Communication and Processes
Interpersonal communication cannot occur unless
Two people mutually engage in creating meaning
This strategy helps partners negotiate competing desires within their relationship.
What are dialectical management strategies?
This term encompasses the unique qualities, characteristics, and traits that define an individual and influence their behaviors.
What is personality?
The tendency to use a stereotype to “fill in” knowledge about someone we know little about.
What is the principle of least effort?
This type of culture emphasizes implicit communication and the context surrounding messages to convey meaning.
What is a high-context culture?
This term describes the overall effectiveness and appropriateness of a person's communication in a specific context
What is communication competence?
Which stage of relational deterioration is common for almost all couples, even if they are not doomed to fail?
What is differentiating?
This term describes the various aspects of identity that make up who a person is, including cultural, gender, and social identities.
What are personal identities?
This term describes the mental cues that can influence our thoughts and behavior, often without us realizing it.
What is priming?
In his research, Gottman often analyzes this type of communication between couples to determine the health of their relationship.
What is nonverbal communication?
This term describes the collaborative nature of interactions where both individuals contribute to the outcome of the communication process.
What is joint action?
This concept refers to the tension between opposing forces or needs in relationships, such as autonomy and connection.
What is dialectical tension?
This self-concept theory suggests that we develop our self-image based on how we believe others perceive us
What is the looking-glass self?
We make sense of the world through cognitive structures known as…
What are schemata?
his dialect of English tends to seem animated and high-keyed and have a complex grammatical structure based on the use of Niger-Congo grammar patterns.
What is African American Vernacular English?
Theory that “sees humans as performers in social drama.
What is the dramaturgical view?
In Knapp’s relational development model, this stage involves partners deciding whether to continue their relationship based on the benefits and costs.
What is the stagnation stage?
This theory suggests that individuals assess their role importance based on the feedback they receive from others.
What is mutual negotiation theory?
This cognitive bias refers to the reliance on the first piece of information encountered.
What is the anchoring effect?
This perspective sees one’s own culture as superior to others, leading to the belief that other cultures are inferior.
What is ethnocentrism?
What are the five characteristics of communication as discussed by Trenholm and Jensen?
Communication is a process, is uniquely human, is collective, is creative, and is regulatory.
Which stage of relational deterioration is common for almost all couples, even if they are not doomed to fail?
What is differentiating?
Jen is often described as shy, closed-off, quiet, and unfriendly. This is Jen’s...
What is communicator style profile?
Gladwell argues that this type of unconscious processing can lead to snap judgments that feel instinctive.
What is the adaptive unconscious?
An interview technique that asks participants to identify turning points in a relationship on a graph that measures both time since meeting and level of commitment.
What is Retrospective Interview Technique (RIT)?