Update 2024
interpersonal communication - Answers the process of using messages to generate meaning between at
least two people in a situation that allows mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening
interpersonal relationships - Answers associations between at least two people who are interdependent,
who use some consistent patterns of interaction, and who have interacted for an extended period of
time
inclusion, affection, control - Answers three interpersonal needs
complementary relationships - Answers relationships in which each person supplies something the other
person or persons lack
symmetrical relationships - Answers relationships in which participants mirror each other or are highly
similar
self-disclosure - Answers the process of making intentional revelations about yourself that others would
be unlikely to know and that generally constitute private, sensitive, or confidential information
role-limited interaction - Answers the beginning stage of friendship
friendly relations - Answers two people determine they have mutual interests or other common ground
moving toward friendship - Answers the third stage in adult friendship development whereby friends
begin to move cautiously toward more personal disclosures and more time spent together
nascent friendship - Answers two people think of themselves as friends and begin to establish their own
private ways of interacting
stabilized friendship - Answers the friends feel established in each other's lives
waning friendship - Answers the relationship diminishes
dialectic of integration/separation - Answers tension between wanting to be separate entities and
wanting to be integrated with another person
Dialectic of Stability/Change - Answers tension between wanting events, conversations and behavior to
be the same and desiring change
dialectic of expression/privacy - Answers tension between wanting to self-disclose and be completely
open and wanting to be private and closed
proximity - Answers the location, distance or range between persons and things
attractiveness - Answers Physical attractiveness, how desirable a person is to work with and how much
social value the person has for others.
, responsiveness - Answers do people demonstrate a positive interest in us?
similarity - Answers people who like or dislike the same things we do
complementarity - Answers we sometimes bond with people whose strengths are our weaknesses
hurtful messages - Answers create emotional pain or upset
deceptive communication - Answers the practice of deliberately making somebody believe things that
are untrue
aggressiveness - Answers when people stand up for their rights at the expense of others and care about
their own needs but no one else's
intercultural communication - Answers the interaction between people from different cultural
backgrounds
culture - Answers a unique combination of rituals, religious beliefs, ways of thinking, and ways of
behaving that unify a group of people
dominant culture - Answers culture that has the most power and influence in a society
non-dominant culture - Answers exists within a larger, dominant culture but differs from the dominant
culture in some significant characteristic.
assimilation - Answers the marginalized group attempts to fit in with the dominant group
accommodation (cultural) - Answers the marginalized group manages to keep its identity while striving
for positive relationships with the dominant culture
separation - Answers the marginalized group relates as exclusively as possible with its own group and as
little as possible with the dominant group
ethnocentrism - Answers the belief that your own group or culture is superior to all other groups or
cultures
cultural relativism - Answers the belief that another culture should be judged by its own context rather
than measured against your culture
stereotype - Answers a generalization about some group of people that oversimplifies their culture
prejudice - Answers a negative attitude toward a group of people just because they are who they are
individualistic cultures - Answers value individual freedom, choice, uniqueness, and independence
collectivist cultures - Answers value the group over the individual
uncertainty-accepting cultures - Answers tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity