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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. 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






2. A culture in which meaning is expressed through explicit verbal messages






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






4. Audience members' likes and dislikes






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Theory of the perfect team size according to Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos






12. The act of interpreting a situation and treating the interoperation as real






13. 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






14. The perspective that ethical action can be discovered by examining the act itself and identifying and acting upon one's obligations and duties






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






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






17. The general and systematic study of what ought to be the grounds and principles for right and wrong human behavior






18. Originator of a message






19. Having more information - stimulating creativity - a system of checks - better decision-making process - division of labor - motivation






20. 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






21. Service provider used for sending digital communication; usually associated with emails






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






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






24. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






25. Refers to audience members' general likes and dislikes in relation to particular subjects






26. Ideas - feelings - information - and the like presented to an audience through a variety of methods as selected by the presenter - and preferably developed at all times with the audience in mind






27. When a team meaner slacks off because he know the work will get done regardless of his effort






28. Statistical data about an audience






29. Communication that is not occurring in real time






30. What audience members hold to be true or false






31. A type of therapy that helps alleviate people's fears through directed conversation






32. This refers to a tendency for group members to seek social harmony so much that it negatively impacts their decision-making abilities






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The result of an act of encoding






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






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






46. The process where you rearticulate - in your words - what you learned from consulting the research of an original author






47. Motivating team members by connecting them to a greater ideal






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






49. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages






50. The anxiety a person experiences when speaking in public