Miscellaneous Terms
A form of communication you read.
What is written communication?
A communication method where a listener fully focuses on, absorbs, understands, and responds intentionally to a speaker rather than passively hearing words
What is active listening?
Differentiates questions from statements or expresses the speaker's true feelings, subtext, and attitude toward the listener or topic.
What is tone and/or pitch?
Hands in pocket.
What doesn't want to be there?
The emotional, cultural, or hidden meaning that a word or phrase carries beyond its literal dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
Refers to using gestures, movements, and mannerisms to communicate.
What is body language?
The practice of paying respectful attention to someone who is speaking without necessarily being deeply engaged or emotionally invested in the topic
What is polite listening?
The loudness or softness of a speaker's voice, which shapes how listeners perceive a message, a speaker's confidence, and the emotional tone of an interaction.
What is volume?
Consistent Eye Contact.
What is listening?
The exact, literal, or dictionary definition of a word, free from any emotional feelings, cultural subtexts, or personal associations
What is denotative?
A disproportionate weight, inclination, or prejudice for or against an idea, person, group, or thing
What is a bias?
A communication and learning style where you hear audio or speech without actively engaging, responding, or giving your full attention
What is passive listening?
What are pauses and silence?
Crossed arms.
What is annoyed?
The practice of alternating or shifting between different languages, dialects, speech patterns, or cultural behaviors depending on the social context, setting, or audience.
What is code-switching?
The active, intentional, and learned process of receiving, interpreting, recalling, evaluating, and responding to verbal and non-verbal messages.
What is listening?
The practice of fully concentrating, understanding, and sharing the emotional experience of the person speaking—without judging, critiquing, or rushing to offer advice
What is empathetic listening?
The rate, velocity, or throughput at which information, data, or spoken words travel from a sender to a receiver.
What is speed?
Pacing.
What is nervous?
The natural human tendency to assume that what another person communicates is honest and truthful, regardless of whether they are actually telling the truth or lying.
What is truth bias?
Symbolisms made with the body during verbal communication or made without it.
What are gestures?
An active communication process where you listen to analyze, evaluate, and judge a speaker's message, logic, and motives, rather than just passively hearing or simply trying to empathize
What is critical listening?
The extra emphasis placed on a specific syllable within a multi-syllable word, or on a specific word within a sentence, to make it stand out.
What is stressed words?
Nodding while listening.
What is engaged with the conversation?
The conscious or unconscious habit of hiding, changing, or suppressing your true personality, emotions, or neurodivergent traits to fit in, meet social expectations, or avoid judgment
What is masking?