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Interpersonal Communication (M) MT-Q Flashcards

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The overall emotional tone of the relationship—through the messages we exchange (Cissna, 2011)

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Communication Climate

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Who provided the definition of Communication Climate?

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Cissna, 2011

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Is one where partners feel valued and supported

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Positive communication climate

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We use this to convey that we care about our partner

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Confirming communication messages

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This signals a lack of regard for our partner

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Disconfirming communication messages

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What are the 4 steps on how to create confirming messages?

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  1. Respond to partner who is experiencing emotional distress
  2. Share or keep private some of our personal information
  3. Express a personal desire or expectations
  4. Resolve conflict
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Is helping others feel better about themselves, their behavior, or their situation by creating a safe space to express their thoughts and feelings

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Comforting

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What are the 5 Comforting Guidelines?

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  1. Clarify supportive intentions
  2. Buffer potential threats
  3. Use other-centered messages
  4. Reframe the situation
  5. Give advice
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Is the perception we want others to have of our worth (Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2012)

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Face

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Who provided the definition of face?

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Ting-Toomey & Chung, 2012

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Are the desires we have to be appreciated, liked, and valued

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Positive face needs

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Are the desires we have to be independent and self-sufficient

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Negative face needs

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Encourage partners to talk about and elaborate on what happened and how they feel about it

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Other-centered messages

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Offering messages that help a partner understand a situation in a different light

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Reframe the situation

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Presenting relevant suggestions for resolving a problem or situation

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Giving advice

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16
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Describes the decision-making process we go through as we choose whether or not to disclose confidential information about ourselves (self-disclosure) or about others (other-disclosure)

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Communication privacy management theory

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Revealing confidential information about yourself or others

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Disclosure

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What are the 3 Effects of Disclosure and Privacy on Relationships?

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  1. Intimacy
  2. Reciprocity
  3. Information Co-ownership
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Effects of Disclosure and Privacy on Relationships

Because disclosure is the mechanism for increasing intimacy, you might think people move in a clear-cut way toward deeper disclosure as relationships develop.

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Intimacy

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Effects of Disclosure and Privacy on Relationships

Whether your disclosure is matched by similar disclosure from your partner also can affect your relationship

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Reciprocity

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Effects of Disclosure and Privacy on Relationships

A third way disclosure and privacy can affect relationships has to do with how partners treat the private information they know about one another

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Information Co-ownership

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Effects of Disclosure and Privacy on Relationships

When we disclosure private information, the person with whom we share it becomes a co-owner of it

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Information Co-ownership

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What are the 4 Disclosure Guidelines?

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  1. Self-disclose the kind of information you want others to disclose to you
  2. Self-disclose private information when doing so represents an acceptable risk
  3. Move gradually to deeper levels of self-disclosure
  4. Continue self-disclosing only if it is reciprocated
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Naming the emotion you are feeling without judging them

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Describing feelings

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What are the 3 Guidelines for Describing Feelings?

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  1. Identify what triggered the feeling
  2. Identify the specific emotion you feel as a result
  3. Frame your response as an “I” statement
26
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Help neutralize the impact of an emotional description because they do not imply blame

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“I” statement

27
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What are the 3 guidelines for Providing Personal Feedback?

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  1. Describe the specific behavior
  2. Praise positive behavior
  3. Give constructive criticism
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Recounting specific behaviors of another without commenting on their appropriateness

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Describing behavior

29
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Describing the specific positive behaviors or accomplishments and the effect of them on others

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Praise KINK EMI PRAISE LANG

30
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Does not condemn but instead is based on empathy and sincere desire to help someone understand the impact of his/her behavior

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Constructive criticism

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Describing specific behaviors that hurt the person or that person’s relationships with others

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Constructive criticism

32
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What are the 2 Privacy Management Guidelines?

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  1. Indirect Strategies
  2. Direct Strategies
33
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Maintain privacy by changing the subject, masking your feelings, or practicing strategic ambiguity

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Indirect strategies

34
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Changing the subject, Masking your feelings, or Practicing strategic ambiguity can damage a relationship if used repeatedly, so instead we can use?

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Direct Strategy

35
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A direct approach for responding to people who expect you to disclose something you would rather keep private

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Establishing a personal boundary

36
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What are the 4 communication styles?

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  1. Passive communication style
  2. Aggressive communication style
  3. Passive-aggressive communication style
  4. Assertive communication style
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Is submitting to another’s demands while concealing one’s own desires and expectations

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Passive communication style

38
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Is attacking another person’s self-concept and/or expressing personal hostility in order to inflict psychological pain

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Aggressive communication style

39
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These messages disregard a partner’s right to be treated with dignity and respect

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Verbally aggressive messages

40
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Is expressing hostility indirectly

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Passive-aggressive communication style

41
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Expressing personal desires and expectations while respecting those of others

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Assertive communication style

42
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Uses messages that describe personal needs, rights, desires, and expectations honestly and directly in ways that also demonstrate respect and value for you, your partner, and the relationship

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Assertive communication style

43
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T or F

Assertiveness is typically valued in individualistic cultures, such as in the United States

44
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Is an expressed struggle between two interdependent people who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from the other in achieving their goals (Wimot & Hocker, 2010)

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Interpersonal conflict

45
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Both people must be aware of the disagreement

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Expressed struggle

46
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Achieving a satisfactory outcome for each person depends on the actions of the other

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Interdependent

47
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Both people believe they have something to lose if the other person gets their way

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Perceived incompatible goals

48
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Assumes there isn’t enough of something to go around

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Perceived scarce resources

49
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Is the belief that the other person is forcing us to do or not to do something

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Perceived interference

50
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Involves physically or psychologically removing yourself from the conflict

51
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Characterized as a lose-to-lose approach

52
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Is satisfying the needs or accepting the opinions of our partner while neglecting our own needs or opinions

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Accomodating

53
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Characterized as a lose-to-win approach

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Accomodating

54
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Is satisfying our own needs or desires with little or no concern for the needs or desires of our partner or the relationship

55
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Characterized as a win-to-lose approach

56
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Occurs when each partner gives up part of what they desire to satisfy part of what their partner wants

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Compromising

57
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Characterized as Partial lose-to-lose approach

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Compromising

58
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Is when people work through the problem together to discover a mutually acceptable solution

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Collaborating

59
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Styles in Managing Conflict

Characterized as a Win-to-Win approach

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Collaborating

60
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If you see this card, read the collaboration guidelines on pages 159-160

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gawin mo na plth

61
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What are the 5 Styles in Managing Conflict?

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  1. Avoiding
  2. Accommodating
  3. Competing
  4. Compromising
  5. Collaborating

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