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






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






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






4. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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






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






9. Someone who is positive they're right.






10. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






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






14. The tendency to form an overall positive impression a person on the basis of the positive characteristics.






15. Distinguishes the study of touching.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Describes the study of how humans use and structure time.






21. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






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






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






26. Masculine and feminine traits.






27. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






28. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






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






31. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. Describes the abundance of nonverbal cues that add clarity to a verbal message.






38. Image you want to present to the world






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






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






41. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






43. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Fields of experience that help them make sense of others behavior.






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






50. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.