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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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1. The consequentialist principle that one should choose the course of action that creates the most god for the greatest number of people






2. The process where you rearticulate - in your words - what you learned from consulting the research of an original author






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






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






5. Communication that is not occurring in real-time






6. The result of an act of encoding






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Location - cultural differences - gender styles






12. Mediated communication that occurs with both participants attending message exchange in real-time






13. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






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






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






16. To mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of; to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences






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






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






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






20. The Greek word meaning 'credibility'






21. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






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






23. Fearing evaluation - feeling - feeling conspicuous - holding yourself to rigid rules - negative self-talk






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






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






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






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






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






29. A leadership style in which the leader is hands-off and allows members to make decisions on their own






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






31. 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






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






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






34. An assumed name. In the case of mediated communication - this could be an email address - screen name - or the name of a video game character






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






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






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






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






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






40. Feeling that you are an unwelcome focus of attention






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






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






43. What audience members hold to be true or false






44. The anxiety a person experiences when speaking in public






45. The recipient of a message






46. Communicators who are located in physical proximity (such as the same room)






47. One who is ever-mindful of the audience in making his/her presentation - and who adapts to the changing nature of message delivery given the human facets of audience members






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






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






50. A leadership style in which the leader makes decisions by herself