Applying Interpersonal Effectiveness and Core Filipino Values

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on interpersonal communication concepts, body language types, proxemic distance zones, socialization processes, and key Filipino cultural values.

Communication (Leagans, 1961)

The process by which two or more individuals share ideas, information, emotions, or experiences in ways that allow each party to understand the meaning and purpose of the message.

Communis

The Latin origin word of communication, meaning 'common,' which highlights that communication aims to create shared understanding.

Winfield (1957) Perspective on Communication

The view that communication achieves its true value when knowledge moves people to act, whether by improving daily performance or contributing to broader societal goals.

Guiding Formula for Communication

Effective communication occurs when the right message reaches the right people, at the right time, and through the right approach.

Cultural Transmission

The function of language and communication as vehicles for preserving and passing stories, traditions, customs, and rituals from one generation to the next.

Verbal Communication

The use of language to share information, encompassing both oral (spoken) and written forms of expression.

Nonverbal Communication

Conveying messages without words by using visual and physical cues such as gestures, facial expressions, posture, and other actions.

Emblems

A type of nonverbal gesture representing specific ideas or actions, such as a raised clenched fist.

Emphasizing Gestures

Gestures used to express strong affirmation, such as clenched fists during speech.

Illustrators

Gestures that visually depict dimensions or spatial qualities, such as spreading hands apart to show size.

Regulators

Gestures used to direct or control conversation flow, such as placing a finger on the lips to signal silence.

Proxemics

The use of physical space to communicate meaning, reflecting interpersonal relationships, authority, status, and personal boundaries.

Intimate Zone

A proxemic space ranging from direct physical contact to approximately 18 inches, reserved for close personal relationships.

Personal Zone

A proxemic distance of about 0.5 to 1.5 meters (1.5 to 4 feet), commonly used for interactions with friends and acquaintances.

Social Zone

A proxemic distance ranging from about 4 to 11 feet, typical in professional or formal interactions.

Public Zone

A proxemic distance of 12 to 25 feet or more, used primarily in public speaking or large group settings.

Enculturation (Socialization)

The lifelong process through which individuals experience, learn, internalize, and transmit culture, shaping identity, values, norms, roles, and status.

Norm

A rule or standard of behavior shared by members of a social group, which can be internalized or regulated through sanctions.

Values

Fundamental beliefs and guiding principles that influence human behavior, decision-making, and social interactions.

Other-Centeredness

A cultural orientation in Philippine society that emphasizes prioritizing communal welfare over individual self-interest.

Pakikipagkapwa

The Filipino cultural core value of recognizing others as fellow human beings with shared dignity, fostering empathy, respect, and solidarity.

Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

A foundational constitutional statement affirming justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace as moral aspirations of the Filipino people.

Agents of Socialization

Institutions and social groups—including family, the state, education, peer groups, and mass media—that shape an individual's beliefs and behaviors.

Family (as an Agent of Socialization)

The primary and basic unit of society that provides the earliest influence on a child's understanding of respect, empathy, cooperation, and pakikipagkapwa.

Conformity

Adherence to established social norms and values, often maintained through formal and informal social control systems like laws.

Deviance

Actions or behaviors that depart from or violate established societal norms.

Social Ostracism

Society's rejection or exclusion of individuals whose actions violate shared communal standards, functioning as a mechanism of social control.