Chapter 1: A First Look at Interpersonal Communication
Communication about communicating
What is metacommunication?
A parent tells their child "You are so smart." This is an example of...
What is direct definition?
The three steps of the process of perception
What are selection, organization and interpretation?
"Your room is super messy." Messy is an example of this kind of word...
What is an abstract/ambiguous word?
The two main types of kinesics
What are body language and facial expressions?
Understanding both our own and another person's perspective, beliefs, thoughts and feelings
What is dual perspective?
The first perspectives that affect our self-concept come from people who are important to us. For children, this includes parents, siblings, caregivers. Later, it includes peers, teachers, co-workers, etc. The term for these key people is...
What are particular others?
The clearest or most representative example of some category (job, friend, partner, etc.,).
What is a prototype?
Based on gendered speech communities, this gender uses words to solve, inform and decide
What is the male gender?
Allison is angry with her boyfriend so she sits farther than normal from him while they are talking. To communicate her anger, Allison is using...
What are proxemics?
Tommy is trying to focus in class, but he's so hungry and his stomach is growling that he can't concentrate. This would be an example of...
What is physiological noise?
Our perception of how we think others view us
What is reflected appraisal?
What is a script?
"You were mean to me" is an example of this kind of statement...
100 bonus points if you can change it to an I-statement!
Communication that is vocal but does not use words (volume, rhythm, pitch, inflection, tone, gasps, murmurs, etc.)
What is paraverbals/paralanguage?
The 3 levels of the communication continuum
What are I-it, I-you, and I-thou?
Jackie's coach tells her "You are our best player." Jackie then internalizes this, believes it, works harder and continues to be their best player. This is an example of...
What is self-fulfilling prophecy?
Eric didn’t get a job offer after an interview so he concluded that the interviewer was in a bad mood. But when his friend Dan didn’t get a job offer, Eric concluded that Dan wasn’t qualified. This attribution pattern through which we avoid responsibility for our failures, but blame others for theirs is...
What is self-serving bias?
Interpersonal disagreements can arise out of different perceptions about how a dynamic started or when an interaction ended. Typically, we see ourselves as reacting to the other person, rather than initiating a dynamic. This is the term for identifying beginnings and endings of interactions
What is punctuation?
Luke notices that Connor is wearing a Patriots hat. This communicates to Luke that Connor is a Patriots fan. Connor's hat is an example of...
Marcus says to his girlfriend Anaya "I want to break up" over text message. In this example, "text" is this part of the basic model of communication
What is the channel?
Sender --> Message --> Receiver through the Channel
David is a very attentive and supportive father when he is sober. But when he drinks, he ignores his children and sometimes lashes out at them verbally. Since David’s children never know what to expect from their father, they are likely to develop this attachment style
What is anxious/ambivalent attachment style?
Clara is going to visit her friend Melyssa’s house for the first time. “Are there any steps to get into the doorway?,” asks Clara, who uses a wheelchair. Melyssa stops to think and realizes that she never even noticed whether there were any steps or not; she has to go look to find out. The difference in what Clara notices versus what Melyssa notices can be predicted by...
What is stand point theory?
Back in middle school Jayden made a mean comment about Sarah. Now in college, Sarah still believes that Jayden is a jerk. This is an example of...
What is static assessment?
What is multichannelled?