Communication Basics

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Across
  1. 4. language - The process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements.
  2. 7. - Extract meaning from spoken or written channels.
  3. 8. - The point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained.
  4. 9. listening - Also called active listening or reflective listening, this is a way of listening and responding to another person that improves mutual understanding and trust.
  5. 10. - The cognitive process of changing ideas into symbols and organizing them into a message .
  6. 12. noises - The unintended meanings aroused by certain symbols inhibiting the accuracy of decoding.
  7. 15. Noises - Sights, sounds and other stimuli in the environment and along the channel of communication that draw a recipient's attention away from what is being communicated.
  8. 16. - The quality of being clear.
Down
  1. 1. - A means of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television .
  2. 2. - The reading, viewing, or listening public.
  3. 3. - The person or group of people to whom a communications message is transmitted.
  4. 5. - The return of information about the result of a process or activity; an evaluative response.
  5. 6. - A person or thing that causes (something) to pass on from one place or person to another.
  6. 11. - Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
  7. 13. noises - The recipient's attitude and feelings that interfere with the "decoding" process so much so that the message decoded is NOT the message received.
  8. 14. - A course into which something is being directed.