COMM 1101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 248 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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More successful at relationship development & maintenance. Alter self-concept changes the way you think about yourself, how people respond to you. A process in which people generate meaning through the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages. These are signs that resemble what they refer to. This is an iconic sign for cat. -picture, rene magritte-pipe. Signs that point to what they are referring. Smoke is an indexical sign for fire. Point and someone points to look at where you are pointing. These are signs that refer to something because of arbitrary conventions. Hund, pies, inu, perro, chien, etc. are all symbols for this animal. Symbols are arbitrary- based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system, word means what it is. Have to all agree for a meaning-what a word means. When people communicate they act together-they giving you nonverbal messages, replying back-confusion or acceptance.
