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Professional Communication Skills Vocab
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1. This type of communication apprehension occurs only in particular - and typically stressful - contexts
individualism
task leader
systematic desensitization
situational anxiety
2. Theory of the perfect team size according to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos
paraphrasing
two-pizza team
mindful communication
intercultural communication
3. The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interpretation as real
labeling
situational anxiety
collectivism
incremental plagiarism
4. Recasting your interpretation of an event from a different perspective
listen
reframing
permanence of records
communication is irreversible
5. Motivating team members using a system of rewards and punishments
cybervetting
transactional leadership
action items
jargon
6. A method that allows a public speaker to integrate research into the body of their text
situational anxiety
high-context culture
parenthetical citations
postmodern ethics
7. Failing to properly attribute to a specific piece of information to its source - including faulty paraphrasing
parenthetical citations
climate
receiver
incremental plagiarism
8. Fearing evaluation - feeling - feeling conspicuous - holding yourself to rigid rules - negative self-talk
climate
audience-centered presenter
factors that can increase stage fright
source
9. A tension between two opposing but valuable preferences
high-context culture
provinsialism
negligence
dialectic
10. The substantive aspect of a message
content
subjective listening
responding
pseudonym
11. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages
attitudes
authoritarian leadership
feedback
asynchronous communication
12. The symbolic exchange process whereby individuals form two or more different cultural communities negotiate shared meanings in an interactive situation
democratic leadership
deontology
intercultural communication
large-power distance
13. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience
disclose
permanence of records
least group size
synchronous
14. Being adaptive - creative - and experimental in your communication style
synergy
psychographic profile
flexible intercultural communication
fidelity
15. A leadership style in which members participate in the decision-making process
respond
laissez-faire leadership
encoding and decoding
democratic leadership
16. The affective aspect of a message
domain
stage fright
patchwork plagiarism
relationship
17. A type of book that does not consist of one comprehensive study but instead a number of studies written by various authors
edited books
noise
writer's block
demographics
18. The consequentialist principle that one should choose the course of action that creates the most god for the greatest number of people
collectivism
multiplexity
incremental plagiarism
utilitarianism
19. Shyness or communication apprehension
reticence
communication apprehension
fields
visualization
20. 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
you cannot not communicate
labeling
attitudes
audience adaptation
21. This refers to a tendency for team members to sit back and allow other members to shoulder a disproportional amount of work
disclose
social loafing
multiplexity
audience analysis
22. The organization style used for referencing citations in your actual presentation
positive reinforcement
disclose
global plagiarism
oral citations
23. The receiver's act of attaching meaning to a message sent by a source
decoding
demographic profile
multiple submissions
consequentialism
24. A statement used in your presentation that demonstrates why the source you are referring to is credible
content
asynchronous
qualifier
conflict of interest
25. From the Greek word for 'the word;' it is translated as logic
decoding
shyness
patchwork plagiarism
logos
26. A type of therapy that helps alleviate people's fears through directed conversation
cognitive therapy
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
globalization
visualization
27. The medium through which a message passes on its way from source to receiver
consensus
confirming response
channel
transformational leadership
28. The perspective that ethical action can be discovered by examining the act itself and identifying and acting upon one's obligations and duties
flexible intercultural communication
attitudes
understand
deontology
29. The recipient of a message
dialectic
receiver
task leader
intercultural communication
30. Failure to exercise sufficient care to protect others from the foreseeable risk of harm caused by one's actions
message
mindful communication
negligence
kickoff meeting
31. An initial assembly of your team to familiarize all members with the goals - expectations - and particulars of the project and each other
dialectic
advantages of working in teams
kickoff meeting
provinsialism
32. A leadership style in which the leader makes decisions by herself
nominal group technique
authoritarian leadership
multiple submissions
cognitive therapy
33. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action is determined by the intentions and virtue of the actor
message
demographics
culture
virtue ethics
34. Proactively and systematically gathering and reviewing information about those whom you will be presenting your message in an effort to increase presentation effectiveness
groupthink
audience analysis
channel
ethos
35. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action should be determined by evaluating its consequences
postmodern ethics
content and relationship
cognitive therapy
consequentialism
36. The first stage of hearing is when you receive the message (or listen to it)
groupthink
cybervetting
receive
psychographic profile
37. 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
respond
qualities that define communication
permanence of records
communication is irreversible
38. The tendency of a person to avoid social interaction
understand
listen
shyness
noise
39. Statistical data about an audience
qualities that define communication
attitudes
cognitive therapy
demographics
40. When employers use internet searches and social networking sites to find out information or screen potential hires
cybervetting
co-located
reticence
synergy
41. The process where you rearticulate - in your words - what you learned from consulting the research of an original author
understand
fidelity
rigid rules
paraphrasing
42. Reward for engaging in some activity. Example: when an audience applauds you during a presentation
fidelity
least group size
positive reinforcement
globalization
43. The general and systematic study of what ought to be the grounds and principles for right and wrong human behavior
Editorial columns (opinions pieces)
large-power distance
conflict of interest
ethics
44. 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
collectivism
fields
relationship
nominal group technique
45. 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
qualities that define communication
hearing
punctuation
postmodern ethics
46. Lack of reward for engaging in a particular activity. In this case - specifically - children seldom encouraged to - or actively discouraged from - practicing communication skills
inadequate positive reinforcement
message
interpret
task leader
47. What are the two levels/types of meaning every message transmits?
cognitive therapy
content and relationship
receive
communication is irreversible
48. The process whereby one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another through verbal and/or nonverbal means
disclosure
communication
inadequate positive reinforcement
deontology
49. An audience-centered approach to communication in which other perspectives are taken into account
rhetorical sensitivity
qualifier
beliefs
large-power distance
50. Characteristics of the audience a speaker might want to know before a speech - such as - ethnicity - ages - education level - sex - socio-economic status
values
global plagiarism
demographics
audience analysis
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