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






2. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






4. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






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






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






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. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






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






12. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






15. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






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






27. Any interaction between more than two people.






28. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






36. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






37. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






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






40. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






48. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






49. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






50. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.