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Ch5 Vocab Med Assnt
Chapter 5 Interpersonal Skills and Human Behavior
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adage | A saying, often in metaphoric form, that embodies a common observation. |
| Aggressive | Forceful or intended to dominate; hostile, injurious, or destructive, especially when referring to a behavior caused by frustration. |
| Ambiguous | Capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways; unclear. |
| Animate | To fill with life; to give spirit and support to expression. |
| Battery | An offensive touching or use of force on a person without his or her consent. |
| Caustic | Marked by sarcasm. |
| Channels | Means of communication or expression; courses or directions of thought. |
| Comfort Zone | A place in the mind where an individual feels safe an confident. |
| Congruent | Being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence; conforming to the circumstances or requirements of a situation. |
| Decodes | Converts, as in a message, into intelligible form; recognizes and interprets. |
| Defense Mechanisms | Psychological methods of dealing with stressful situations that are encountered in day-to-day living. |
| Encodes | Converts from one system of communication to another; converts a message into code. |
| Encroachments | Actions that advance beyond the usual or proper limits. |
| Enunciate | To utter articulate sounds; the act of being very distinct in speech. |
| External Noise | Sounds or factors outside the brain that interfere with the communication process. |
| Externalization | The attribution of an event or occurance to causes outside the self. |
| Feedback | The transmission of evaluative or corrective information to the original or controlling source about an action, event, or process. |
| Grief | Reaction to an unfortunate outcome; a deep distress caused by bereavement, a loss, or a perceived loss. |
| Internal Noise | Factors inside the brain that interfere with the communication process. |
| Language Barrier | Any type of interference that inhibits the communication process and is related to languages spoken by the people attempting to communicate. |
| Litigious | Prone to engage in lawsuits |
| Malediction | Speaking evil or the calling of a curse. |
| Media | A term applied to agencies of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and telecommunication. |
| Paraphrasing | To express an idea in different wording in an effort to enhance communication and clarify meaning. |
| Perception | Capacity for comprehension; an awareness of the elements of the environment. |
| Physiologic Noise | Physiologic interferences with the communication process. |
| Pitch | Highness or lowness of a sound; the relative level, intensity, or extent of some quality or state. |
| Proxemics | The study of the nature, degree, and affect of the spatial separation individuals naturally maintain. |
| Sarcasm | A sharp and often satirical response or ironic utterance designed to cut or inflict pain. |
| Stereotype | Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern; a standardized mental picture that is held in common by many and represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment. |
| Stressors | Stimuli that cause stress. |
| Subtle | Difficult to understand or perceive; having or marked by keen insight and ability to penetrate deeply and thoroughly. |
| Thanatology | The study of the phenomena of death and of psychological methods of coping with death. |
| Vehemently | In a manner marked by forceful energy; intensely, emotionally |
| Volatile | Easily aroused; tending to erupt in violence. |
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