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Professional Communication Skills Vocab
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1. In postmodern ethics - the obligation to respond to the actions of others
dialectic
attitudes
qualities that define communication
responsibility
2. This refers to a tendency for group members to seek social harmony so much that it negatively impacts their decision-making abilities
democratic leadership
groupthink
conspicuousness
weak uncertainty avoidance
3. Communication that is not occurring in real-time
provinsialism
asynchronous
direct quoting
synergy
4. 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
disclosure
audience adaptation
you cannot not communicate
climate
5. To bring to mind or think of again; to keep in mind for attention or consideration
consequentialism
mindful communication
reticence
remember
6. A response that shows you care about the person and value what they have to say
demographics
mindful communication
confirming response
pseudonym
7. 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
communication
labeling
utilitarianism
patchwork plagiarism
8. The general predisposition to avoid situations that require communication
conspicuousness
disclose
affordances
communication apprehension
9. Having more information - stimulating creativity - a system of checks - better decision-making process - division of labor - motivation
postmodern ethics
advantages of working in teams
transformational leadership
labeling
10. Motivating team members using a system of rewards and punishments
attitudes
asynchronous
transactional leadership
rigid rules
11. A sense of 'stuckness' when trying to write
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12. The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interpretation as real
systematic desensitization
dialectic
labeling
advantages of working in teams
13. Standards for behavior that people don't alter even when the situation warrants
contextual barriers to listening
qualifier
plagiarism
rigid rules
14. Cultures that view conflict as a threat and to be avoided
feedback
strong uncertainty avoidance
systematic desensitization
cognitive therapy
15. Fearing evaluation - feeling - feeling conspicuous - holding yourself to rigid rules - negative self-talk
asynchronous communication
factors that can increase stage fright
values
inadequate positive reinforcement
16. Taking another person's work in full and representing it as your one while making little or nor change to the material
jargon
small power distance
global plagiarism
noise
17. The affective aspect of a message
relationship
intercultural communication
you cannot not communicate
positive reinforcement
18. Location - cultural differences - gender styles
domain
task leader
contextual barriers to listening
positive reinforcement
19. A learned system of meanings which help us make sense in our everyday surroundings
laissez-faire leadership
culture
qualities that define communication
logos
20. The substantive aspect of a message
patchwork plagiarism
factors that can increase stage fright
high-context culture
content
21. A therapeutic technique the help anxious people reduce their fears by associating communication with relaxation
labeling
systematic desensitization
task leader
communication is irreversible
22. The consequentialist principle that one should choose the course of action that creates the most god for the greatest number of people
utilitarianism
transformational leadership
strong uncertainty avoidance
negligence
23. From the Greek word for 'the word;' it is translated as logic
relationship
logos
direct quoting
attitudes
24. A type of therapy that helps alleviate people's fears through directed conversation
punctuation
learned helplessness
two-pizza team
cognitive therapy
25. The symbolic exchange process whereby individuals form two or more different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in an interactive situation
climate
collectivism
intercultural communication
synchronous
26. Any condition that affects the fidelity of the message being sent (internal or external)
high-context culture
kickoff meeting
noise
small power distance
27. A decision-making method that pursues agreement among most team members while thoughtfully resolving and/or alleviating objections along the way
consensus
attitudes
psychographic profile
demographics
28. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action is determined by the intentions and virtue of the actor
weak uncertainty avoidance
virtue ethics
conspicuousness
large-power distance
29. To pay attention to sound. To hear something with thoughtful attention: give consideration
parenthetical citations
rhetorical sensitivity
writer's block
listen
30. A type of book that does not consist of one comprehensive study but instead a number of studies written by various authors
social loafing
edited books
reticence
cognitive reconstructing
31. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction
global plagiarism
shyness
direct quoting
virtue ethics
32. Lack of reward for engaging in a particular activity. In this case - specifically - children seldom encouraged to - or actively discouraged from - practicing communication skills
inadequate positive reinforcement
ethos
intercultural communication
receive
33. The extent to which the message after transmission is similar to the message originally transmitted
logos
fidelity
nominal group technique
provinsialism
34. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling attitudinal information relative to values - beliefs - and ideology of your audience
subjective listening
hearing
psychographic profile
laissez-faire leadership
35. To determine or fix the value of; to determine the significance - worth - or condition of - usually by careful appraisal and study
evaluate
encoding and decoding
receive
talkaholic
36. Communication is a process - the stimulation of meaning - and both verbal and nonverbal
groupthink
direct quoting
qualities that define communication
listen
37. This theory of audience analysis argues that audience members have a variety of needs that range from physiological needs to self-actualization needs
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38. Recasting your interpretation of an event from a different perspective
reframing
evaluate
fields
communication is irreversible
39. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience
disclose
audience-centered presenter
positive reinforcement
collectivism
40. To grasp the meaning of; to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty
intercultural communication
low-context culture
understand
labeling
41. The recipient of a message
receiver
dialectic
beliefs
utilitarianism
42. Service provider used for sending digital communication; usually associated with emails
kickoff meeting
task leader
self-interest
domain
43. Documented tasks assigned to a member for completion by a particular time
strong uncertainty avoidance
paraphrasing
action items
labeling
44. Two or more people working together to produce a result they could not have produced on their own
content and relationship
consensus
noise
synergy
45. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action should be determined by evaluating its consequences
subjective listening
consequentialism
low cues
weak uncertainty avoidance
46. Process of communicating and interpreting communication—the official communication terms for these processes
positive reinforcement
cognitive therapy
encoding and decoding
least group size
47. Theory of the perfect team size according to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos
two-pizza team
attitudes
disclosure
audience-centered presenter
48. This type of communication apprehension occurs only in particular - and typically stressful - contexts
synchronous
fidelity
situational anxiety
multiple submissions
49. The source's act of transforming an idea into a message to transmit to a receiver
writer's block
positive reinforcement
conflict of interest
encoding
50. The anxiety a person experiences when speaking in public
content and relationship
stage fright
low cues
inadequate positive reinforcement