Cincinnati Fun Facts
Communication Styles
How to give feedback effectively
UC Fun Facts
Misc
100
This Cincinnati food is served over spaghetti, covered in a mountain of cheese, and may confuse anyone from out of town.
What is Cincinnati chili?
What is a 5-way?
100
This communication model helps explain how a person's message is conveyed and interpreted by others.
What are the Four Communication Styles?
100
This resource is available to you up to 3 years after graduation!
What is the Bearcat Promise Career Studio?
100
This campus location becomes mysteriously crowded the week before finals.
What is the library?
200
Before there were million-dollar contracts and fantasy leagues, Cincinnati was home to the first professional baseball team in 1869.
What are the Cincinnati Red Stockings?
200
Rather than addressing issues directly, this communication style expresses negative feelings indirectly.
What is passive-aggressive communication?
200
Instead of saying "you never help," you mention the two meetings your partner missed and the assignment they didn't complete. This feedback principle emphasizes being this.
What is specific?
200
This University of Cincinnati mascot got its name from a 1914 football game and a player named Teddy Baehr
What is a Bearcat?
This UC football player accidentally inspired an entire mascot because his last name sounded like "bear." Leonard "Teddy" Baehr?
200
This year marks the founding of the institution that would eventually become the University of Cincinnati.
What is 1819?
300
This communication style expresses needs and opinions clearly while respecting the rights of others.
What is assertive communication?
300
Your suitemate has been stress-eating Goldfish and surviving on two hours of sleep. Before giving feedback, you consider what they might be going through. This is called this.
What is exercising empathy?
300
UC Cincinnati latest Coop program ranking according to the 2027 US News edition.
3rd.
400
Rather than making assumptions, effective communicators use this to gain clarity and understanding.
What is asking questions?
400
When practicing this skill, exercise empathy, prepare ahead of time, speak in specifics, invite dialogue, and focus on future improvement.
What is giving feedback?
500
Designed by the same engineer behind the Brooklyn Bridge, this bridge connects Cincinnati to Kentucky and has probably appeared in half your Instagram photos.
What is the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge?
500
What are 5 tips for improving your communication style?
- Consider what you want to say ahead of time
- Be as clear and concise as possible
- Practice active listening
- Use "I " statements
- Practice empathy and non-judgement