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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. Communication that is not occurring in real time






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






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






4. A tension between two opposing but valuable preferences






5. A sense of 'stuckness' when trying to write

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






7. What an audience members judge to be right or wrong






8. 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






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






10. To bring to mind or think of again; to keep in mind for attention or consideration






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






12. Documented tasks assigned to a member for completion by a particular time






13. An audience-centered approach to communication in which other perspectives are taken into account






14. A situation that forces one to choose between two or more competing ethical principles - or between options that could compromise your ethical principles but protect one's self-interests






15. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages






16. The overall feel of the group - composed of all the group's relationships






17. Combining information from several different sources to create your work and either failing to properly cite them all or failing to add your own original contribution






18. The affective aspect of a message






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






20. Audience members' likes and dislikes






21. The general and systematic study of what ought to be the grounds and principles for right and wrong human behavior






22. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling statistical data relative to audience members' backgrounds






23. When a team meaner slacks off because he know the work will get done regardless of his effort






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






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






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






27. 'Learning' through experience that you can't change a situation






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






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






30. Submitting the same work for more than one class






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






32. Statistical data about an audience






33. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






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






35. Those upon whom the ideas - feelings - information - e.g. the message - are presented






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






37. A leadership style in which members participate in the decision-making process






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






39. Coming to group conclusion without critical thinking or evaluation of alternatives






40. The result of an act of encoding






41. 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






42. The anxiety a person experiences when speaking in public






43. Standards for behavior that people don't alter even when the situation warrants






44. The process in which you are engaging when you share personal or intimate information with an online audience






45. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






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






47. The organization style used for referencing citations in your actual presentation






48. 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






49. A person who is a compulsive communicator. He or she seemingly cannot 'shut-up'






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