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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Cultures like the US - Canada - and Western Europe who value individual identity - individual rights over group rights - and individual needs over group needs






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






10. What audience members hold to be true or false






11. This type of communication apprehension occurs only in particular - and typically stressful - contexts






12. A response that shows you care about the person and value what they have to say






13. Audience members' likes and dislikes






14. Communication that is not occurring in real-time






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Statistical data about an audience






22. Process of communicating and interpreting communication—the official communication terms for these processes






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. The interplay between encoding and decoding messages






32. Standards for behavior that people don't alter even when the situation warrants






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






34. Originator of a message






35. Failure to exercise sufficient care to protect others from the foreseeable risk of harm caused by one's actions






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






37. Those upon whom the ideas - feelings - information - e.g. the message - are presented






38. Revealing personal or intimate information to an online audience






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Hierarchical cultures where there is a clear chain of command and communication interactions are dependent on where one's position falls on the hierarchy






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. The recipient of a message