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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involve our attaching meaning to first-order things or situations.






2. Physical traits - personality characteristics - attitudes - aptitudes; image you want to present to the world






3. Personal invisible bubble; our own area. People's personal space vary.






4. When people treat one another as unique individuals - regardless of the context in which the interaction occurs or the number of people involved.






5. Distinguishes the study of touching.






6. Messages that convey valuing - E.g. 'you exist' 'you're important'






7. Contrasts with Neutrality. Helps rid communication of the quality of indifference.






8. Once we form a first impression-whether it's positive or negative- we tend to seek out and organize our impressions to support that opinion.






9. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






10. Two messages that seem to deny or contradict each other - one at the verbal level and the other at the nonverbal level.






11. People may have strong opinions but are willing to acknowledge that they don't have a corner on the truth and will change their stand if they are wrong.






12. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






13. Used to describe the medium through which messages are exchanged - E.g. face to face - phones - email - instant messages






14. Area that serves as an extension of our physical being.






15. Definse-arousing messages in which speakers hide their ulterior motives.






16. A mirroring of the judgements of those around him or her.






17. Contains a message with more than one meaning. The words are highly abstract or have meanings private to the speaker alone.






18. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






19. Messages that we perceive as challenging the image we want to project






20. Contrasts with strategy. Being honest with others rather than manipulating them.






21. Attempt to depict all the factors that affect human interaction.






22. Masculine and feminine traits.






23. Acknowledge the other person's communication - but used to steer the conversation in a new direction. Comes in 2 forms: tangential shift and tangential drift






24. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






25. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






26. Used with people who are emotionally close to us - and then mostly in private situation. Letting someone this close is a sign of trust. 18 inches.






27. Study of how communication is affected by the use - organization - and perception of space and distance.






28. Stammering and the use of 'uh' - 'um' and 'er'






29. Public image; the way we want to appear to others.






30. First step to perception; where data we will attend to.






31. Image you want to present to the world






32. Speaking before you think - blurting out loud - tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences.






33. When a person's expectations of an even and her or his subsequent behavior based on those expectations - make the outcome more likely to occur.






34. Speaker conducts a monologue filled with impersonal - intellectualized and generalized statements. Speaker never really interacts with the other on a personal level.






35. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






36. Person you believe yourself to be in moments of honest self-examination.






37. Distance between communicators can have a powerful effect on how we regard and respond to others. 4 feet to 12 feet.






38. Evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare with others.






39. Closer phase is the distance at which most couples stand in public. Keeping someone at 'arms-length' 18 inches to 4 feet.






40. Both effective and appropriate; trying to balance the two when communicating.






41. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






42. Provides another way to interact by electronics - E.g. email - texting - IM - social networking - and blogging






43. It says 'you're wrong'. Includes recognition and acknowledgment. Can devastate another person.






44. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






45. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






46. Provides a better way to check and to share your interpretations. Has three parts.






47. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






48. Process by which communicators influence each other's perceptions through communication.






49. Describes the way a message is spoken; vocal rate - pronunciation - pitch - tone - volume and emphasis.






50. A way to offer thoughts - feelings - and wants without judging the listener.







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