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People Skills
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Study First
Subject
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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. Training of oneself; correction or regulation of oneself for improvement
self-discipline (control)
self awareness
unpleasant feelings - but with well handled conflict comes greater intimacy in a relationship
assertion
2. A group of people who work together to set goaks - make decisions - solve problems - and put ideas into action
tone - people skills - respecting others differently
interpersonal skills
professionalism
team
3. Your ability to understand and manage your own emotions and be sensitive to others emotions
professionalism
emotional intelligence EQ
unpleasant feelings - but with well handled conflict comes greater intimacy in a relationship
eye contact - handshake - proper intro - respect - include all
4. What are the different styles for handling conflict?
non-assertion - direct agression - cowards agression - indirect communication - assertion
direct comparison
1. self awareness 2. others awareness 3. awareness of others perceptions of yourself
piece of information
5. What question helps you be more aware?
Why?
non-verbal communication
eye contact - handshake - proper intro - respect - include all
self concept
6. Same words may be interpreted differently than you meant
mediation
self awareness
language is subjective
integrity
7. A ________________ can be the difference between understanding and not
defensiveness
Emotional intimacy: we share how we think/feel about things (means most) - intellectual intimacy: sharing topics that are important to us - physical intimacy
direct agression
piece of information
8. A listerner's response that tells a sender that the message is understood
feedback
address by name - state what you are doing - be friendly - introduce others - ask questions/make comments
1. Agape: sacrificial love - looking out for the other persons highest and best 2. Phileo: brotherly love 3. Eros: romantic love 4. Storge: love of a parent for a child
worry about location - timing - tone
9. What are the 3 codes used to express thoughts and feelings?
1. nonverbal: expressions - eye contact - gestures 2. language: what you say 3. paralanguage: other qual. of your voice (pitch - tempo - volume)
connotation
Complete
discrimination
10. What is the nature of conflict?
unpleasant feelings - but with well handled conflict comes greater intimacy in a relationship
7%
stop what you are doing - be friendly - address by name - state what you are doing - ask questions - include all
self concept
11. Unequal treatment based on such factors as race - religion - nationality - gender - age - or physical appearnace.
discrimination
non-assertion - direct agression - cowards agression - indirect communication - assertion
Complete
clean up
12. How is verbal communication both a bridge and a barrier?
agressive - nonassertive - assertive
direct comparison
it is the most precise tool we have to communicate - but it is also limited (misinterpretations)
ethics
13. Speak to issue w/o raising hostility (you help someone come to a conclusion)
handshake - eye contact - introduction - stopping own conversation
indirect communication
reflected appraisal and direct comparison
7%
14. Receiving criticism
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15. Being on time
age - experiences - money - culture - education - religion
self esteem
punctual
emotional intelligence EQ
16. The ability to say and do things in a way that will not offend another person
tact
internal noise
give constructive attitude - don't hurt feelings/make feel silly - offer possible solutions/good news - face to face
encoding
17. What is the healthy listening habit?
etiquette
1. pseudo listening: imitation of listening 2. stage hogging: turn what they say to you 3. selective listening: listen to parts 4. insulated listening: uncomfortable w/ subject so you change it 5. multitask listening
external noise
empathic listening: listening with a desire to understand
18. Background of communication that influences how people interpret the message
frame of reference
be quick to listen and slow to speak - listen to understand
team
piece of information
19. What are the 3 parts to the 'I Statement?'
external noise
ethics
1. other persons behavior 2. you name how it makes you feel 3. the behaviors consequence for you
1. pseudo listening: imitation of listening 2. stage hogging: turn what they say to you 3. selective listening: listen to parts 4. insulated listening: uncomfortable w/ subject so you change it 5. multitask listening
20. 4 types of love in the greek language
language is symbolic
1. Agape: sacrificial love - looking out for the other persons highest and best 2. Phileo: brotherly love 3. Eros: romantic love 4. Storge: love of a parent for a child
noise
ethics
21. Be brief and to the point
address by name - state what you are doing - be friendly - introduce others - ask questions/make comments
