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Pro com final

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Term
Definition
accommodate   maintaining harmony with others by giving in to their wishes  
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acquiring   the physical process receiver senders use to take in the sender's message  
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active listening   participate fully in the communication process  
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agitator   someone who injects negative energy  
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ambiguous   open to interpretation  
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appreciative listening   listening to enjoy a speaker's message  
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artifacts   articles of adornment used to decorate self  
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avoidance   keeping away from  
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body language   the way people nonverbally express their feelings  
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brainstorming   the process of quickly listing all ideas to come to mind  
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closed question   a question that requires a very specific answer  
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coercion   trying to force others to go along with your wishes  
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collaboration   working together to achieve a result  
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communication   the process of creating and exchanging  
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compromise   settling differences by having each party give up something  
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conflict   a struggle between two or more parties  
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deliberative listening   listening to understand, analyze, and evaluate messages  
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discriminate   to treat differently based on reasons other than individual ment  
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employment interview   a process for judging whether a job candidate is qualified  
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enunciation   clearly and distinctly uttering the vowel sounds of a word  
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facilitator   a group member who adds positive task energy to the group  
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feedback   one person's observable respond to another's message  
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grammar   the basic understandings and rules that regulate the use of a language  
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hypothetical question   a question that asks how a respondent might react in a given situation  
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inflection   the rising and falling of pitch that adds variety to speaking  
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initiator   a group member who works to get the group started toward achieving the group goal  
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interpreting   the process in which the receiver personalizes the sender's message to determine the meaning  
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interview   a formal two party communication  
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laissez-faire leader   a leader who gives up his or her power to the members of the group  
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listening   a physical and psychological process  
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mass communication   electronic or print transmission of messages to the general public  
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mass media   outlets of communiction  
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negotiation   bargaining with others to gain what you want  
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noise   anything that interferes with a message  
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nonverbal communication   a system of symbolic behaviors that includes all forms of communication except words  
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norm   a stated or implied expectation  
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open-ended question   a question that is broad in scope  
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paraphrase   repeating a message in your own words  
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perception   the process of assigning meaning to data about oneself  
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power   the ability to get others to behave in a particular way  
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primary source   someone, including oneself, who has firsthand knowledge  
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projecting   sending the sound of your voice to all areas of a room without shouting  
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pronunciation   the correct way to say a word  
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range   the span from the highest to the lowest pitch possible for a speaker to reach  
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resistance   the force generated within a person that keeps him or her from accepting another's use of power  
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responding   reacting internally  
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role   a part played in a specific setting or situation  
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sample   the set of people one selects to respond to a survey  
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secondary source   an information source such as a book  
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self concept   the view one has of oneself  
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sequential order   arrangement according to the steps of a process  
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slang   a type of informal language that is typically used for only a brief period of time by a limited group of people  
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specific instance   an account of an actual event  
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statistic   an item of information that is presented as a number  
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technical language   language associated with a particular professional, activity, or field of study  
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tone   a specific vocal quality  
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understanding   a complex mental process  
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visualization   the process of mentally picturing yourself doing something successfully  
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vocabulary   all the word symbols that make up a particular code or language  
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