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






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






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






4. Theory of the perfect team size according to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos






5. Communication that is not occurring in real time






6. Having multiple types of connections with another person in your group






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






8. 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






9. The normal anxiety people experience when they find themselves in a stressful situation






10. 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






11. This refers to a tendency for group members to seek social harmony so much that it negatively impacts their decision-making abilities






12. Failure to exercise sufficient care to protect others from the foreseeable risk of harm caused by one's actions






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






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






15. To grasp the meaning of; to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty






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






17. The anxiety you feel about communicating in most situations. Often called 'trait-like anxiety.'






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






19. The result of an act of encoding






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






21. A type of book that does not consist of one comprehensive study but instead a number of studies written by various authors






22. The capabilities of the technology used to communicate online






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






24. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction






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






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






27. Recasting your interpretation of an event from a different perspective






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






29. Feeling that you are an unwelcome focus of attention






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






31. The symbolic exchange process whereby individuals form two or more different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in an interactive situation






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






33. Being consciously aware of - and paying attention to our communication behavior






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






35. Many digital communication technologies - particularly text-based technologies - lack much of the information we have face-to-face interactions






36. From the Greek word for 'the word;' it is translated as logic






37. What audience members hold to be true or false






38. A type of therapy that helps alleviate people's fears through directed conversation






39. A therapeutic technique the help anxious people reduce their fears by associating communication with relaxation






40. Refers to audience members' general likes and dislikes in relation to particular subjects






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






42. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action should be determined by evaluating its consequences






43. Originator of a message






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






45. The perspective that the best way to determine the ethical course of action is to consider the relationship between the actions of others and one's own choices of actions






46. A type of newspaper article - written either by editors of the newspapers or approved guest writers - that expresses an opinion rather than delivering neutral reports on the news






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






48. A decision-making method that pursues agreement among most team members while thoughtfully resolving and/or alleviating objections along the way






49. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages






50. Audience members' likes and dislikes