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






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






3. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






5. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






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






9. Stammering and the use of 'uh' - 'um' and 'er'






10. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






22. Two-person interacting






23. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






24. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






26. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






28. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






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






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






33. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






34. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






35. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






42. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






44. When a sender seems to be imposing a solution on the receiver with little regard for the receiver's needs or interests.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Image you want to present to the world






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