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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Messages that convey valuing - E.g. 'you exist' 'you're important'






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






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






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






5. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






11. Two-person interacting






12. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






27. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






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






38. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






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






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






42. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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