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Test 2
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10/30/2003

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Assertive
Definition
a willingness to stand up for your rights but with respect for the rights of others
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Nonassertive
Definition
inability to stand up to defend yourself or assert yourself
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Aggressive
Definition
behavior that serves self interest without any consideration for others
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Connotation
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subjective defnition of word, emotional
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Denotation
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objective defnition of a word, most people agree with, dictionary like
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Accent
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Nonverbal message that emphasizes some part of the verbal message
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complement
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Nonverbal message that adds to, or supplement the verbal message
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contradict
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Nonverbal message that denies the meaning of a verbal message
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control
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Nonverbal message that regulates the flow of the verbal message
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repeat
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Nonverbal message that restates the meaning of the verbal message
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substitute
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Nonverbal message that takes the place of the verbal message
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disconfirmation
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ignores another, denies the others definition of self
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confirmation
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expresses acknowledgement & acceptance of others
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intentional orientation
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respond as if language was the reality; tendency to view people, objects, and events in terms of how they're talked about or labeled
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fact-inference confusion
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barrier to clear thinking in which inferences are treated as facts
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indiscrimination
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tendency to group unique individuals or items because they're covered by the same phrase or term
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polarization
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tendency to describe the world in terms of extremes
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kinesics
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classification of body movement: emblems, illustrators, affect displays, regulators, adaptors
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emblems
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substitute for words, rather specific verbal translations
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Illustrators
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accompany and literally illustrate verbal messages (more universal than emblems)
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affect displays
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movements of face to convey emotion
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regulators
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monitor, maintain, or control speaking of another
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adaptors
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satisfy some need (scratching head) unintentional
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