SPA 4400 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Interpersonal Communication, Metacognition, Presupposition

• School: UCF
• Department: Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Course: SPA 4400
• Professor: Pak Hin Kong

Document Summary

Definition of communication involves the exchange of information between sender(s) and receiver(s) and has at least 3 components: (a) a sender, (b) a message, and (c) a receiver. Characteristics of communication can be verbal or non-verbal and numerous variables can affect its success or failure (e. g. , participants, setting, cultural context). Definition of language can be defined as a socially shared system of arbitrary symbols used for communication. Language can be broken down into the following three components: [content, form, and use. ] Definition of speech can be defined as the physical production of spoken language. Speech can be broken down into the following three components: [voice, articulation, and fluency. ] Definition of hearing can be defined as the process of perceiving sound. Hearing can be broken down into the following two components: acuity and central auditory processing. Communication behaviors and skills that meet the norms of the primary speech community, but do not meet the norms of the standard language.