Interpersonal Needs & Communication: Info Acquisition, Social Identity & Relationships, Quizzes of Communication

Download Interpersonal Needs & Communication: Info Acquisition, Social Identity & Relationships and more Quizzes Communication in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Definition of an Interpersonal Relationship? DEFINITION 1 a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people that may range in duration from brief to enduring. TERM 2 Four functions of interpersonal communication DEFINITION 2 1) Gaining information 2) To interact more effectively3) Establishing Identity4) interpersonal needs TERM 3 What are Ways of obtaining information? DEFINITION 3 Passively - By observing the individualActively - By having others engage with the individualinteractively - engaging with the individual ourself TERM 4 Content messages vs. Relationship Messages DEFINITION 4 Content Messages -refer to the surface level meaning of a messageRelationship Message -refer to how a message is said and perceived TERM 5 Three interpersonal Needs? DEFINITION 5 Inclusion, the need to establish identity with othersControl, the need to exercise leadership to prove ones abilitiesAffection, the need to develop relationships with people TERM 6 Social Animals Are those Who: DEFINITION 6 Interact highly with other animals, usually of their same speciesHave a recognizable and distinct societyHave advanced social organization with:Permanent groups of adults living together, andRelationships that endure from one encounter to another TERM 7 Social Identity Theory DEFINITION 7 Groups give us a sense of Social identity Belonging to the social world Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO): An individuals need for inclusion refers to the extent to which he or she: Initiates interaction with others Wants to be included in the actions of others TERM 8 Technology acceptance Model DEFINITION 8 An information systems theory Models how users come to accept and use a technology Developed by Fred Davis in 1989. TERM 9 Stages of Technological Impact DEFINITION 9 Substitution - New Technology performs older technology's tasks more efficientlyEnlargement - New technology is used to increase the volume and complexity of tasks that old technology used to performReconfiguration - New technology fundamentally changes the nature of the things it was created to address TERM 10 Types of determinism DEFINITION 10 Soft - determinism is compatible with freedom and responsibilityHard- everything has a cause or causes that determine to be what it is, there is no real freedom, people are not responsible for their actions TERM 21 socio Emotional selectivity Theory DEFINITION 21 The older we get, the more selective we become TERM 22 Matching Hypothesis DEFINITION 22 People are attracted to and form relationships with others who are similar to them TERM 23 Internal working model of attachment DEFINITION 23 Model Of Self: The degree to which a child develops an internalized sense of self worth that is not dependent on external validationModel of Others: The degree to which a child expects others to be supportive and accepting TERM 24 The four attachment styles DEFINITION 24 1) secure - Model of self is possitive, Model of others is positive, comfortable with intimacy and autonomy2) preoccupied - Model of self is negative, model of others is positive, preoccupied with relationships3) dismissive- Model of self is positive, model of others is negative, These people are fucking assholes4) Fearful - Model of self is negative, model of others is negative, fearful and social avoidant TERM 25 Types of infidelity DEFINITION 25 Sexual - Sexual activity with someone other than one's long term romantic partnerEmotional - channeling emotional resources to someone other than one's romantic partner TERM 26 How do attachment styles relate to infidelity? DEFINITION 26 Individuals with anxious styles tend to consider social behaviors more indicative of cheatingIndividuals with avoident styles to to rate sexual and erotic behaviors as being less indicative of infidelity TERM 27 ICTs (Information Communication Technologies) that facilitate cheating DEFINITION 27 45% of people have either cheated or contemplated cheating on their partner because the other person pays to much attention to their phoneAshley Madison is a website that allows people to cheat on their spouseFacebook cheating TERM 28 What are the reasons for societal discomfort with online relationship formation DEFINITION 28 1) challenges much of what we've taken for granted in forming relationships for most of human history2) they are typically formed by 2 people who would never meet in public TERM 29 What is the digital divide DEFINITION 29 divides arising from limited access/literacy TERM 30 Groups impacted by the digital divide DEFINITION 30 The poor/uneducated (impacted by it the most)Old peopledisabledRural areasnon-english speakers TERM 31 social capital DEFINITION 31 The collective value obtained by social interactions online or in person TERM 32 types of adopters DEFINITION 32 InnovatorsEarly AdoptersEarly majorityLate majoritylaggards TERM 33 social striving, social needs, and social obligation DEFINITION 33 social striving - the idea