Interpersonal communication ch. 3 & 4 vocab Flashcards
Approval fallacy
When people go to incredible lengths to seek acceptance from virtually everyone.
Catastrophic expectations fallacy
Fallacy that suggests that satisfaction in life is determined by forces beyond your control.
Causation fallacy
Irrational fallacy based on the belief that emotions are the result of other people and things rather than ones own self talk.
Activating event
Single large incident or series of small incidents that lead to thoughts or beliefs about the incident.
Disputing
The process of recognizing mistaken thinking and developing alternative thinking.
Helplessness fallacy
Irrational fallacy that operates on assumption that if something bad can possibly happen, it will.
Monitoring
Process of recognizing the physiological, nonverbal, and cognitive components of emotions.
Over generalization fallacy
Irrational fallacy that makes a broad claim based on a limited amount of evidence.
Perfection fallacy
Irrational fallacy in which people believe that worthwhile communicators should be able to handle every situation with complete confidence and skill.
Should’s fallacy
Irrational fallacy based o the inability to distinguish between what is and what ought to be.
Androgynous
Example of a psychological sex type that influences perception.
Empathy
The ability to re create another persons perspective.
Ethnocentrism
The belief that ones culture is superior to others.
Narrative
Story created by shared perspectives to explain events and behavior.
Punctuation
Determination of causes and effects in a series of interactions.
