Your textbook lists skills of competent communicators. Which four will be the most useful to
you? Consider the skills you need at home, at work, or in college.
Briefly describe those four
skills and give specific reasons why they will be especially useful.
What will be an ideal response?
The text notes these competencies: accept responsibility for one's communication
behavior; communicate ethically; achieve shared meaning in differing cultural, gender,
technological, and ethical situations; use verbal and nonverbal symbols effectively; listen
effectively; apply successful interpersonal skill; create and maintain successful relationships,
effectively participate in and lead teams to solve problems and manage conflict, and speak
effectively.
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a. insurmountable b. relatively minor c. complementary d. actually nonexistent
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a) attention step b) satisfaction step c) motivated sequence d) need step
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