Interpersonal Communication Basics
The exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages between people with a personal or social connection is called what?
What is interpersonal communication?
The idea that we see ourselves as others reflect us back is called what?
What is the looking-glass self?
Which theory explains our drive to reduce uncertainty about others?
What is uncertainty reduction theory?
A learned system of meaning providing a frame of reference for communication is called what?
What is culture?
Communication with oneself is called what?
What is intrapersonal communication?
Which model includes communicators, encoding, decoding, channel, noise, and feedback?
What is the transactional model of communication?
What are the “Big Five” personality traits?
Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness
The belief that attractive people are also good and kind is known as what hypothesis?
What is the what-is-beautiful-is-good hypothesis?
Name two of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
Individualism/collectivism, power distance, uncertainty-avoidance, long-term/short-term orientation, masculinity/femininity, indulgence
What’s the difference between “performances given” and “performances given off”?
Given = how we present ourselves; Given off = how others perceive us
The study of how time communicates messages is called what?
What is chronemics?
Goffman’s idea that we perform identities for audiences is known as what?
What is the dramaturgical perspective?
What are the three types of attraction?
Physical, social, and task attraction
Communication that relies heavily on nonverbal and contextual cues is called what?
What is high-context communication?
Quick judgments made in less than 5 minutes of behavior are called what?
What are thin-slice impressions?
Behavior that is unintentionally emitted and unnoticed is called what?
What is unattended behavior?
What is it called when we alter behavior to intensify emotions, hide them, or communicate emotions we don’t feel?
What is self-monitoring?
The tendency to recall information from the beginning of an interaction is called what?
What is the primacy effect?
The theory that explains adjusting communication styles to match or diverge from others is called what?
What is communication accommodation theory (CAT)
Which dialectical tension highlights that people are both individuals and cultural members?
Individual/cultural dialectic
Communication is competent when it is both __________ and __________.
What is effective and appropriate?
The theory that relationships help us grow our self by incorporating others is called what?
What is self-expansion theory?
Which theory says positive communication can make someone appear more physically attractive?
What is interaction appearance theory?
In Bennett’s developmental model, which stage recognizes cultural differences but not hierarchies?
What is ethnorelativism (acceptance/adaptation)?
Define communication competence.
The degree to which communication is effective and appropriate in achieving goals