, speed and intonation (rise and fall) to pronounce words. |
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Vocal segregates |
Sounds that regulate conversation. (Sounds we produce to control conversation). Ex: Ah-ha, mmm, uh-uh |
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Vocal characterizers |
Sounds that have distinct meaning. (If we hear a sound we know what it means). Ex: Shushing |
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Social Penetration Theory |
Proposes that relationship development in human beings occurs through self-disclosure, or by revealing personal information about ourselves to others. |
The Shrek Theory |
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Public Layers |
Information that’s accessible to everyone
Ex:Age, hobbies, interests |
Small talk |
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Semi-Private Information |
Information that is accessible to certain people Ex:Phone number, religious or political views |
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Private Layers |
The layers of information that we rarely share with anyone. Ex: Health status, social security, age, |
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Social Penetration |
Pushing information from public to private (growing close) |
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Social de penetration |
Pushing information from private to public (growing distant) |
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Uncertainty Reduction |
Meeting a person for the first time |
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Three factors that heighten the need for uncertainty reduction |
Anticipation of future interaction Incentive value Deviance |
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Anticipation of future interaction |
Anticipate in meeting or talking to the person in the future |
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Incentive value |
If someone had something of value towards a person |
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Deviance |
If someone is strange and deviant, motivating us to get to know the person more. |
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Two types of uncertainty that we try to reduce about others |
Cognitive-How a person thinks in certain situations. Behavioral- How a person behaves in certain situations. |
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Three Strategies we use to reduce uncertainty about others |
Passive-observing a person’s behavior. Active-Asking a person that knows that person to tell them about the person. Interactive-Where one interacts with the person when getting to know them. |
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