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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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1. Any interaction between more than two people.






2. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Masculine and feminine traits.






9. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.






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






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






12. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






14. 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.






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






16. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






18. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






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






21. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






22. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






29. Distinguishes the study of touching.






30. Process of paying close attention to one's own behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves.






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






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






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






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






35. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






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






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






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






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






41. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






42. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






43. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Degrees of self-dsclosure.