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30 Cards in this Set
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interpersonal communication
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communication that occurs simultaneously with another person in an attempt to mutually influence one another, usually for the purpose of managing relationships
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impersonal communication
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communication that treats people as objects or that only responds to their roles rather than who they are as unique people
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relationship
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an ongoing connection made with another person
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relationship of circumstance
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a relationship that forms situationally, simply because one life overlaps with another in some way
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relationship of choice
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a relationship that is sought out and intentionally developed
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attraction
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a motivational state that causes someone to think, feel, and usually behave in a positive manner toward another person.
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interpersonal attraction
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the degree to which one desires to form or maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person
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short-term initial attraction
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a degree of potential for developing an interpersonal relationship with someone
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long-term maintenance attraction
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a level of liking or positive feeling that motivates one to maintain or escalate a relationship
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similarity
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having like characteristics, values, attitudes, interests, or personality traits with another person
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physical attraction
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the degree to which one finds another person's physical self appealing
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sexual attraction
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a desire to have sexual contact with a certain person
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matching hypothesis
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a tendency to seek out individuals who represent the same level of physical attractiveness as oneself
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proximity
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the likelihood of being attracted to people who are physically close rather than to those who are farther away
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complementarity
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the tendency to be attracted to persons with abilities, interests, and needs that differ from one's own, but that balance or round out one's own
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inclusion
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the need to involve others in one's activities or to be involved in the activities of others
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control
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the need to make decisions and take responsibility; the level of willingness to accept others' decision making
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affection
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the need to be loved and accepted by others; the willingness to give love and acceptance to others
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immediacy
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feelings of liking, pleasure, and closeness communicated by such nonverbal cues as eye contact, forward lean, touch, and open body orientation
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uncertainty-reduction theory
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a driving human motivation to increase predictability by reducing the unknown in one's circumstances
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passive strategy
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a noncommunicative strategy of reducing uncertainty by observing others and situations
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active strategy
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a communicative strategy of reducing uncertainty by getting information from a third party
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interactive strategy
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a strategy of communicating directly to the source who has the greatest potential to reduce one's certainty
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conversational narcissism
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a communication style emerging from the view that one is the center of the universe
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self-absorbed communicator style
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a dominating communication style in which one focuses the attention on the self
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self-disclosure
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voluntarily providing information to others that they would not learn if one did not tell them
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reciprocity
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sharing information about oneself with another person, with the expectation that the other person will share information that is similar in risk or depth
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appropriateness
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an aspect of self-disclosure related to the propriety of revealing certain information to another person
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social penetration
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a model of self-disclosure that depicts both the breadth and depth of information shared with another person
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Johari wondow
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a model that explains how self-disclosure varies from relationship to relationship; reflects various stages of relational development, degrees of self-awareness, and others' perceptions
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