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






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






3. Public image; the way we want to appear to others.






4. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






6. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






7. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






9. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. Two-person interacting






19. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






20. 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






21. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






24. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






25. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






26. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






27. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






43. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






46. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






47. Image you want to present to the world






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. Distinguishes the study of touching.






50. 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.