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






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






3. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






4. 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






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






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






7. Originator of a message






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






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






10. 'Learning' through experience that you can't change a situation






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






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






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






14. What an audience members judge to be right or wrong






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






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






17. From the Greek word for 'the word;' it is translated as logic






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






19. What audience members hold to be true or false






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






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






22. Many digital communication technologies - particularly text-based technologies - lack much of the information we have face-to-face interactions






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






24. To mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of; to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences






25. Recasting your interpretation of an event from a different perspective






26. 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






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






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






29. 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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30. Having multiple types of connections with another person in your group






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






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






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

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34. A therapeutic technique the help anxious people reduce their fears by associating communication with relaxation






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






36. Describes the physical process of sound waves bouncing off of an eardrum






37. The changes in culture - the industrialization of work - the shift from villages to towns and cities - the rise of individualism - decline of community - and the technological advances that account for our present social situation






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






39. 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






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






41. The affective aspect of a message






42. Just because you are not talking does not mean you are not sending a message. Name the basic proposition of communication that explains this concept






43. Cultures like the US - Canada - and Western Europe who value individual identity - individual rights over group rights - and individual needs over group needs






44. Cues to let the speaker know you're listening






45. Those upon whom the ideas - feelings - information - e.g. the message - are presented






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






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






48. A therapeutic technique that helps people who are anxious reduce their fears by changing unrealistic beliefs to more realistic ones






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






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