Interpersonal Communication Chapter 2

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Self

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Sum total of who a person is; a person's central inner force

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Self-concept

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A person's subjective description of who they are

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Attitude

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Learned predisposition to respond to a person, object or idea iba favorable or unfavorable way

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Belief

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Way in which you structure your understanding of reality- what is true and what is false for you

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Value

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Enduring concept of good and bad and right and wrong

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Mindfulness

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The ability to consciously think about what you are doing and experiencing

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Subjective self awareness

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Ability to differentiate the self from the social and physical environment

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Objective self awareness

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Ability to be the object of one's own thoughts and attention to be aware of one state of mind and that one is thinking

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Symbolic self awareness

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Uniquely human ability to think about oneself and use language (symbols) to represent oneself to others

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Material self

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Concept of self as reflected in the total of all the tangible things you own

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Social self

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Concept of self as reflected in social interactions with others

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Spiritual self

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Concept of self based on thoughts and introspections about personal values moral standards and beliefs

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Looking Glass self

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Concept that suggest you learn who you are based on your interactions with others who reflect yourself back to you

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Attachment style

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A style of relating to others that develops early in life based on the emotional bond 1 forms with one's parents or primary caregiver

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Secure attachment style

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The style of relating to others that is characteristic of those who are comfortable giving and receiving affection experiencing intimacy and trusting other people

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Anxious attachment style

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The style of relating to others that is characteristic of those who experience anxiety and some intimate relationships and feel uncomfortable giving and receiving affection

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Avoidant attachment style

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The style of relating to others that is characteristic of those who consistently experience discomfort and awkwardness in intimate relationships and who therefore avoid such relationships

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Androgynous role

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Gender role that includes both masculine and feminine qualities

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Self reflexiveness

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Ability to think about what you were doing while you were doing it

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Psychology

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The study of how a person's thinking and emotional responses influences their behavior

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Personality

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A set of enduring behavioral characteristics and interpersonal predispositions for reacting to your environment

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Big Five personality traits

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Five personality traits that psychologists described as constituting the major attributes of one's personality extraversion, agreeableness, consciousness, neuroticism, and openness

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Extraversion

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A personality trait describing someone as outgoing talkative as positive emotions and sociable

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Agreeableness

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A personality trait describing someone as friendly compassionate trusting and cooperative

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Conscientiousness

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A personality trait describing someone as efficient organized self disciplined dutiful and methodical

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Neuroticism

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A personality trait describing someone as nervous insecure emotionally distressed and anxious

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Openness

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A personality trait describing someone as curious, imaginative, creative, adventurous, and inventive

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Communibiological approach

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Perspective that suggests that genetic and biological influences play a major role in influencing communication behavior

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Social learning theory

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A theory that suggest people can learn behaviors that help them adapt and adjust their behavior toward others

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Shyness

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A behavioral tendency to not talk or interact with others

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Communication apprehension

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Fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with other people

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Willingness to communicate

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A behavioral trait that describes a person's comfortableness with and likelihood of initiating communication with other people

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Self worth

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Your evaluation of your worth or value based on your perception of such things as your skills, abilities, talents, and appearance

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Self-efficacy

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A person's belief in his or her ability to perform a specific task in a particular situation

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Social comparison

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Process of comparing yourself to others who are similar to you to measure your worth and value

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Life position

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Feelings of regard for self and others as reflected in one's sense of worth and self esteem

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Face

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A person's positive perception of himself or herself in interactions with others

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Face work

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Using communication to maintain your own positive self perception or to support, reinforce, or challenge someone else's self perception

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Positive face

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An image of yourself that will be perceived as positive by others

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Preventive face work

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Efforts to maintain and enhance one's positive self-perceptions

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Corrective facework

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Efforts to correct what one person one perceives as the negative perception of oneself on the part of others

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Face threatening acts

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Communication that undermines or challenges someone's positive face

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Politeness theory

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Theory that people have positive perceptions of others who treat them politely and respectfully

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Intrapersonal communication

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Communication within yourself-self talk

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Visualization

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Technique of imagining that you are performing a particular task in a certain way- positive visualization can enhance self-esteem

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Reframing

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Process of redefining events and experiences from a different point of view

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Social support

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Expression of empathy and concern for others that is communicated while listening to them and offering positive and encouraging words

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Talk therapy

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Technique in which a person describes his or her problems and concerns to a skilled listener in order to better understand the emotions and issues that are creating the problem

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Symbolic interaction theory

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Theory that people make sense of the world based on their interpretation of words or symbols used by others

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Self fulfilling prophecy

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Prediction about future actions that is likely to come true because the person believes that it will come true

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Need for inclusion

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Interpersonal need to be included and to include others in social activities

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Need for control

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Interpersonal need for some degree of influence in our relationships as well as the need to be controlled

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Need for affection

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Interpersonal need to give and receive love, support, warmth, and intimacy

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Self disclosure

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Purposely providing information about yourself to others that they would not learn if you did not tell them

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Self awareness

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A person's conscious understanding of who he or she is

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Johari-window model

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Model of self disclosure that summarizes how self-awareness is influenced by self disclosure and information about yourself from others

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Communication social style

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And identifiable way of habitually communicating with others

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Assertiveness

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Tendency to make requests as for information and generally pursue one's own rights and best interest

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Responsiveness

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Tendency to be sensitive to the needs of others including being sympathetic to others feelings and place in the feelings of others above one's own feelings