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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. Audience members' likes and dislikes






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






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






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






5. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages






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






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






9. Communication that is not occurring in real-time






10. Statistical data about an audience






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






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






13. The affective aspect of a message






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






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






16. The recipient of a message






17. 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






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






19. If in an argument with a friend you may say something you regret but can't take it back






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






21. Reward for engaging in some activity. Example: when an audience applauds you during a presentation






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






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






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






25. The general predisposition to avoid situations that require communication






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






27. 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






28. To explain or tell the meaning of; to conceive in the light of individual belief - judgment - or circumstance






29. Lack of reward for engaging in a particular activity. In this case - specifically - children seldom encouraged to - or actively discouraged from - practicing communication skills






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






31. Originator of a message






32. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






33. Understanding that your personal opinions and preferences are only temporary - and you might change your mind if you heard a better idea






34. The minimum number of people needed to achieve the desired results






35. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction






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






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






38. Submitting the same work for more than one class






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






40. Falsely representing any material obtained from another source as your own work






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Process of communicating and interpreting communication—the official communication terms for these processes






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






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