Communications Chapter 7

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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

Back 3

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