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






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






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






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






5. Image you want to present to the world






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






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






8. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






9. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






10. Stories we use to describe our personal worlds.






11. Distinguishes the study of touching.






12. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






13. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






16. Masculine and feminine traits.






17. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






32. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.






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






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






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






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






37. Someone who is positive they're right.






38. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






39. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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