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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Degrees of self-dsclosure.






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






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






10. Distinguishes the study of touching.






11. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






12. Study of how communication is affected by the use - organization - and perception of space and distance.






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






14. Image you want to present to the world






15. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






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






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






18. Distance between communicators can have a powerful effect on how we regard and respond to others. 4 feet to 12 feet.






19. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.






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






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






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






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. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Cues that help control verbal interaction - E.g. Wide array of turn-taking signals in everyday conversation.






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






33. 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






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






35. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






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






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






45. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






47. People may have strong opinions but are willing to acknowledge that they don't have a corner on the truth and will change their stand if they are wrong.






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






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






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