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






2. Masculine and feminine traits.






3. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






13. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






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






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






23. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Communication strategies people use to influence how others view them.






33. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






45. Two-person interacting






46. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






47. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






48. 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.






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






50. Distinguishes the study of touching.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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