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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Both effective and appropriate; trying to balance the two when communicating.






2. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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






13. Distinguishes the study of touching.






14. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






17. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. A way to offer thoughts - feelings - and wants without judging the listener.






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






26. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






27. 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






28. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






30. 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.






31. Two-person interacting






32. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






33. Image you want to present to the world






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






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






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






37. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. Physical traits - personality characteristics - attitudes - aptitudes; image you want to present to the world






46. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






49. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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







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