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






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






3. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






5. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






6. Distinguishes the study of touching.






7. 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.






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






9. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






11. When people treat one another as unique individuals - regardless of the context in which the interaction occurs or the number of people involved.






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






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






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






15. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






16. Someone who is positive they're right.






17. Verbal or nonverbal; Indicates a response to the previous passage/message.






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. Two-person interacting






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






23. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






24. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






35. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






37. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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