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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Person you believe yourself to be in moments of honest self-examination.






2. Popular approach for offering constructive criticism. To sandwich your issue of concern between two positive comments.






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






4. Social tone of a relationship; way people feel about each other as they carry out activities






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Image you want to present to the world






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






9. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






10. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






11. 1. Has the self as subject 2. is intentional 3. is directed at another person 4. is honest 5. is revealing 6. contains information generally available from other sources 7. gains intimate nature from context in which expressed






12. Communicators focus on finding a solution that satisfies both their own needs and those of the others involved.






13. The relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself.






14. How a person's position in a society shapes their view of society in general and of specific individuals.






15. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






16. Involve our attaching meaning to first-order things or situations.






17. Anything that interferes with the transmission and reception of a message.






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






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






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






21. Part of self-concept that involves evaluations of self-worth.






22. A group of ambiguous gestures; fidgeting - movements in which one part of the body grooms - messages - rubs - hold - pinches - picks or otherwise manipulates another part.






23. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






24. Making comments totally unrelated to what the other person was just saying.






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






26. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






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






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






30. Masculine and feminine traits.






31. Culturally understood substitutes for verbal expressons - E.g. Nodding head up and down for yes/no






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






33. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






36. Ability to re-create another person's perspective - to experience the world from his/her point of view -






37. Fails to acknowledge the other person's communicative attempt - verbally or nonverbally - E.g. Failing to return a phone call






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






39. Occurs when one person begins to speak before the other is through making a point.






40. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






41. Cues that help control verbal interaction - E.g. Wide array of turn-taking signals in everyday conversation.






42. Involves the information being explicitly discussed - E.g. 'Please pass the milk'






43. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






46. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






47. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






49. When we judge ourselves in the most generous terms possible.






50. 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.