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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Closer phase is the distance at which most couples stand in public. Keeping someone at 'arms-length' 18 inches to 4 feet.






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






3. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






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






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






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






8. Most destructive way to disagree with another person. Tendency to 'attack the self-concepts of other people in order to inflict psychological pain.' Demeans the worth of others - E.g. Name calling - put downs - sarcasm






9. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






38. Two-person interacting






39. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






46. Determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions.






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






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






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






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






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