COMM 434 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Eye Contact, Dominate

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 434
• Professor: George Mason University

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Each party consists of unique and complex individuals. Although each party consists of unique individuals, both must act together if the interview is to be successful. The parties are connected interpersonally because each has a stake in the outcome of the interview. Similarity: shared cultural norms and values, education, experiences, personality traits, beliefs, and expectations. Inclusion: shared motivation to take part actively as speakers and listeners, questioners, and respondents. Affection: shared like and respect for one another and a marked degree of warmth and friendship. Control: shared participation in a continuous process, and shared responsibility for success or failure. Trust: shared trust that the other party is honest, sincere, reliable, truthful, fair, even- tempered, and of high ethical standards. Both parties speak and listen from time to time, are likely to ask and answer questions, and take on the roles of interviewer and interviewee.