Chapter 13 - Communication Flashcards
Sexual communication
The process by which intimate partners share their sexual likes and dislikes with each other and negotiate sexuality in the relationship.
Couples’ communication
An ongoing exchange between two partners that unfolds overtime and consists of verbal, behavioral, and affectional exchanges.
Criticism
A negative communication behaviour that entails attacking a partner’s character or personality rather than focussing specifically on the behaviour that is upsetting.
Contempt
A negative communication behaviour that entails putting down and or expressing disrespect toward one’s partner.
Defensiveness
A negative communication behaviour in which someone protects himself or herself from a perceived verbal assault by denying responsibility, making excuses, or counter-complaining.
Stonewalling
A negative communication behaviour that entails refusing to respond and resisting influence by not engaging in the discussion at hand.
Non-verbal communication
All communication behaviours that are not words, including but not limited to body posture, voice qualities, facial expressions, and gestures.
Negative reciprocity
A communication pattern in which each partner tends to respond to the other with negative comments or behaviors, thereby escalating the conflict.
Demand-withdraw
Communication pattern in which one partner puts pressure on the other (e.g. by nagging or criticizing) and the other partner does not engage or is defensive.
Blind coders
Coders who are not familiar with the specific hypothesis of the study.
Interrater reliability
Extent to which two independent observers obtain the same results when using the same coding system.
Orgasmic disorder
Significant difficulty or inability to experience orgasm.
Socially desirable responding
The tendency to modify one’s responses to the questionnaire or interview in order to make oneself appear in a favourable light.
Impression management
A form of socially desirable responding in which someone deliberately responds in a way that makes him or her look good to others.
Self-deceptive enhancement
A form of socially desirable responding in which someone inadvertently responds in a way that makes him or her look good to others, because he or she truly perceives himself or herself more positively than is accurate.
