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Verbal Communication
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 31 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. Express your interest and denies the rights of others - evaluates the other people - is self-oriented
agressiveness
thoughts
agressive
linguistic determinism
2. 1.Describe 2.disclose 3.identify effects 4.be silent 5.paraphrase
behaving assertive
byrassing
polarization
referents
3. A way of avoiding allness statements by separating one situation - person - or example from others
indexing
restricted code
denotative meaning
apology
4. Confusion of one word or phrase for another that sounds similar to it
malapropism
connotative meaning
world view
elaborated code
5. Expressing one's interest while denying the rights of others by blaming - judging - and evaluating other people
world picture
symbols
agressive
assertiveness
6. Brief preface to a feedback statement - intendet to communicate that you don't want your listener to take your message in an overly critical way
7. 1.The goal is to seek common ground and agreement 2.seek common understanding 3.value the truth in what others say 4. together you can find the best solution
world view
thoughts
dialogue
symbols
8. A theory that suggests societies are bound together through the common use of symbols
world picture
behaving assertive
symbolic interaction
dialogue
9. Based on the principles of linguistic determinism and inguistic relativity - the hypothesis that language shapes our thoughts and culture - and our culture and our thoughts affect the language we use to describe our world
byrassing
restricted code
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
assertive
10. Express your interest without denying the rights of others - describes what you want - is other-oriented
referents
linguistic determinism
connotative meaning
assertiveness
11. Explicit admission of an error - along with a request for forgiveness
apology
world picture
polarization
behaving assertive
12. Pronouncing judgement on something without taking changes into consideration
static evaluation
indexing
defensive communication
restricted code
13. Describing and evaluating what we observe in extremes - such as good or bad - old or new - beautiful or ugly
agressive
polarization
world picture
restricted code
14. 1.Evaluate 2.controlling 3.manipulative 4.neutrally detached 5.certian 6.superior
symbols
world view
defensive communication
linguistic determinism
15. Short statement or story that illustrates or describes an emotions; word pictures often use a smile to clarify the image
agressiveness
world picture
linguistic relativity
referents
16. Another name for restricted code - specialized terms or abbreviations the meanings of which are known only to members of a specific group
thoughts
assertiveness
jargon
extended 'I' language
17. The restrictive or literal meaning of a word (???????????????? ??? ?????????? ????????)
denotative meaning
world view
assertiveness
jargon
18. 1.Descriptive 2.problem-oriented 3.spontaneously genuine 4.empathic 5.flexible 6.equal
denotative meaning
supportive communication
referents
world picture
19. The theory that each language includes some unique features that are not found in other languages
linguistic relativity
symbols
linguistic determinism
assertive
20. The mental process og creating a category - idea - or image triggered by a referent or symbol
supportive communication
apology
thoughts
defensive communication
21. A word - sound - or visual device that represents a thought - concepts - or object
world picture
world view
malapropism
symbols
22. 1.The goal is to win 2.prove that you are right and the other person is wrong 3.search for weakness and errors in other positions 4.defend your views 5. there is only one right answer - and you have it
debate
denotative meaning
apology
symbolic interaction
23. The tendency to use language to make unqualified - often untrue generalizations
byrassing
extended 'I' language
allness
world view
24. A culturally acquired perspective for interpreting experiences
world view
linguistic determinism
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
world picture
25. Able to pursue one's own best interst without denying the rights of one's communication partner
elaborated code
assertive
apology
allness
26. A theory that describes how use of language determines or influences thoughts and perceptions
polarization
malapropism
linguistic determinism
assertive
27. Miscommunicating because of different understanding of the same words
byrassing
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
malapropism
polarization
28. The personal and subjective meaning of a word
connotative meaning
defensive communication
malapropism
assertiveness
29. The things that a simbol represents
extended 'I' language
elaborated code
restricted code
referents
30. Using many words and warious ways of describing an idea or concept to communicate its meaning
symbolic interaction
connotative meaning
elaborated code
world view
31. A vocabularity of vords that have particular meaning to a person - group or culture
allness
assertive
linguistic determinism
restricted code