Exam 1: Interpersonal Communication: A First Look

If we agree that communication is about more than the participants involved, which characteristic of interpersonal communication would we use to explain that idea?

Interpersonal communication serves many functions in our lives; which is NOT a function it typically serves? A) Psychological B) Social C) Influence D) Location

No matter how hard we resist, we cannot ____ ___________________.

Communication is an activity that we do on our own; no one else need influence us.

If the color of a room is not appealing to you, which of the elements of communication would be affected the most?

The more personal a relationship becomes, the more ___________________ the two people become, sharing thoughts and feelings with each other.

Explain at least two models of interpersonal communication-and, in your own words, explain how you would utilize each to improve or enhance your own communication with others.

There is a direct link between how good we are at communicating, and how satisfying we ________ ________

Think about communication between your parents' friends and your own friends. How has communication changed from one generation to the next? What happens in your parents' generation that seems to rarely happen in your own generation? What differences do you see?

This kind of culture nurtures individual initiative and achievement.

Whenever you observe or give meaning to behavior, _______________ is taking place.

When we carefully craft a response designed to serve a particular purpose, we are offering what type of feedback?

Communication is not very complex; for this reason, one single cause may explain how you interpret or make sense of experience.

Sending and receiving messages involve the use of the five senses.

Although we can usually control what we say or write, it is often more difficult to control the _____________ _________ we emit.

Interpersonal communication involves understanding patterns of behavior, ___________ what others will do, and ______________ _______ for their actions as well as our own.

Effective interpersonal communicators often do not treat others as they would like to be treated, but they do not intentionally harm anyone.

To the extent that we can predict the behavior of a particular teacher or a specific romantic interest, and account for that behavior, what we term retrospective sense making, then we understand that individual more than we might understand other professors, or other dates.

"Symmetrical escalation" often occurs when both parties in a relationship believe they are equal in all situations.

Every contact changes us in some way, and every experience, no matter how hard we may try, can never be recaptured in exactly the same way. This describes which characteristic of interpersonal communication?