Communication and Teamwork Flashcards
The exertion of power over others through intimidation, sarcasm, or bullying
Agression
Communicating one’s personal and professional needs to others; protecting one’s own rights while respecting those of others.
Assertiveness
Communication through facial expressions, posture, and gestures.
body language
Agreement among the members of a group
Consensus
A group leader who coordinates the direction and flow of a group meeting without influencing the content of people’s contributions. It is similar to an enabling position in which people are encouraged to express ideas without fear of judgment.
Facilitator
The response to a message; a component of effective communication
Feedback
In sociology and group behavior theory, the conformity of a group to one way of thinking and behaving. It creates two factions: those who agree (in-group) and those who disagree (out-group). This generates resentment and conflict in the workplace.
Groupthink
Verbal abuse or sabotage of people of equal job or professional ranking.
Lateral abuse
The idea, concept, thought, or feeling expressed during communication.
Message
Behaviors that are accepted as part of the environment and culture of a group. They are usually established by custom and popular acceptance rather than by law, although the two may not be mutually exclusive.
Norms
The person to whom a message is communicated by a sender.
Receiver
The person who communicates a message to another.
Sender
An extreme abuse of power in which an individual uses sexualized language, gestures, or unwanted touch to coerce or intimidate another person.
Sexual assault
The purposeful touching of another person to convey empathy, care, and tenderness.
Therapeutic touch
Deliberate attempts to devalue, intimidate, bully, or embarrass another person using loud, vulgar, sexualized, or intimidating language.
Verbal abuse