Social Psychology Chapter 8
Across
- 2. (proxemics) Non verbal communication involving the way in which ppl position themselves at varying distances & angles from others. Because interpersonal spacing refers to the proximity of ppl AKA proxemics
- 5. the extent to which the message inferred by a listener from a communication matches the message intended by the speaker.
- 8. forms used to represent ideas, feelings, thoughts, intentions, or any other object. They represent our experiences in a way others can perceive w/ their sensory organs - sounds, gestures, pictures, & so on.
- 9. the assumption conversationalists ordinarily make that a speaker is behaving cooperatively by trying to be informative, truthful, relevant to the aims of the ongoing conversation, and clear.
- 13. the theory that ppl express or reject intimacy w/ others by adjusting their speech behavior (accent, vocabulary, or language) during interaction. They make their own speech behavior more similar to their partners to express liking, & more dissimilar to reject intimacy.
- 14. all the vocal aspects of speech other than the words, including loudness, pitch, speed of speaking, pauses, sighs, laughter, & so on
- 16. the theory that verbal utterances both state something & do something.
- 18. communication thru the silent motions of the body - scowls,smiles, nods, gazing because body language entails movements AKA kinetic
- 19. a socially acquired system of sound patterns w/ meanings agreed on by the members of a grp.
- 20. a theory that views communication as the exchange of communicative intentions & views messages transmitted as merely the means to this end.
- 21. the small vocal & visual comments a listener makes while a speaker is talking w/o taking over the speaking turn. This includes responses such as "yeah", head nods, brief smiles, and completion of the speaker's words; crucial to coordinate conversation smoothly.
Down
- 1. the process thru which ppl transmit information about their ideas & feelings to one another.
- 3. a style of speech characterized by limited vocabulary, improper pronunciation, & incorrect grammar. this style associated with the LOW STATUS OR LOW POWER.
- 4. knowledge of the implicit rules for generating socially appropriate sentences that make sense because they fit the listener's social knowledge.
- 6. Subtle & systematic differences in the languages we use to describe events as a function of our grp membership & the group to which the actor or target belongs.
- 7. a variety of American English spoken by many blacks, with distinct pronunciation of some words, African American Vernacular English AAVE
- 10. a theory that views communication as a linear process in which the message is encoded by a transmitter, transmitted, & decoded by a receiver.
- 11. a theory that views communication as the exchange of messages using symbols whose meaning is created by the interaction itself.
- 12. the most common way verbal method for initiating a conversation in which one person summons the other as a question or greeting & the other indicates his/her availability for conversation by responding. this sequence establishes the mutual obligation to speak & to listen that produces conversational turn taking.
- 15. the information that each participant in an interaction needs about the other participant in order for communication to be successful.
- 17. a speech style characterized by a diverse vocabulary, proper pronunciation,correct grammar, & abstract content. This style associated with the HIGH STATUES OR HIGH POWER.