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Professional Communication Skills Vocab
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1. A situation in which person or organization has multiple has multiple interest at stake in a decision - and motivations form one of those interests may corrupt decisions made about another
conflict of interest
cybervetting
content and relationship
attitudes
2. The source's act of transforming an idea into a message to transmit to a receiver
climate
utilitarianism
encoding
pseudonym
3. A leadership style in which the leader makes decisions by herself
disclose
individualism
provinsialism
authoritarian leadership
4. Refers to audience members' general likes and dislikes in relation to particular subjects
reframing
stage fright
attitudes
groupthink
5. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling statistical data relative to audience members' backgrounds
demographic profile
responding
evaluate
virtue ethics
6. This type of leader emphasizes accomplishing goals and managing time above all else
task leader
postmodern ethics
disclosure
weak uncertainty avoidance
7. The result of an act of encoding
talkaholic
message
advantages of working in teams
attitudes
8. The receiver's act of attaching meaning to a message sent by a source
cognitive therapy
backchanneling cues
ethical dilemma
decoding
9. Location - cultural differences - gender styles
transactional leadership
contextual barriers to listening
mindful communication
domain
10. Communicators who are located in physical proximity (such as the same room)
co-located
provinsialism
advantages of working in teams
content
11. Falsely representing any material obtained from another source as your own work
incremental plagiarism
plagiarism
ethos
you cannot not communicate
12. Our public selves that make up who we want to be seen as
qualifier
face
jargon
provinsialism
13. Communication that is not occurring in real-time
oral citations
asynchronous
encoding and decoding
large-power distance
14. Shyness or communication apprehension
reticence
provinsialism
communication apprehension
shyness
15. When employers use internet searches and social networking sites to find out information or screen potential hires
transactional leadership
cybervetting
communication
Editorial columns (opinions pieces)
16. The overall feel of the group - composed of all the group's relationships
dialectic
climate
ethos
synergy
17. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action is determined by the intentions and virtue of the actor
demographics
understand
virtue ethics
content and relationship
18. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling attitudinal information relative to values - beliefs - and ideology of your audience
psychographic profile
utilitarianism
incremental plagiarism
intercultural communication
19. The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interoperation as real
labeling
mindful communication
fields
disclose
20. Having more information - stimulating creativity - a system of checks - better decision-making process - division of labor - motivation
culture
groupthink
self-interest
advantages of working in teams
21. Theory of the perfect team size according to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos
talkaholic
two-pizza team
permanence of records
co-located
22. 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
groupthink
collectivism
action items
reticence
23. The process in which you are engaging when you share personal or intimate information with an online audience
disclosure
feedback
transformational leadership
oral citations
24. The Greek word meaning 'credibility'
ethos
intercultural communication
nominal group technique
receiver
25. A therapeutic technique the help anxious people reduce their fears by associating communication with relaxation
negligence
talkaholic
face
systematic desensitization
26. Cultures that view conflict as a threat and to be avoided
ethos
provinsialism
strong uncertainty avoidance
social loafing
27. Submitting the same work for more than one class
collectivism
social loafing
globalization
multiple submissions
28. Proactively and systematically gathering and reviewing information about those whom you will be presenting your message in an effort to increase presentation effectiveness
ethical dilemma
co-located
nominal group technique
audience analysis
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. A sense of 'stuckness' when trying to write
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31. Areas of the citations- like author - title - journal title - abstract or full text- that are found in various journals
audience-centered presenter
values
fields
conflict of interest
32. Understanding that your personal opinions and preferences are only temporary - and you might change your mind if you heard a better idea
disclosure
provinsialism
permanence of records
synchronous
33. A leadership style in which members participate in the decision-making process
low cues
receive
dialectic
democratic leadership
34. Communication that is not occurring in real time
edited books
asynchronous communication
advantages of working in teams
fields
35. Those upon whom the ideas - feelings - information - e.g. the message - are presented
audience
climate
domain
consensus
36. The process whereby one person stimulates meaning in the mind of another through verbal and/or nonverbal means
social loafing
audience adaptation
communication
two-pizza team
37. What are the two levels/types of meaning every message transmits?
social loafing
ethics
beliefs
content and relationship
38. Taking another person's work in full and representing it as your one while making little or nor change to the material
global plagiarism
dialectic
situational anxiety
beliefs
39. Communication is a process - the stimulation of meaning - and both verbal and nonverbal
climate
virtue ethics
qualities that define communication
fields
40. Service provider used for sending digital communication; usually associated with emails
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
domain
deontology
small power distance
41. Recasting your interpretation of an event from a different perspective
rigid rules
reframing
confirming response
systematic desensitization
42. Feeling that you are an unwelcome focus of attention
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
conspicuousness
decoding
laissez-faire leadership
43. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience
audience
disclose
subjective listening
virtue ethics
44. The perspective that the ethical quality of an action should be determined by evaluating its consequences
encoding and decoding
direct quoting
co-located
consequentialism
45. The recipient of a message
task leader
receiver
communication apprehension
audience-centered presenter
46. Describes the physical process of sound waves bouncing off of an eardrum
jargon
stage fright
audience adaptation
hearing
47. Cues to let the speaker know you're listening
groupthink
source
remember
backchanneling cues
48. Cultures that work together to achieve a democratic and egalitarian decision-making process and power structure
small power distance
nominal group technique
values
qualifier
49. To mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of; to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences
discriminate
disclose
message
situational anxiety
50. Lack of reward for engaging in a particular activity. In this case - specifically - children seldom encouraged to - or actively discouraged from - practicing communication skills
rigid rules
talkaholic
inadequate positive reinforcement
disclosure
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