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






2. Has two or more equally plausible meanings






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






4. 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.






5. Process of protecting our presenting self - our face






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Masculine and feminine traits.






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






15. Study of how the eyes can communicate.






16. Messages expressed by nonlinguistic means.






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






18. Distinguishes the study of touching.






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






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






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






22. Process of attaching meaning to behavior.






23. Study of how people communicate through bodily movements.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Not being malicious; is seen as helpful






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






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






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






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






38. Two-person interacting






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






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






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






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






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






44. Someone who is positive they're right.






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






46. Physically observable qualities of a thing or situation.






47. Any interaction between more than two people.






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






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






50. Plays a role in virtually every interpersonal act.