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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Messages that convey valuing - E.g. 'you exist' 'you're important'






12. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






14. Fourth behavior that arouses defensiveness. 'Indifference' - E.g. 911 telephone dispatchers






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






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






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






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






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






20. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






21. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






22. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






25. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






28. Communicators focus on finding a solution that satisfies both their own needs and those of the others involved.






29. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. 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






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






38. Image you want to present to the world






39. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






41. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






43. 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






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






45. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






47. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






48. First step to perception; where data we will attend to.






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






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







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