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Professional Communication Skills Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Submitting the same work for more than one class






2. Characteristics of the audience a speaker might want to know before a speech - such as - ethnicity - ages - education level - sex - socio-economic status






3. A culture in which the emphasis in on how intention or meaning can best be conveyed through the context and nonverbal channels






4. Motivating team members by connecting them to a greater ideal






5. This type of communication apprehension occurs only in particular - and typically stressful - contexts






6. The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interpretation as real






7. Just because you are not talking does not mean you are not sending a message. Name the basic proposition of communication that explains this concept






8. What are the two levels/types of meaning every message transmits?






9. A situation in which person or organization has multiple has multiple interest at stake in a decision - and motivations form one of those interests may corrupt decisions made about another






10. The perspective that ethical action can be discovered by examining the act itself and identifying and acting upon one's obligations and duties






11. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action is determined by the intentions and virtue of the actor






12. Failing to properly attribute to a specific piece of information to its source - including faulty paraphrasing






13. Ideas - feelings - information - and the like presented to an audience through a variety of methods as selected by the presenter - and preferably developed at all times with the audience in mind






14. When employers use internet searches and social networking sites to find out information or screen potential hires






15. The process whereby one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another through verbal and/or nonverbal means






16. The receiver's act of attaching meaning to a message sent by a source






17. A tension between two opposing but valuable preferences






18. Being adaptive - creative - and experimental in your communication style






19. Taking another person's work in full and representing it as your one while making little or nor change to the material






20. A therapeutic technique that helps anxious people reduce their fears by visualizing positive outcomes of future experiences






21. Having more information - stimulating creativity - a system of checks - better decision-making process - division of labor - motivation






22. Communication is a process - the stimulation of meaning - and both verbal and nonverbal






23. Location - cultural differences - gender styles






24. The extent to which the message after transmission is similar to the message originally transmitted






25. This type of leader emphasizes accomplishing goals and managing time above all else






26. A therapeutic technique that helps people who are anxious reduce their fears by changing unrealistic beliefs to more realistic ones






27. The capabilities of the technology used to communicate online






28. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling attitudinal information relative to values - beliefs - and ideology of your audience






29. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






30. A culture in which meaning is expressed through explicit verbal messages






31. This refers to a tendency for team members to sit back and allow other members to shoulder a disproportional amount of work






32. Cultures that work together to achieve a democratic and egalitarian decision-making process and power structure






33. The medium through which a message passes on its way from source to receiver






34. One feature of many online communication technologies - particularly text-based. Communication and messages are logged or achieved in one or more places and can be accessed later






35. The changes in culture - the industrialization of work - the shift from villages to towns and cities - the rise of individualism - decline of community - and the technological advances that account for our present social situation






36. To determine or fix the value of; to determine the significance - worth - or condition of - usually by careful appraisal and study






37. Describes the physical process of sound waves bouncing off of an eardrum






38. Listening that is peculiar to a certain individual; the listening skills are modified or affected by personal views - experience - or background - i.e. - a subjective account of the incident






39. A response that shows you care about the person and value what they have to say






40. The general predisposition to avoid situations that require communication






41. Two or more people working together to produce a result they could not have produced on their own






42. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction






43. Areas of the citations- like author - title - journal title - abstract or full text- that are found in various journals






44. The process of stating verbatim - in a presentation - information derived from an author other than oneself






45. The anxiety a person experiences when speaking in public






46. In postmodern ethics - the obligation to respond to the actions of others






47. Cultures like the US - Canada - and Western Europe who value individual identity - individual rights over group rights - and individual needs over group needs






48. Cultures that view conflict as a threat and to be avoided






49. A statement used in your presentation that demonstrates why the source you are referring to is credible






50. The source's act of transforming an idea into a message to transmit to a receiver