Vocabulary Terms Communicative competence- The ability to communicate in a personally effective and socially appropriate manner. Message competence- The ability to make message choices that others can comprehend as well as to respond to the message choice of others. Intrapersonal comm.- Communication that a person has with him or herself. This is often regarded as "self communication" Interpersonal comm.- Communication between two people‚ generally on face-to face interaction. Relational
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our features and roles we see when viewing our self. A better definition of oneself is how we interrelate; the interactions influence and lead our behavior. The self concept correlates to three theories: self perception‚ self presentation‚ and dissonance theory (Myers‚ 2011). Self perception is how one determines their actions of other situations environmentally‚ persona‚ and approach. Our self perception allows us to witness an individual’s poor attitude; the individual can see how his or her
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Communication Climate: The Key To Positive Relationships Why is Communication Difficult? When two people talk‚ six possible messages get through What you mean to say What you actually say What the other person hears What the other person thinks he hears What the other person says about what you said What you think the other person said about what you said. Definition: Communication climate refers to the emotional tone of the relationship. Communication is the lifeblood of every
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Cognitive Functioning PSY/475 April 22‚ 2013 Cognitive Functioning Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory *Componential *Metacomponents *Performance *Knowledge-acquisition Speaker Notes: Sternberg’s Triarchic theory was first introduced around 1985 and has been widely used since. Sternberg believed that that intelligence has three facets to help understand the human mind (Hogan‚ 2007). There are many different sub-divisions and then some of those have subparts to them as well. The first is componential
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The world of sports is strictly dominated by a male hegemonic structure‚ which is not exactly welcoming to the thought or idea of sharing this love of sports with the opposite sex. The term hegemony is defined as the dominance of one state or group of individuals over the others. Although women have shown a passionate interest for sports‚ their ability to join this culturally powerful organization as respected professionals has not been completely accomplished. They have been given opportunities
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There are two major theories that made Festinger not only a world-wide known name‚ but also the first name to come to any professionals mind when it comes to social psychology. * These are the Social Comparison Theory and the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance. * I will be primarily discussing the Social Comparison theory during this presentation‚ however Leon’s approach to experiments created a unique design of research and theory that is now common in the field of social psychology. * Leon
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but don’t follow everything about the religion when no one is around. They are also forced to conform to what this society perceives to be proper‚ no matter how strange they find it. They end up with two conflicting thoughts in their mind‚ or cognitive dissonance‚ and have issues trying to figure out what’s right for them. There’s also a big issue with compliance. When someone feels like they want to leave the church ‚ they are first asked to stay by other members. If they don’t change their mind‚ they
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Consider applications to education (16 marks) AO2 Piaget believed in the progress of a child’s cognitive development through schooling and has an individualist approach in the way in which the child is an active participant and is responsible for their own learning. According to Piaget‚ cognitive development occurs as the result of maturation. You cannot teach a child certain activities before they are biologically ready‚ for example trying to reach a pre-operationalized child to perform abstract
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surely‚ it very possible and we live with it every moment of every day. Perhaps society accepts phenomena such as doublethink due to the influence of media‚ and because of the human desire for success. “Doublethink is notable due to a lack of cognitive dissonance — thus the person is completely unaware of any conflict or contradiction. (The person who is lying actually believes what they are saying is TRUE‚ and even a lie detector could not
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was introduced – and consequently Western beauty ideals – to adolescent girls in Fiji‚ they began developing eating disorders in an attempt to lose weight. Festinger’s cognitive dissonance theory: (1957) If our beliefs are at odds with what is occurring in the world‚ we will subsequently change our beliefs to retain cognitive consistency. Joined the Seekers cult. Lewin’s leadership styles: (1939) The three styles of leadership are democratic‚ autocratic‚ and laissez faire. The democratic style
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