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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. People we use to evaluate our own characteristics.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






11. 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.






12. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






15. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Expresses how you feel about the other person.






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. Distinguishes the study of touching.






32. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






33. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.






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






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






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






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