non-verbal communication
cowardly agression
Concise
22. Handling problems and criticism gracefully and maturely
Complete
discrimination
professionalism
talk too much about self - talk too little - interrupt others
23. Criticism expressed in a way that threatens the other person (retaliate)
tone - people skills - handshakes - eye contact - keeping everyone involved
direct agression
reflected appraisal
mediation
24. An oversimplified and distorted belief about a person or group
verbal
stereotype
mediation
channel
25. What % of communication is language?
7%
clean up
ethics
external noise
26. Your conscious read of others thoughts and feelings
1. body orientation: degree to which you face away or toward someone 2. posture: communicates formality or relaxation 3. gestures: add energy
others awareness
be quick to listen and slow to speak - listen to understand
1. other persons behavior 2. you name how it makes you feel 3. the behaviors consequence for you
27. Factors that shape our frame of reference
cross-functional team
direct agression
age - experiences - money - culture - education - religion
initiative
28. Doing what needs to be done and doing it withou tbeing told
non-verbal communication
decoding
professionalism
initiative
29. Interrupting others
Quickest way to break up a conversation
55%
self esteem
direct comparison
30. The principles of conduct that govern a group or society
conflict
defensiveness
tact
ethics
31. Say something behind back
non-assertion - direct agression - cowards agression - indirect communication - assertion
1. body orientation: degree to which you face away or toward someone 2. posture: communicates formality or relaxation 3. gestures: add energy
cowardly agression
reflected appraisal
32. Awareness of others perceptions of yourself
ability to read others perceptions of you
leadership
empathic listening: listening with a desire to understand
it is the most precise tool we have to communicate - but it is also limited (misinterpretations)
33. How conscious you are of your own motivations - thoughts - and feelings
self concept
frame of reference
self awareness
if you have to be right - you won't handle conflict well
34. Introducing a new person to a group
assertion
give constructive attitude - don't hurt feelings/make feel silly - offer possible solutions/good news - face to face
interpersonal skills
stop what you are doing - be friendly - address by name - state what you are doing - ask questions - include all
35. The intended meaning of the communication sent
message
direct comparison
external noise
team
36. How is our self concept developed?
reflected appraisal and direct comparison
reflected appraisal
1. Agape: sacrificial love - looking out for the other persons highest and best 2. Phileo: brotherly love 3. Eros: romantic love 4. Storge: love of a parent for a child
Clear
37. Putting message in sending form
encoding
noise
cowardly agression
integrity
38. To act as an intermediary; to work with opposing sides in order to resolve a conflict.
clean up
mediation
verbal
discrimination
39. Which 2 guidelines for listening would you choose to incorporate more into your listening?
Concise
be quick to listen and slow to speak - listen to understand
1. self awareness 2. others awareness 3. awareness of others perceptions of yourself
feedback
40. Steps to good professional communication
professionalism
constructive
handshake - eye contact - introduction - stopping own conversation
1. other persons behavior 2. you name how it makes you feel 3. the behaviors consequence for you
41. What nonverbal symbols are best at communicating?
piece of information
agressive - nonassertive - assertive
38%
1. body orientation: degree to which you face away or toward someone 2. posture: communicates formality or relaxation 3. gestures: add energy
42. The symbol reflects our understanding (we see a chair we know its a chair)
language is symbolic
others awareness
leadership
initiative
43. Your message expresses thoughts and feelings clearly and directly w/o making judgements
1. pseudo listening: imitation of listening 2. stage hogging: turn what they say to you 3. selective listening: listen to parts 4. insulated listening: uncomfortable w/ subject so you change it 5. multitask listening
communication
assertion
55%
44. Not constructive or helpful
negative
direct agression
tone - people skills - respecting others differently
be quick to listen and slow to speak - listen to understand
45. The medium that carries the message
channel
stereotype
assertion
connotation
46. What % of communication is nonverbal?
55%
assertion
stereotype
reflected appraisal and direct comparison
47. Basics of tact and courtesy
channel
feedback
integrity
tone - people skills - respecting others differently
48. Putting up an emotional guard against negative opinion
tone - people skills - handshakes - eye contact - keeping everyone involved
defensiveness
tone - people skills - respecting others differently
unpleasant feelings - but with well handled conflict comes greater intimacy in a relationship
49. Nonassertive
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50. Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values
interpersonal skills
professionalism
external noise
integrity