COM CO 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emotion Recognition, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Kinesics

• School: Boston University
• Department: Core Courses
• Course: COM CO 101
• Professor: Tammy Vigil

Document Summary

Communication models: linear model: in this model, communication is like giving an injection. A sender encodes ideas in some sort of message and conveys them to a receiver who decodes them. Channels are the method by which a message is conveyed between people, like face-to-face. Mediated communication channels refer to technology aided forms of communication, like e-mail. This model does not account for feedback, and is not as diverse as the. The linear model applies to communication that flows in only one direction: transactional model: this model reflects that we usually send and receive messages simultaneously. We are constantly encoding and decoding messages, whether through verbal or nonverbal communication. Noise is any force that interferes with effective communication and can occur in external, physiological and psychological forms. Environments are field of experience (culture, gender, race, socioeconomic status, etc. ) that help communicators to understand each others" behavior.