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Professional Communication Skills Vocab

Subject : soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Taking another person's work in full and representing it as your one while making little or nor change to the material






2. Statistical data about an audience






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






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






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






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






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






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






17. The general predisposition to avoid situations that require communication






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






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






20. Considering the benefits or consequences of an action for oneself first - and for others second






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






22. Audience members' likes and dislikes






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






24. Shyness or communication apprehension






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






26. The affective aspect of a message






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






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






29. To say something in return: make an answer; to react in response






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






31. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction






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






33. The broad value tendencies of a culture in emphasizing the importance of the 'we' identify over the 'I' identify - group rights over individual rights - and in-group needs over individuals wants and desires






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






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






36. The result of an act of encoding






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






38. An initial assembly of your team to familiarize all members with the goals - expectations - and particulars of the project and each other






39. 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






40. The capabilities of the technology used to communicate online






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






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






43. Our public selves that make up who we want to be seen as






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






45. The way in which people segment a sequence of words or behaviors






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






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






49. Therapeutic technique that helps alleviate people's fear through directed conversation






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