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






2. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






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






5. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






7. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






9. When communicators aren't prepared to argue but still want to register dissatisfaction.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






18. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






20. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Image you want to present to the world






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






38. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






43. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






45. Distinguishes the study of touching.






46. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






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






48. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






49. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






50. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.