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Interpersonal 1&9
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Success | Lifetime fulfillment that comes from creating a sense of meaning in your work and personal life. |
| Self-direction | The ability to set a well-defined goal and work toward it. |
| Role Model | A person who has the qualities you would like to have. |
| Happiness | A state of well-being that comes from having a positive evaluation of your life. |
| Psychology | The scientific study of human behavior. |
| Behavior | Anything that people think, feel or do. |
| Nervous System | A system of nerve cells that regulates behavior by transmitting messages back and forth between the brain and the other parts of the body. |
| Conscious mind | The part of the brain that controls the mental processes of which we are aware. |
| Subconscious mind | The part of the brain that controls the mental processes of which we are not actively aware. |
| Cognition | Mental processing of informtion in any form. Cognition = Thoughts |
| Emotion | A subjective feeling that is accompanied by physical and behavioral changes. Emotion = Feeling. |
| Self | Your sense of being a unique, conscious being. |
| Self-image | All the beliefs you have about yourself. |
| Social Role | A set of norms tht define how you are supposed to behave in a given social position or setting. |
| Self-presentation | Altering your behavior to make a good impression on others. |
| Identity | How you choose to define yourself to the world. |
| Individual identity | The physical and psychological characteristics that distinguish you. |
| Relational Identity | How you identify yourself in relation to important others. |
| Collective Identity | The sum of the social roles you play and the social groups to which you belong. |
| Culture | The behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large social group and transmitted form one generation to the next. |
| Gender Role | A set of norms that define how males and females are supposed to behave. |
| Gender Bias | When one is treated differently or unfairly due to one' gender. |
| Communication | The process of giving or exchanging messages. |
| Interpersonal communication | One-on-one, usually face-to-face communication. |
| Channel | The medium in wich a message is delivered. |
| Context | The time and place of communication. |
| Nonverbal Communication | The process of giving or exchanging messages without words. |
| Body Language | Facial expressions, posture, and gestures. |
| Active Listening | Listening with understanding and paying close attention to what is being said. |
| Attending | Being focused, alert, and open to receiving information. |
| Paraphrasing | Restating the factual content of the message. |
| Reflecting | Restating the emotional content of the message. |
| Relationship | A meaningful connection with another human being. |
| Group | A set of people (usually three or more) who influence each other. |
| Conformity | A change in behavior caused by a desire to follow the norms of a group. |
| Diversity | Variety (opposite of conformity) |
| Sterotype | A set of oversimplified (beliefs) about the attributes of a group and it members. |
| Prejudice | A negative (feeling) or attitude toward a group that results from oversimplified beliefs about that group. |
| Discrimination | The act of treating a jperson or group differently based on a characteristic. |
| Empathy | A wareness of and sensitiviy to the feelings, thoughts, and experience of others. |
| Interpersonal relationship | A relationship between two people. |
| Intimacy | A sense of closeness, caring, and acceptance tht comes from sharing your true inner self. |
| Self-disclosure | Communicating your real thought, desires, and feelings. |
| Conflict | Disagreement tht occurs when individuals or groups clash over needs, values, emotions, or power. |
| Ingredients of Sucess | Self ADDEM Self (Awareness, Direction, Discipline, Esteem, Motivation)Positive Thinking and Relationships. |
| Elements of Communication | Sender, Receiver, Messae, Feedback, Channel, Context. |
| Barriers of Communication | Physical, Emotional, Languare, Culture, Receiver (Misunderstanding) Feedback (Emotions) |
| Function of Nonverbal Communication | Manage Converstation, Provide Feedback, Clarifying Messages. |
| Personal Distance (Intimate) | skin touch (12 inches) |
| Personal Distance (Personal) | 18 inches to 4 feet. |
| Personal Distance (Social) | 4 to 12 feet |
| Personal Distance (Public) | more than 12 feet |
| EAR | Encouraging, Attending, Responding |
| Conformity (Good)Why? | Keep the peace, forces people to obey the rules, leads to getting things done. |
| Conformity (Bad)Why? | You comprise your values and ethics. It leads to Groupthink. |
| Norms | What is accepted/not accepted in the group. |
| Requirements for a healthy self image that can make you more successful. | To be Positive and Realistic. |
| Forms of Nonverbal Communication | Voice, Body Language, Personal Distance |
| Four main goals of Psychology | Describe,Predict, Explain, Change human Behavior. |
| Collectivism | People value group goals over individual goals and group identity over personal attributes. |
| Individualism | (United States) Value individual goals over group goals. |
| Avoiding Group Think | Group members and leaders need to value diversity and encourage differant opinions. |
| What are Sterotype and Prejudice based on? | _______ are ususally based on fear and misunderstanding. |
| Sender | Person who translate a though or feeling into a message and then sends it to another person. |
| Message | Sender's expression or thought or feeling (Verbal or Non-Verbal) |
| Feedback | Receiver's response to a message. |
| Receiver | Person who take in or receives senders message. |
| Group Think | ______is more concerned with socializing and everyone getting along than getting the task done. |
| Three ways to overcome Prejudices & Sterotypes | 1) Realization 2)Education 3) Empathy |
| Arms crossed on chest | Defensiveness |
| Standing with hands on hips. | Readiness, aggression. |
| Looking down, face turned away. | Disbelief. |
| Biting nails. | Insecurity, nervousness. |
| Japan | Sending a New years postcard to someone who suffered a death in the family during the past years. |
| China, Taiwan | Give a clock is bad, counting seconds to the receipients death. |
| China, Taiwan | Giving someone a fan or an umbrella as a gift is frequently unfreindly. |
| China, Taiwan | Sharing a pear with your loved ones is unlucky! |