COM 125

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COM125 Midterm Exam Review Terms

Chapter 1:

Channel

Cognitive complexity

Communication competence

Context

Decode

Dyad

Empathy

Encode

Ethics

Explicit/Implicit rules

Feedback

Interpersonal communication

Message

Metacommunication

Model

Noise

Receiver

Self-monitoring

Source

Symbol

Chapter 2: Breadth Depth Face needs Face-threatening acts Identity Image Image management Johari Window Media Personality Reflected appraisal Self-concept Self-disclosure Self-esteem Self-fulfilling prophecy Self-perception Social comparison Social penetration theory

Chapter 3: Attribution Egocentric Fundamental attribution error Interpersonal perception Interpretation Negativity bias Organization Overattribution Perception Perceptual improvement Perceptual set Positivity bias Primacy effect Recency effect Selection Self-fulfilling prophecies Self-serving bias Stereotypes

Chapters 5 and 6: Co-cultures Collectivistic cultures Communication codes Culture Ethnicity Ethnocentrism Expressive talk Gender differences Gender roles High-context cultures High-power-distance cultures Individualistic cultures In-group Instrumental talk Low-context cultures Low-power-distance cultures Masculinity Out-group Uncertainty avoidance

Chapter 7: Ambiguous language Confirming messages Connotative meaning Credibility Defamation Defensiveness Denotative meaning Disconfirming messages Ethos Euphemism Evaluative feedback Hate speech I-statement Language Libel Loaded language Logos Non-evaluative feedback Pathos Reason Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Slander Slang You-statements

Chapter 8: Adaptor Affect display Artifact Chronemics Emblem Facial display Halo effect Haptics Illustrator Kinesics Nonverbal channels Oculesics Olfactics Personal distance Proxemics Public distance Regulator Social distance Turn-taking signal Vocalics