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Interpersonal Communication Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
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1. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






2. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






4. Ability to construct a variety of different frameworks for viewing an issue.






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






6. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






7. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Public image; the way we want to appear to others.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Used to describe the medium through which messages are exchanged - E.g. face to face - phones - email - instant messages






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






20. 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






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






22. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






29. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






30. Image you want to present to the world






31. Occurs when one person begins to speak before the other is through making a point.






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






33. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






34. Speaking before you think - blurting out loud - tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






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






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






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






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






44. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






46. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






49. Contains a message with more than one meaning. The words are highly abstract or have meanings private to the speaker alone.






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







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