Chp 1: The Basics of Communication

________- anything that interferes with the receivers ability to properly receive the message.

________- the ability to recognize multiple ways in which a situation or message could be understood or interpreted.

________- the ability to understand and feel the emotions that another person is experiencing.

________- pathway through which the symbols travel.

________- the process of being attuned to how our actions and messages impact others.

________- the physical, emotional, and psychological environment in which the communication event takes place.

________- the various verbal and nonverbal responses to the message by the receiver.

________- the item that the researcher is trying to understand or study.

________ (words or images that represent the idea)

________- the ability to effectively and appropriately interact in any given situation.

the transfer of meaning, or process of creating shared meaning

the process of interpreting the symbols within a message

the process of creating a message using symbols

a composite mental image we use to practice our potential statements or behaviors before we actually enact them

First, people need to fill _______ (food and sleep)

Then seeking _______ for themselves and their family

Filling their needs to _____

Seek out a way to fill their needs for _____

Moral needs called ____

(what you want to communicate)

(connection between referent and symbol)

_____ - a one-way process, in which the sender sends a message to a receiver, who decodes it

_____ (add feedback and context) - a two-way process, in which feedback takes place after the receiver decodes the sender's message

____ - simultaneous sender/receiver; Both parties interchange as a sender or a receiver; communication flows both ways at the same time, which is a much more realistic characterization of the communication process