Comm 100 Chapters 9-12

Front 1

Anxious/ Ambivalent Attachment Style

Back 1

Inconsistent treatment from the caregiver.

Front 2

Attachment Style

Back 2

Patterns of care giving that teach us how to view ourselves and personal relationships.

Front 3

Direct Definition

Back 3

Communication that explicitly tells us who we are by labeling us and our behaviors.

Front 4

Dismissive attachment style

Back 4

Promoted by caregivers who are uninterested in, rejecting of, or abusive toward children.

Front 5

Downer

Back 5

People who communicate negatively about us and our worth. Call attention to our flaws, emphasize our problems, and put down our dreams and goals.

Front 6

Fearful attachment style

Back 6

Cultivated when the primary caregiver communicates in negative, rejecting,or even abusive ways to a child.

Front 7

Generalized other

Back 7

Perspective of society as a whole.

Front 8

Life Script

Back 8

Rules for living and identity. They define our roles, how we play them, and the basic elements of what our families see as the right plot for our lives.

Front 9

Particular others

Back 9

Especially significant people to us and they help shape how we see ourselves. Mothers, fathers, siblings, peers, etc...

Front 10

Reflected Appraisal

Back 10

The process of seeing ourselves through the eyes of others.

Front 11

Secure attachment style

Back 11

When a child's primary caregiver responds in a consistently attentive and loving way to a child.

Front 12

Self

Back 12

An ever-changing system of perspectives that is formed and sustained in communication with other and ourselves.

Front 13

Self-Disclosure

Back 13

The revelation of personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to learn on their own.

Front 14

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Back 14

Expectations or judgments of ourselves that we bring about through our own actions.

Front 15

Self-Sabotage

Back 15

Telling ourselves we are no good, we can't do something, there's no point in trying to change, and so forth.

Front 16

Social comparison

Back 16

Rating of ourselves relative to others with respect to our talents, abilities, qualities, and so forth.

Front 17

Uncertainty reduction theory

Back 17

Asserts that people find uncertainty uncomfortable and so are motivated to use communication to reduce uncertainty.

Front 18

Upper

Back 18

People who communicate positively about us and who reflect positive appraisals of our self-worth.

Front 19

Vulture

Back 19

Extreme downers. They attack our self-concepts.

Front 20

Agape

Back 20

A selfless kind of love in which a beloved's happiness is more important than one's own. These type of lovers are generous, unselfish, and devoted.

Front 21

Autonomy/connection

Back 21

Dialectic involves the desires to be separate, on the one hand, and to be connected, on the other.

Front 22

Commitment

Back 22

The decision to remain with a relationship.

Front 23

Equity Theory

Back 23

People are happier and more satisfied with equitable relationships than with inequitable ones.

Front 24

Eros

Back 24

A style of loving that is passionate, intense, and fast moving.

Front 25

Investment

Back 25

What we put into a relationship that we could not retrieve if the relationship were to end.

Front 26

Ludus

Back 26

A playful, sometimes manipulative style of loving. For these types of lovers, love is a challenge, a puzzle, a game to be relished but it will not lead to commitment.

Front 27

Mania

Back 27

An unsettling style of loving marked by emotional extremes. These lovers are often insecure about their value and their partners' commitment.

Front 28

Matching Hypothesis

Back 28

Predicts that people will seek relationships with others who closely match their own values, attitudes, social background, and physical attractiveness.

Front 29

Neutralization

Back 29

Negotiates a balance between the opposing dialectical forces.

Front 30

Novelty/Predictability

Back 30

The opposition of the desire for familiar routines and the desire for novelty.

Front 31

Openness/Closedness

Back 31

Involves the desire for openness in tension with the desire for privacy.

Front 32

Passion

Back 32

An intense feeling based on the rewards of involvement with another person.

Front 33

Personal relationship

Back 33

A voluntary commitment between irreplaceable individuals who are influenced by rules, relationship dialectics, and surrounding contexts.

Front 34

Pragma

Back 34

A pragmatic and goal-oriented style of loving. These lovers rely on reason and practical considerations when initially selecting people to love.