that people work best and exert the most effort when they are working with a group on a collective taskSocial Needs - gratifications such as acceptance, love, belonging, and companionshipSocial Obligation - an informal need to do something based on prescribed social etiquette such as saying happy birthday on facebook to someone because it's their birthday TERM 34 Metiquette & Civil Intentions DEFINITION 34 Metiquette - Refers to the idea of an evolving mobile etiquette- When is it appropriate to interrupt a conversation for a phone call or text- when is it appropriate to browse the internet while the teacher is giving a lectureCivil inattention - strangers in close proximity demonstrate that they are are aware of one another without imposing on each other TERM 35 Aspects of media design that influence deception DEFINITION 35 The Richer the medium, the more effective the communication. Face to Face is more effective than email or posters TERM 46 Two types of organizations DEFINITION 46 Fishbowl offices: traditional work groups with densely interconnected relationships in physically compact spacesSwitchboard organizations: Networked organizations, featuring team based work.Boundaries are permeable, fostering workers interactions across departments TERM 47 Two types of workers DEFINITION 47 Segmentors: come to work, do their job, and go home after a demanding day. Work-brain turns off, personal brain turns on.Integrators: Come home at night with work and emails to catch up on before and after sleep. Integrators have loose boundaries between work and life TERM 48 Employee activism DEFINITION 48 Taking advantage of opportunity in the work place(couldn't find the def in the slides, I just googled it) TERM 49 Positive vs. Negative impacts of technology in the work place DEFINITION 49 Positive: Efficiency and increased productivityInformed employeesincreased collaborationImproved cost managementHeightened levels of securitymobile work from homeincreased camaraderieNegative: Source of distraction, high maintenance costs, lazy employees, diminishing workplace relationships, risky business TERM 50 Raine & Wellman: Household changes DEFINITION 50 Households are becoming smaller (family size wise) and less stable (higher rates of divorce and independence) TERM 51 Shifting family roles DEFINITION 51 Rise in the percentage of women who work outside of their homesSmaller number of children in households TERM 52 Taylor: Three ways the family divide has grown due to technology DEFINITION 52 First, childrens absorption in technology, from texting to playing video games, does by their very nature limit their availability to communicate with their parentsSecond, as digital immigrants, parents can struggle to gain proficiency and comfort with the new technology that their digital-native children have already masteredThird, computer and mobile technology have provided children with an independence in their communications with friends and others. TERM 53 independence and singularity vs socializing and connecting DEFINITION 53 Independence and singularity: using our devices for personal and entertainment reasonssocializing and connecting: using technology as a means of social and communal activity TERM 54 Characteristics of parasocial relationships DEFINITION 54 One sided relationshipsone person extends emotional energy interest and timethe other party is completely unaware of the others existence TERM 55 Positive and negative consequences of parasocial relationships DEFINITION 55 Positive: Children learn from positive and negative televised role models and acquire norms and standards from thatLearning through media, research has found that children learn from different media depending strongly on the extent to which they can relate to the character.Negative: Body image, Adolecents with higher rates of media exposure feel worse about their body, females struggle more than malesAggression: aggressive viewers identify with aggressive characters TERM 56 impacts of para social interactions on identity, self perception, and behavior DEFINITION 56 identity: we develop a sense of identity depending on who we interact with, wishful identification, the fan envisions complete acceptance, attribute characteristics and traits to the celebrity that may or may not be trueSelf perception: Fans try to live up to the standards presented by celebrities and feel worse about themselvesBehavior: Fans emulate the behavior of their parasocial relationship partner TERM 57 Ubiquitous computing DEFINITION 57 The growing trend towards embedding microprocessors in everyday objects so that they can communicate information TERM 58 Active agents DEFINITION 58 virtual assistants that help individuals solve problems( such as siri) TERM 59 augmented reality DEFINITION 59 systems and interfaces that process and layer networked information on tip of people's everyday perceptions of the worldintelligence augmentation rather than artificial intelligencewe are able to know more about the world around us and hence navigate through more intelligently( google glass, first down line in football) TERM 60 mirror worlds DEFINITION 60 a form of digital and physical convergence to augmented depictions of environments(google maps)