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






2. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






4. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






6. 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






7. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






9. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






12. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






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






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






16. Process of paying close attention to one's own behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Taking a positive approach to the term; presenting and defending positions on issues while attacking positions taken by others.






31. Two-person interacting






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






37. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






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






41. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






43. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






45. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






48. 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






49. When communicators aren't prepared to argue but still want to register dissatisfaction.






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







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