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






2. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






3. 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.






4. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Someone who is positive they're right.






15. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






19. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






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






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






33. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






34. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






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






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






37. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






38. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






40. 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.






41. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






42. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






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






45. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






46. 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






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






48. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






49. Any interaction between more than two people.






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