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






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






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






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






5. The process of stating verbatim - in a presentation - information derived from an author other than oneself






6. This type of leader emphasizes accomplishing goals and managing time above all else






7. Communication is a process - the stimulation of meaning - and both verbal and nonverbal






8. The result of an act of encoding






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






10. Any condition that affects the fidelity of the message being sent (internal or external)






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Mediated communication that occurs with both participants attending message exchange in real-time






15. A way of better understanding your audience by compiling attitudinal information relative to values - beliefs - and ideology of your audience






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






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






18. Cultures that view conflict as natural and potentially positive






19. To pay attention to sound. To hear something with thoughtful attention: give consideration






20. The way in which people segment a sequence of words or behaviors






21. Feeling that you are an unwelcome focus of attention






22. A method that allows a public speaker to integrate research into the body of their text






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






24. The first stage of hearing is when you receive the message (or listen to it)






25. The normal anxiety people experience when they find themselves in a stressful situation






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






27. Cultures that view conflict as a threat and to be avoided






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






29. A creative method in which each person comes up with ideas on their own before sharing with the rest of the group






30. What are the two levels/types of meaning every message transmits?






31. Statistical data about an audience






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






42. A person who is a compulsive communicator. He or she seemingly cannot 'shut-up'






43. The affective aspect of a message






44. Location - cultural differences - gender styles






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






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






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






48. 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






49. A decision-making method that pursues agreement among most team members while thoughtfully resolving and/or alleviating objections along the way






50. To grasp the meaning of; to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty