Defining Interpersonal Communication
Three Answers: Communication with oneself, communication with one other person (dyad), and communication with two other people (triad)
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Small Group communication
These are momentary "real" expressions that a liar quickly hides with a fake expression to mask their deceit.
Microexpressions
In language, these are the rules that govern the way symbols can be arranged to create the intended meaning.
Syntax Rules
This is part of your self-concept that you learn based on your interactions with others who reflect your "self" back to you.
Looking Glass Self
This is a process in which cultural elements are transmitted; an individual acquires new approaches, beliefs, and values by coming into contact with other cultures to which they otherwise have no relation.
Acculturation
What are the three principles of interpersonal communication?
Interpersonal communication is 1) inescapable, 2) irreversible, 3) unrepeatable.
This nonverbal behavior accompanies verbal messages to contradict, accent, or compliment what's being said.
Illustrators
Two Answers: The type of language that focuses on the interpretation of the speaker or what's being said, rather than the objective truth. Secondly, the type of language that focuses on assigning blame and often leads to defensiveness.
I Language & You Language
This occurs when people evaluate the self based on comparing themselves with another group who appear to be doing worse than they are.
Downward Social Comparison
The name of the cultural dimension defined as a type of culture that values personal achievement and goals, even at the expense of others, versus a type of culture that values group harmony and sacrificing personal desires, with less emphasis on individual aspirations.
Individualism & Collectivism
This model of communication is current, nuanced, and continuous.
Message Creation Model
These are the implicit and culturally-bound rules we use to measure the appropriateness of nonverbal behaviors.
Display Rules
This silly language mistake happens when you say the wrong thing, only because two words sounded similar, and you simply misspoke.
This is a personality type that assesses how people tend to make decisions.
Myers-Briggs's Thinking vs. Feeling
This theory suggests that people adapt their verbal and nonverbal communication style to seem either similar or dissimilar to the person with whom they are communicating.
What are the four characteristics of mediated interpersonal communication?
Visibility, anonymity, distance, and permanence
This theory suggests that emotional expression is highly restricted in online communication, no matter how good you are at it.
Cues-Filtered-Out Theory
This concept stipulates that words have the power to create our reality by serving as the tools we we use to name our experiences.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Two Answers: The style of communication that is sensitive to the needs of others. Secondly, the style of communication that clearly communicates one's own needs.
Responsiveness & Assertiveness
This is a cognitive process used to better understand our egocentrism and is characterized by taking into account another person's thoughts, feelings, values, background, and perspective.
De-centering
This theory suggests that while biology can play a role in how we behave, we adapt and adjust our behavior based on our own personal communication.
Social Learning Theory
Two Answers: The term for how we communicate meaning through the use of our personal distance and how many "zones" / spaces are there.
Proxemics & 4
Feminine Speech
This concept suggests that we will put ourselves in situations that reinforce who we think we are and the outcomes we expect.
Selective Exposure
This is a type of stereotype where it is assumed that people of an outgroup are more similar to each other than they really are, while simultaneously believing that members of their own group are unique and individual.
Outgroup Homogeneity Effect