Chapter 7 Flashcards
Affinity
The degree to which people like or appreciate one another.
Altruistic Lies
Deception intended to be unmalicious, or even helpful, to the person to whom it is told.
Breadth
The range of topics about which an individual discloses.
Content Message
A message that communicated information about the subject being discussed.
Contextually Interpersonal Communication
Any communication that occurs between two individuals.
Control
The social need to influence others.
Depth
The level of personal information a person reveals on a particular topic.
Developmental Models
These models proposed that the nature of communication is different in various stages of interpersonal relationships.
Dialectical Model
A model claiming that, throughout their lifetime, people in virtually all interpersonal relationships must deal with equally important, simultaneous, and opposing forces such as connection and autonomy, predictability and novelty, and openness versus privacy.
Dialectical Tensions
Inherent conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously.
Equivocal Language
Language with more than one likely interpretation.
Immediacy
The degree of interest and attraction we feel towards and communicate to others.
Intimacy
A state of closeness between two people.
Johari Window
A model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure and self-awareness.
Metacommunication
Messages that refer to other messages; communication about communication.
