Interpersonal Communication
Essential Vocabulary
Barrier (noun) – a limit or boundary of any kind
Communicate (verb) – to give or interchange thoughts, feelings, information, by writing, speaking, etc.
Cutaneous (adj.) – pertaining to, or affecting the skin
Emotion (noun) – any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.
Feedback (noun) – knowledge of the results of any behaviour
Message (noun) – communication containing some information, advice, request, or the like
Noise (noun) – a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds
Receiver (noun) – one who receives
Sender (noun) – one who sends
Stereotype (noun) – a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group
Tactile (adj.) – pertaining to, or affecting the sense of touch
All definitions are from Webster’s New World Dictionary, 5th ed., 2016.