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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. Image you want to present to the world






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






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






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






8. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






15. Describes the way a message is spoken; vocal rate - pronunciation - pitch - tone - volume and emphasis.






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






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






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






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






20. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






27. Popular approach for offering constructive criticism. To sandwich your issue of concern between two positive comments.






28. Cues that help control verbal interaction - E.g. Wide array of turn-taking signals in everyday conversation.






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






30. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






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






33. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






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






44. 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.






45. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






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






49. 1. Has the self as subject 2. is intentional 3. is directed at another person 4. is honest 5. is revealing 6. contains information generally available from other sources 7. gains intimate nature from context in which expressed






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







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