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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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1. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






3. 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.






4. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






6. Even though the group may have greater talent in certain areas - they see other human beings as having just as much worth as themselves.






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






8. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






9. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






11. 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.






12. Closer range public distance. Beyond 25 feet two-way communication is almost impossible.






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






14. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






15. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






17. Verbal and nonverbal ways in which we act to maintain our own presenting image and image of others.






18. First type of defense-arousing message; judges other person usually in a negative way






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Fourth behavior that arouses defensiveness. 'Indifference' - E.g. 911 telephone dispatchers






26. Ability to construct a variety of different frameworks for viewing an issue.






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






28. Arrange it in some meaningful way in order to make sense of the world.






29. Image you want to present to the world






30. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






32. When a sender seems to be imposing a solution on the receiver with little regard for the receiver's needs or interests.






33. Tendency to seek information that conforms to an existing self-concept.






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






35. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






41. Reciprocal pattern of climate patterns. Can be positive or negative.






42. Signals a lack of regard - E.g. 'I don't like you' 'I Don't care about you'






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






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






45. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






47. Verbal or nonverbal; Indicates a response to the previous passage/message.






48. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






50. Degrees of self-dsclosure.