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Speech 170
Mixed Company: Small Group Communication; Chap 1 Glossary Terms
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Undergraduate 3
09/05/2010

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Activities groups
Definition
Groups that engage in specific activities such as chess teams and sports teams
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Communication
Definition
A transactional process of sharing meaning with others.
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Content dimension (of messages)
Definition
The information transmitted
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Context
Definition
An environment in which meaning emerges, consisting of who communicates to whom, why the communicator does it, and where, when, and how it is done.
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Effectiveness
Definition
How well we have progress toward the achievement of goals.
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Emoticons
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Typed icons or combinations of punct. marks meant to indicated emotional tone; a substitute for nonverbal communication in writter text messages.
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Grouphate
Definition
The hostility people feel from having to work in groups.
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Hindsight bias
Definition
Tendency to overestimate our prior knowledge once we have been told the correct answers.
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Knowledge
Definition
Learning the rules for and understanding what is required to appropriate and effective in one's communication.
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Language
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A structured system of symbols for sharing meaning.
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Learning groups
Definition
Grps that enhance members' knowledge, such as college seminar grps and class study grps.
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Neighborhood groups
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Grps that provide a sense of community, shch as homeowners associations and PTA's.
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Primary groups
Definition
Grps that provide a sense of belonging and affection such as family and friends.
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Project groups
Definition
Grps that work of specific tasks such as self-managing work teams and task forces.
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Social groups
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Grps that provide social connections and whose goal is to help others.
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Support groups
Definition
Grps that provide social support to address life problems.
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Mixed messages
Definition
Positive verbal and negative nonverbal communication, or vice versa; contradictory verbal and nonverbal commuication.
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Nonverbal communication
Definition
Sharing meaning with others without using words.
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Relationship dimension (of messages)
Definition
How messages define or redefine the relationship between group members.
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Skill (in communicating)
Definition
Successful performance of a communication behavior and the ability to repeat sch a behavior.
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Symbols
Definition
Representations of referents (whatever the symbol refers to).
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Transaction
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A process in which each person communicating is both a sender and a receiver simultaneously, not merely a sender or receiver, and all parties influence each other.
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