Chapter 8: Foundations of Interpersonal Communication

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Interpersonal climate
Overall feeling between people that arises largely out of the ways people communicate with each other
Self-disclosure
The revelation of personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to discover on their own
Recognition
Nonverbal gestures that indicate we know of a person's existance
Acknowledgment
Nonverbal gestures that indicate we are listening
Endorsement
Involves accepting antoher's feelings or thoughts as valid
Covert conflict
Exists when partners deny or camouflage disagreement or anger and express it indirectly
Overt conflict
Exists when people express differences in a straightforward manner
Closeness in dialogue
Talking to create closeness to others
Closeness in the doing
Doing things with or for others to create closeness
Conflict
What people who depend on each other have different views, interests, or goals and percieve their differences as incompatible
Stonewalling
Relying on the exit response to conflict and refusing to discuss issues