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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. Cues that help control verbal interaction - E.g. Wide array of turn-taking signals in everyday conversation.






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






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






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






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






6. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






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






26. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






48. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






50. Has two or more equally plausible meanings