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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 minimum number of people needed to achieve the desired results






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






3. This type of leader emphasizes accomplishing goals and managing time above all else






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






5. Communication that is not occurring in real time






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. To pay attention to sound. To hear something with thoughtful attention: give consideration






14. Proactively and systematically gathering and reviewing information about those whom you will be presenting your message in an effort to increase presentation effectiveness






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Being adaptive - creative - and experimental in your communication style






23. A tension between two opposing but valuable preferences






24. Modifying or changing the structure - design and/or delivery of your speech to your listeners to enhance message clarity - as well as making your examples and illustrations specifically applicable to your audience to help achieve and maintain audienc






25. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






26. The affective aspect of a message






27. A creative method in which each person comes up with ideas on their own before sharing with the rest of the group






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






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






30. Having more information - stimulating creativity - a system of checks - better decision-making process - division of labor - motivation






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






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






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






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

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






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






37. Originator of a message






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. What audience members hold to be true or false






47. Submitting the same work for more than one class






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






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






50. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages