COMM 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Emotional Contagion

• School: CSULB
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 110
• Professor: stacyyoungthompson

Document Summary

Other-oriented - to be aware of the thoughts, needs, experiences, personality, emotions, motives, desires, culture, and goals of your communication partners while still maintaining your own integrity. Communication- the process of acting on information. Some people does or says something, and others think or do something in response to the action or the words as they understand them. Human communication- the process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages. Interpersonal communication- a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships. Impersonal communication- occurs when you treat others as objects or respond to their roles rather than to who they are as unique persons. (ex: when you ask a waiter for a cup of water) Public communication- occurs when a speaker addresses an audience in person.