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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. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






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






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






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






5. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






8. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






10. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






12. Two-person interacting






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






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






15. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Closer range public distance. Beyond 25 feet two-way communication is almost impossible.






28. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






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






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






31. Ability to re-create another person's perspective - to experience the world from his/her point of view -






32. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






33. Any interaction between more than two people.






34. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






36. Image you want to present to the world






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






38. Distinguishes the study of touching.






39. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






40. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






50. 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.