Front 35

Psychological responsibility

Back 35

Involves remembering, planning, and coordinating domestic activities.

Front 36

Reframing

Back 36

A complex strategy that redefines apparently contradictory needs as not really in opposition.

Front 37

Relationship Culture

Back 37

The private world of rules, understandings, meanings, and patterns of interacting that partners create.

Front 38

Relationship dialectics

Back 38

These are opposing and continuous tensions that are normal in all close relationships.

Front 39

Rules

Back 39

Guide how partners communicate and interpret each other's communication.

Front 40

Segmentation

Back 40

Partners assign each pole to certain spheres, issues, activities, or times. Example: Friends may be open about many topics but respect each others privacy when it comes to sensitive matters.

Front 41

Separation

Back 41

Addresses one need in a dialectic and ignores the other. Example: Compromise...Giving some to get some.

Front 42

Social Relationship

Back 42

One in which participants interact according to general social roles rather than unique individual identities.

Front 43

Storge

Back 43

A comfortable, "best friends" kind of love that grows gradually to create a stable, even-keeled companionship.

Front 44

Turning point

Back 44

Moves a relationship toward or away from intimacy.

Front 45

Brainstorming

Back 45

To come up with as many ideas as possible.

Front 46

Climate Communication

Back 46

Focuses on creating and maintaining a constructive climate that encourages members to contribute and evaluate ideas critically.

Front 47

Cohesion

Back 47

The degree of closeness among members and the sense of group spirit.

Front 48

Constructive Conflict

Back 48

Occurs when members understand that disagreements are natural and can help them achieve their shared goals.

Front 49

Disruptive Conflict

Back 49

Marked by egocentric communication that is competitive as members vie with each other to wield influence and get their way.

Front 50

Egocentric communication

Back 50

A.K.A. Dysfunctional communication, blocks other, sabotages a healthy climate, or is self-absorbed.

Front 51

Group

Back 51

Three or more people who interact over time, depend on one another, and follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal.

Front 52

Groupthink

Back 52

Which members cease to think critically and independently. All members thinking the exact same way to achieve a higher level of accomplishment when it comes to tasks. i.e. the military.

Front 53

Leadership

Back 53

The process of establishing and maintaining a good working climate, organizing group processes, and ensuring that discussion is substantive.

Front 54

Norm

Back 54

Guidelines that regulate how members act as well as how they interact with each other.

Front 55

Power

Back 55

The ability to influence others.

Front 56

Power over

Back 56

The ability to help or harm other.

Front 57

Power to

Back 57

The ability to empower others to reach their goals.

Front 58

Procedural Communication

Back 58

Helps a group get organized and stay on track.

Front 59

Quality improvement team

Back 59

Three or more people who have distinct skills or knowledge and who work together to improve quality in an organization.

Front 60

Social loafing

Back 60

When members of a group exert less effort than they would if they worked alone.

Front 61

Synergy

Back 61

A special kind of collaborative vitality that enhances the efforts, talents, and strengths of individual members.

Front 62

Task Communication

Back 62

Provides ideas and information, clarifies members' understanding, and critically evaluates ideas.

Front 63

Team

Back 63

A special kind of group characterized by different, complementary resources of members and by a strong sense of collective identity.

Front 64

Social Climbing

Back 64

The attempt to increase personal status in a group by winning the approval of high-status members.

Front 65

Communication network

Back 65

Which are formal and informal links between members of organizations.

Front 66

Organizational culture

Back 66

Which consists of ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and that reflect an organization's identity.

Front 67

Policy

Back 67

Formal statements of practices that reflect and uphold the overall culture of an organization.

Front 68

Rite

Back 68

Dramatic, planned sets of activities that bring together aspects of cultural ideology in a single event.

Front 69

Ritual

Back 69

Forms of communication that occur regularly.

Front 70

Role

Back 70

Responsibilities and behaviors expected of people because of their specific positions in an organization.

Front 71

Structure

Back 71

Organize relationships and interactions between members of an organization.

Front 72

Workplace Bullying

Back 72

Recurring hostile behaviors used by people with greater power against people with lesser power.