Interpersonal Communication
Vocabulary Terms
Communicative competence- The ability to communicate in a personally effective and socially appropriate manner.
Message competence- The ability to make message choices that others can comprehend as well as to respond to the message choice of others.
Intrapersonal comm.- Communication that a person has with him or herself. This is often regarded as "self communication"
Interpersonal comm.- Communication between two people, generally on face-to face interaction.
Relational competence- The ability to process and create messages that convey the type of relationship assumed or desired by a communicator at a given moment.
Self-esteem- A sense of one's own dignity or worth.
Dialectic approach- Dialogues between opposing "voices", each expressing a different and contradictory impulse.
Relationshipping- The process of building healthy relationships.
Interdependence- A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities.
Self-fulfilling prophecy- Involves both perception and behavior.
Role- The characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual Role rigidity- This occurs when a role takes over ones identity.
Social comparison theory- Is the idea that individuals learn about and assess themselves by comparison with other people.
Self-perception theory- Maintains that one way we learn about who we are is through self-observation.
Self-concept- Developing a sense of individuality and a personal communication style.
Liking- Feelings which are expressed through non-verbal communication.
Accenting- Refers to nonverbals that underline or focus attention on a specific word or phrase.
Repeating- A nonverbal message to help the receiver process the total message.
Substituting- Occurs when we avoid a verbal response altogether and use a non-verbal response in its place.
Contradicting- Occurs when nonverbal messages are contrary to verbal messages.
Regulating- Occurs when nonverbal codes regulate the flow of talk.
Proxemics-
Communicative competence- The ability to communicate in a personally effective and socially appropriate manner.
Message competence- The ability to make message choices that others can comprehend as well as to respond to the message choice of others.
Intrapersonal comm.- Communication that a person has with him or herself. This is often regarded as "self communication"
Interpersonal comm.- Communication between two people, generally on face-to face interaction.
Relational competence- The ability to process and create messages that convey the type of relationship assumed or desired by a communicator at a given moment.
Self-esteem- A sense of one's own dignity or worth.
Dialectic approach- Dialogues between opposing "voices", each expressing a different and contradictory impulse.
Relationshipping- The process of building healthy relationships.
Interdependence- A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities.
Self-fulfilling prophecy- Involves both perception and behavior.
Role- The characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual Role rigidity- This occurs when a role takes over ones identity.
Social comparison theory- Is the idea that individuals learn about and assess themselves by comparison with other people.
Self-perception theory- Maintains that one way we learn about who we are is through self-observation.
Self-concept- Developing a sense of individuality and a personal communication style.
Liking- Feelings which are expressed through non-verbal communication.
Accenting- Refers to nonverbals that underline or focus attention on a specific word or phrase.
Repeating- A nonverbal message to help the receiver process the total message.
Substituting- Occurs when we avoid a verbal response altogether and use a non-verbal response in its place.
Contradicting- Occurs when nonverbal messages are contrary to verbal messages.
Regulating- Occurs when nonverbal codes regulate the flow of talk.
Proxemics-