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






2. Being consciously aware of - and paying attention to our communication behavior






3. 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






4. The affective aspect of a message






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






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






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






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






9. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action is determined by the intentions and virtue of the actor






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






11. Listening that is peculiar to a certain individual; the listening skills are modified or affected by personal views - experience - or background - i.e. - a subjective account of the incident






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






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






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






15. The result of an act of encoding






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






17. Submitting the same work for more than one class






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Audience members' likes and dislikes






23. The capabilities of the technology used to communicate online






24. To say something in return: make an answer; to react in response






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






26. Communication that is not occurring in real-time






27. The recipient of a message






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






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






30. Feeling that you are an unwelcome focus of attention






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






32. Location - cultural differences - gender styles






33. Statistical data about an audience






34. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action should be determined by evaluating its consequences






35. Motivating team members using a system of rewards and punishments






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






37. To bring to mind or think of again; to keep in mind for attention or consideration






38. 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






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






40. This refers to a tendency for team members to sit back and allow other members to shoulder a disproportional amount of work






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






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






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






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






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






46. The Greek word meaning 'credibility'






47. One feature of many online communication technologies - particularly text-based. Communication and messages are logged or achieved in one or more places and can be accessed later






48. 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






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






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