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






2. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






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






8. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






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






11. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






13. Any interaction between more than two people.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






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






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






22. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






24. Image you want to present to the world






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






32. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






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






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






45. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






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






48. Someone who is positive they're right.






49. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






50. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.