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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. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A way to offer thoughts - feelings - and wants without judging the listener.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






21. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






23. 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.






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






25. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






27. Most destructive way to disagree with another person. Tendency to 'attack the self-concepts of other people in order to inflict psychological pain.' Demeans the worth of others - E.g. Name calling - put downs - sarcasm






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






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






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






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






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






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






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