Principles of Human Communication- COMM001 Saylor Academy Unit 1 Exam Chronemics - Answer- the study of how humans use and structure time
Collectivism vs. Individualism - Answer- The focus on group membership versus individual
characteristics
Haptics - Answer- study of touch
Kinesics - Answer- the study of body motions as a systematic mode of communication
Neologisms - Answer- made up words
Paralanguage - Answer- Nonlinguistic means of vocal expression: rate, pitch, tone, and so on.
Phonology - Answer- the study of speech sounds in language
Pragmatics - Answer- the appropriate use of language in different contexts
Rhetoric - Answer- the art of using language effectively and persuasively
Selective perception - Answer- The phenomenon that people's beliefs often guide what they pay the most attention to and how they interpret events.
Selective exposure - Answer- The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases.
Selective retention - Answer- we remember only what we want to remember
Semantics - Answer- Meaning of words and sentences
Symbolic annihilation - Answer- the absence of representation, or underrepresentation, of some group of people in the media
Symbolic interaction - Answer- interaction between people that takes place through the use of symbols
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