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Chapter 8
CMST Vocabulary
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
10/27/2011

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self-disclosure
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evaluative and descriptive information about the self, shared intentionally, that another would have trouble finding out without being told
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public information
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personal facts, usually socially approved characteristics, we make part of our public image
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private information
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assessments, both good and bad, that we make about ourselves, including our personal values and our interests, fears, and concerns
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history
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information that may sound personal to another person but that is relatively easy for us to tell
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story
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information we feel we are taking a risk telling another
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topical intimacy
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the level of intimacy inherent in a topic
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androgynous
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having both masculine and feminine traits
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reciprocity
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the tendency to respond in kind to another's self-disclosure
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dyadic effect
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the tendency for us to return another's self-disclosure with one that matches it in level of intimacy
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cyclic alternation
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a strategy for dealing with dialectic tensions in a relationship that allows us to choose opposite poles of the dialectic at different times
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segmentation
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a strategy for dealing with dialectic tensions ina relationship that allows us to isolate separate arenas, such as work and home, for using each pole in the opposition
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selection
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a strategy for dealing with dialectic tensions in a relationship that allows us to choose one of the opposite poles of a dialectic and ignore our need for the other
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integration
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a strategy for dealing with dialectic tensions in a relationship that allows us to synthesize the opposites. can take three forms: neutralizing, disqualifying, and reframing
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neutralizing
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a strategy for coping with dialectic tensions in a relationship that allows us to strike a compromise between the two opposing poles of a dialectic
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disqualifying
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a strategy for coping with dialectic tensions in a relationship by exempting certain topics from discussion
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taboo topics
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issues that are out of bounds for discussion
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social penetration model
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a model of self-disclosure and relational development that illustrates how sharing increasingly more personal information intensifies a relationship's intimacy level
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breadth
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a dimension of self-disclosure that indicates the number of topics discussed within a relationship
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depth
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a dimension of self-disclosure indicating how much detail we provide about a specific topic
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Johari Window
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a model used to understand the process of self-disclosure consisting of a square with four panels that provides a pictorial representation of how "known" we are to ourselves and others
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open self
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in the Johari Window, the pane that includes all the information about us that we know and that we have shared with others through disclosures
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hidden self
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in the Johari Window, the pane that includes the information about ourselves we are aware of but that we have chosen not to disclose
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blind self
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in the Johari Window, the pane that includes information others know about us that we are unaware of
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unknown self
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in the Johari Window, the pane that includes the information that neither we nor others are aware of about ourselves
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catharsis
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a therapeutic release of tensions and negative emotion as a result of self-disclosing
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