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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adage | a saying, often in metaphric form,that embodies a common observation |
| aggressive | forceful or intended to dominate; hostile, injurious, or destructive, esspecailly when refering to behavior caused by frustration |
| ambiguous | capible of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways; unclear |
| animate | to fill with life; to give spirit and support to expressions |
| battery | an offensive touching or use of forceon a person without his or her consent |
| caustic | marked by sarcasm |
| channels | means of communication or expression; courses or directions of thought |
| comfort zone | a place in the mind where an individual feels safe and confident |
| congruent | being in agreement, harmony, or corespondence; conforming to the circumstances or requirments of the situation |
| decodes | converts, as in a message, into intelligible form; recognizes and interprets |
| defense mechanisms | psychologic methods of dealing with stressful situations that are encountered in everyday living |
| encodes | converts from one system of communication to another; converts a message into code |
| encroachments | actions that advance beyond the usual or proper limits |
| enunciate | to utter articulate sounds; the act of being very distinct in speech |
| external noise | sounds or factors outside the brain that that interfere with the communication process |
| externaliztion | the attribution of an event or occourance to causes outside the self |
| feedback | the transmission of evaluative or corrective information to the original or contoling source about an action, event, or process |
| grief | reaction to an unfortunate outcome; a deep distress caused by bereavement, a loss or a percieved loss |
| internal noise | factors inside the brainthat interfere with the communication process |
| language barrier | any type of intererene that inhibits the communication process and is related to the languages spoken by the people attempting to communicate |
| litigious | prone to engage in lawsuits |
| malediction | speaking evil or the calling of a curse |
| media | term applied to agencies of mass communication; such as newspapers, magazines or telecommmunications |
| paraphrasing | to express an idea in diferent wordingin an effort to enhance communication and clarify meaning |
| perception | capacity for comprehension; an awarness of the elements of the enviroment |
| physiologic noise | physiologic intererences with the communication process |
| pitch | the highness or lowness of a sound |
| proxemics | the study of the nature, degree and efect f spacial seperation individuals naturally maintain |
| sarcasm | sharp and ofter satirical response or ironic utterance designed to ut or give pain |
| stereotype | something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; a standardized mental picture that is held in common by many and represents an oversimplified opinion |
| stressors | stimuli that causes stress |
| subtle | difficult to understandor percieve; having or marked by keen insight and ability t penatrate deeply or thouroughly |
| thanatology | the study of the phenomena of death and psychologic methods of coping with death |
| vehemtly | in am anner marked by forceful energy; intensly emotionally |
| volatile | easily aroused; tending to erupt in violence |
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