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affect blend: 2 or more of the affect displays blended into one facial expression
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affect display: facial expression
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arrangement: organizing what you have invented in a logical and effective manner to accomplish the goal of the speech
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articulators: the body parts used to shape a sound into speech (tongue, teeth, jaw, hard palette, soft palette)
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artifacts: the objects in the environment that make nonverbal statements about the identity and personality of their owner
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blind self: consists of those aspects of yourself that others know but you don't know yourself
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chronemics: the intentional and unintentional use of time to communicate
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collectivist culture: collective goals take priority over individual goals
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connotative meaning: the personal associations people make for a symbol
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cosmopolitan communications: recognize that the meanings they have created for certain words are unique to them and not shared by others
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delivery: the presentation of the speech itself, how it is actually delivered to the audience
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denotative meaning: the dictionary definition of words
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dialectic: a question and answer process used to examine all sides of an issue in search of the truth. Plato encouraged this
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emblem: a nonverbal cue that has meaning for a certain culture group, substitutes for a word, and translates almost directly into a word/phrase
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ET Hall's Concept of Space: What is the space chart thingie called?
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ethnocentric communications: recognize only their own meanings of words as valid and reject alternative meanings
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expectations: the standards and guides by which we anticipate what people will do
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extemporaneous speech: carefully planned and prepared ahead of time
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feng shui: a 3000 year old Chinese approach to spatial agreement and the use of artifacts
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fluent: flowing without unnecessary interruption
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gender-as-culture hypothesis: language shapes the way boys and girls perceive themselves as they are socialized into feminine/masculine culture
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generalized others: the entire social group or community to which we belong
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haptics: physical contact between people
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hate speech: speech that has a message of racial inferiority, is directed against a member of a historically opressed group, and is persecutory, hateful, and degrading
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hidden self: known to you but not to others
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illustrator: a nonverbal cue that complements and accents the verbal message
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impromptu speech: delivered with the least amount of preparation, usually with little or no time to plan your remarks
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indexing: uses language that places an issue, event, or person in a specific time or in a specific context
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individualistic culture: stresses personal goals and achievements over the collective's goals and achievements
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intensity: your volume
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intimate space: starts at the skin and extends out 18 in from you
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invention: identifying the materials that will make up your speech, including a topic and info to support it
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Johari window: consists of the four aspects of self
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kinesics: body communication
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language: a verbal symbol system that allows us to take messages and utterances, in the form of words, and translate them into meaning
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language community: a group of people who have developed a common set of constitutive and regulative rules
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linguistic tyranny: occurs when people use one set of words that have a certain value or connotation to describe and control the outcome of a situation
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looking-glass self: see yourself through the way you imagine others see you
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manuscript speech: written out ahead of time and read word for word to the audience
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memorized speech: requires the most preparation because it is fully written out and memorized ahead of time, then spoken to the audience word for word
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memory: memorizing your speech
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micromomentary facial flash: an expression that flashes across the face so quickly it is imperceptible
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mindfulness: paying close attention to the task at hand and absorbing each bit of detail that you possibly can
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mixed message: when a nonverbal cue contradicts a verbal message
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nonfluencies: distractors that slip out when you speak
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oculesics: the appropriate and effective use of eye contact
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open self: what is known to the self and to others
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other dimension: identifies what is/isn't revealed to others
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pc language: words/phrases that couldn't offend people by the way they reference differences and handicaps
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perception: the active process of noticing, organizing, and interpreting data about people, events, activities, and situations
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personal space: extends from 18 in to 4 ft
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pitch: the highness/lowness of your voice
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prototype: the best example of some concept
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proxemics: the study of how people move around in and use space to communicate
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public space: extends outward from 12 ft and beyond
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public speaking: communication from one to many
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rate: the speed at which you talk
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references: thoughts about the object you observe
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referents: the actual objects people percieve (signified)
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regulator: a nonverbal cue that helps regulate and coordinate communication interactions among people
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rhetoric: the art of influencing an audience through words
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sapir-whorf hypothesis: a theory that language determines what we see in the world and how we think
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schema: a framework that helps people organize info and place it into a coherent and meaningful pattern
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script: an expected sequence of events that is coherent to the individual
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self dimension: what is/isn't revealed to one's self
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self disclosure: the process of intentionally and voluntarily providing others with info about yourself that you believe is honest and accurate and unlikely to be discovered elsewhere
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significant others: people who influence our lifves
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social self: learn about yourself through interactions with others
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social space: extends from 4-12 ft
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socioemotional regulator: a nonverbal cue that lets others know your feelings and communicates rules in the relationship or particular situation
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sophistry: used to refer to empty or meaningless use of language, and originates from a group of Greek philosophers
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spacial arrangement: the way spaces are laid out and relate to one another, as well as how objects and furniture are placed in the spaces
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stereotype: schema that connects a variety of characteristics we believe to be true of a category to a given person or situation we see as a member or example of that category
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style: the manner and way you give the speech
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subject area: a general area of knowledge
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symbol: a sign or word used to define a person, idea, or object (signifier)
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territoriality: describes how people stake out space for themselves
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topic: a specific facet or aspect of a subject area
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unkown self: the part of you that neither you nor those around you know
