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






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






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






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






5. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






7. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






9. 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.






10. Two-person interacting






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






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






27. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






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






32. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






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






36. Taking a positive approach to the term; presenting and defending positions on issues while attacking positions taken by others.






37. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






39. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






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






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