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Chapter 10 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Communication | involves sharing ideas and feelings with other people both verbally and nonverbally. |
Verbal Communication | communication that involves speaking and/ or writing. |
Nonverbal Communication | communication tht includes the inflection of the voice, movements of the body, and emotions. Eye contact, facial expressions,and body gestures. |
Inner Communication | involves getting in touch with yourself-with your own feelings. |
Open Communication | being honest and letting the other person know your true thoughts and feelings. |
Informational Level | involves communicating thoughts,ideas, plans,beliefs or stories. |
Hidden Messages | messages that occur when someone says one thing, but is really implying another. |
Emotional Level | involves communicating feelings. |
Body Language | consists of body movements,facial expressions, and posture. |
Behavioral Level | this level of communication involves doing. |
Listening | requires a conscious, active effort to understand a message. |
feedback | provides a "mirror" that helps the sender decide if the message has been received. |
Conflict | occurs in a relationship when there is disagreement. |
Negotiation | working with one another to find a solution to a problem. |
Compromise | occurs when each person involved in a conflict is willing to give up something in order to resolve it. |
"I" Messages | messages that help the other person understand how you preceive the situation. |
"You" Messages | messages that tend to attack the person rather than the problem. |
Problem Ownership | often used in conflict situations. Trying to determine whose problem it is. |