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Interpersonal Communication
Chaper 1
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
10/09/2011

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Positive perceptions of and feelings toward another person are hard to acquire but easy to lose; negative perceptions of and feelings toward another person are easy to acquire and hard to lose.
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Crude law of relationships
Term
Sum total of your ability to interact effectively with other people.
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Interpersonal Skills
Term
Internalize the love, support, and acceptance of others so that they can apply values and principles flexibly in order to act in way that are appropiate to the current situation.
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Autonomy
Term
Ability to build and maintian cooperative interdependent relationships with other people
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Psychological health
Term
Tying the past and future to living fully in the present.
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Time competence
Term
Degree to which the consequneces of your behaviour match your intentions.
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Interpersonal Effectiveness
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A theory as to what actions are needed to achieve a desired consequence in a given situation
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Action theory
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State of dejection or grief caused by feeling alone
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Loneliness
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Drive to actualize your potiential and take joy and a sense of fulfillment from being all that you can be.
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Self-Actualization
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Perceptions that a choice can lead to gains or losses, that whether you gain or lose depends on the other persons behavior, that the loss will be greater than the gain, and that the person will likely behave so that you will gain rather than lose.
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Trust
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Facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures and posture.
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Non verbal messeges
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Individuals from different historical cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
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Diversity
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Sending a messege with the conscious intent of effecting the recievers behavior.
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Communication
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Obstacles or obstructions that prevent a person from engaging in effective behaviour
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Barriers
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A defensive emotional reaction that occurs when we are frustrated, thwarted or attacked.
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Anger
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When the actions of one person attempting to reach  his or her goals prevent, block, or interfere with the actions of another person attemtping to reach his or her goals.
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Conflict of interests
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Revealing how you are reacting to the present situation
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Self Disclosure
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Internal physiological reactions to your experiences.
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Feelings
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