Lecture 1. The nature of communication

´Communication comes from the Latin communicare, which means __________________

• to make common

• to communicate

• to socialize

• to ask and answer

The process of understanding and sharing meaning is called (a)   .

Cognitive effect of communication is connected with _______________.

• acquisition of information

• emotional or attitudinal

• motor or perceptual-motor skills

• understanding and sharing

The act of putting an idea or thought into a code is called (a)   .

Any factor that hinders your reception of messages is called (a)   .

Verbal and nonverbal form of the idea, thought, or feeling that one person wishes to communicate to another person or group of persons is called (a)   .

DYADIC COMMUNICATION means____________.

• the process of understanding and sharing meaning with a number of other people when one person is generally identified as the source, and others are recognized as receivers.

• a subset of interpersonal communication, simply refers to two-person communication.

• the personal process of understanding and sharing meaning between ourselves and at least one other person when relatively mutual opportunities for speaking and listening occur.

• refers to communication involving three or more people.

The process of understanding and sharing meaning within self is called ______________.

• intrapersonal communication

• interpersonal communication

• self-communication

• individual communication