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Interpersonal Communication Vocab
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1. Signals a lack of regard - E.g. 'I don't like you' 'I Don't care about you'
Disconfirming Communication
Personal Space
Negotiation
Halo Effect
2. Masculine and feminine traits.
Communication Climate
First-order Realities
Confirmation Bias
Androgynous
3. Expresses how you feel about the other person.
Cognitive Competence
Relational Dimension (of a message)
Manipulators
Perceived Self
4. Evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare with others.
Self- monitoring
Reference Groups
Self-serving Bias
Social Comparison
5. 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.
Evaluation
Intimate Distance
Communication Competence
Qualitative Interpersonal Communication
6. Even though the group may have greater talent in certain areas - they see other human beings as having just as much worth as themselves.
Empathy
Perception Checking
Equality
Disinhibition
7. Personal invisible bubble; our own area. People's personal space vary.
Ambiguous Response
Self-Disclosure
Confirming Communication
Personal Space
8. Messages that convey valuing - E.g. 'you exist' 'you're important'
Selection
First-order Realities
Perceived Self
Confirming Communication
9. 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.
Presenting Self
Halo Effect
Ambiguous Response
Manipulators
10. Has two or more equally plausible meanings
Sandwich Method
Feedback
Equivocal Language
Oculesics
11. Someone who is positive they're right.
Chronemics
Self-esteem
Richness (of communication media)
Certainty
12. First step to perception; where data we will attend to.
Certainty
Proxemics
Selection
Ambiguous Response
13. Process by which communicators influence each other's perceptions through communication.
Negotiation
Presenting Self
Feedback
Irrelevant Response
14. Tendency to seek information that conforms to an existing self-concept.
Ambiguous Response
Cognitive Conservatism
Interpretation
Interrupting Response
15. Closer range public distance. Beyond 25 feet two-way communication is almost impossible.
Public Distance
Spiral
Nonverbal Communication
Sandwich Method
16. Involve our attaching meaning to first-order things or situations.
Haptics
Second-order Realities
Perceived Self
Halo Effect
17. Arrange it in some meaningful way in order to make sense of the world.
Cognitive Competence
Organization
Tangential Response
Communication Competence
18. Fourth behavior that arouses defensiveness. 'Indifference' - E.g. 911 telephone dispatchers
Disagreeing Message
Presenting Self
Neutrality
Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
19. Closer phase is the distance at which most couples stand in public. Keeping someone at 'arms-length' 18 inches to 4 feet.
Haptics
Sandwich Method
Personal Distance
Richness (of communication media)
20. Verbal or nonverbal; Indicates a response to the previous passage/message.
Feedback
Perceived Self
Content Dimension
Haptics
21. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.
Empathy
First-order Realities
Disagreeing Message
Relational Dimension (of a message)
22. Stammering and the use of 'uh' - 'um' and 'er'
Self- monitoring
Incongruous Response
Noise
Disfluencies
23. Physical traits - personality characteristics - attitudes - aptitudes; image you want to present to the world
Perception Checking
Presenting Self
Personal Space
Interpretation
24. Speaker conducts a monologue filled with impersonal - intellectualized and generalized statements. Speaker never really interacts with the other on a personal level.
Second-order Realities
Social Penetration Model
Lie
Impersonal Response
25. Degrees of self-dsclosure.
Benevolent Lie
Social Penetration Model
Impervious Response
Cognitive Competence
26. Person you believe yourself to be in moments of honest self-examination.
Defensiveness
Face-threatening Acts
Disagreeing Message
Perceived Self
27. Communicators focus on finding a solution that satisfies both their own needs and those of the others involved.
Communication Competence
Problem Orientation
Self-concept
Paralanguage
28. Cues that help control verbal interaction - E.g. Wide array of turn-taking signals in everyday conversation.
Ambiguous Response
Regulators
Second-order Realities
Dyad
29. Any interaction between more than two people.
Narrative
Environment (Contexts)
Relational Dimension (of a message)
Quantitive Interpersonal Communication
30. The tendency to form an overall positive impression a person on the basis of the positive characteristics.
Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
Halo Effect
Relational Dimension (of a message)
Androgynous
31. Describes the way a message is spoken; vocal rate - pronunciation - pitch - tone - volume and emphasis.
Paralanguage
Territory
Attribution
Complaining
32. Attempt to depict all the factors that affect human interaction.
Reference Groups
Noise
Transaction Communication Model
Selection
33. How a person's position in a society shapes their view of society in general and of specific individuals.
Face-threatening Acts
Self-Disclosure
Standpoint Theory
Paralanguage
34. Exaggerated beliefs associated with a categorizing system.
Face
Stereotyping
Disinhibition
Cognitive Competence
35. Fails to acknowledge the other person's communicative attempt - verbally or nonverbally - E.g. Failing to return a phone call
Presenting Self
Impervious Response
Self-Disclosure
Qualitative Interpersonal Communication
36. Fields of experience that help them make sense of others behavior.
Empathy
Aggressiveness
Feedback
Environment (Contexts)
37. Image you want to present to the world
Impervious Response
Noise
Identity Management
Face
38. Provides another way to interact by electronics - E.g. email - texting - IM - social networking - and blogging
Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
Chronemics
Self- monitoring
Irrelevant Response
39. Speaking before you think - blurting out loud - tendency to transmit messages without considering their consequences.
Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
Spontaneity
Selection
Disinhibition
40. Social tone of a relationship; way people feel about each other as they carry out activities
Benevolent Lie
Communication Climate
Attribution
Communication Competence
41. Person whose evaluations are especially influential.
Argumentativeness
Significant Other
Equivocal Language
Narrative
42. A mirroring of the judgements of those around him or her.
Stereotyping
Reflected Appraisal
Disinhibition
Strategy
43. Determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions.
Communication Competence
Punctuation
Sandwich Method
Disinhibition
44. Deliberate attempt to hide or misrepresent the truth.
Public Distance
Lie
Oculesics
Sandwich Method
45. Distinguishes the study of touching.
Environment (Contexts)
Incongruous Response
Impersonal Response
Haptics
46. 5th behavior creating a defensive climate. A message that suggests 'I'm better than you.'
Superiority
Perceived Self
Androgynous
Facework
47. The relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself.
Self-concept
Face-threatening Acts
Personal Space
Androgynous
48. When we judge ourselves in the most generous terms possible.
Self-serving Bias
Equivocal Language
Reflected Appraisal
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
49. Reciprocal pattern of climate patterns. Can be positive or negative.
Strategy
Attribution
Problem Orientation
Spiral
50. A way to offer thoughts - feelings - and wants without judging the listener.
Provisionalism
Description
Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Intimate Distance