Fill in the Blank

A person who is both highly masculine and highly feminine would be described as ________.

androgynous

Within many large cultures are a host of smaller groups of people researchers refer to as _______.

co-cultures

The receiver of a message will _______ it, or interpret it.

decode

The tendency to behave in morally correct ways is a characteristic of an _______ person.

ethical

A behavior that threatens one's face need is known as a ________ ________ _____.

face-threatening act

Disclosures made in an online environment would be described as ___________ when they are more personal in nature than they would be face-to-face.

hyperpersonal

The phrase "looking out for number one" is reflective of the ________ cultural viewpoint.

individualistic

Most people believe that ________ is the number one reason that relationships are ended.

miscommunication

Singling out one or two obvious characteristics of a person and attributing everything he or she does to those characteristics is known as ________.

overattribution

Your _________ consists of ways you tend to think and act across most situations.

personality

The perception of time as holistic, fluid, and unstructured is associated with the ________ orientation toward time.

polychronic

People in high-______ ______ cultures are raised to believe that certain people or groups deserve to have more power than others.

power-distance

According to the ________, first impressions are crucial because they set the tone for future interactions.

primacy effect

The _______posits that the most recent impressions we have of someone is more powerful than our earlier impressions.

recency effect

Through ________ ________ our self-concept is influenced by how we think other people see us.

reflected appraisal

The first of the three stages of perception is the _______ stage.

selection

The subjective evaluation of one's value and worth as a person is known as one's _____-_______

self-esteem

A ________ is a set of behaviors that is expected of someone in a particular social situation.

social role

A _________ is a characteristic that discredits a person, making him or her to be seen as abnormal or undesirable

stigma

The most contemporary model of interpersonal communication is that ________ model.

transaction