The Art of Listening and Communicating Flashcards
Most travel professionals spend more time listening than speaking or writing. True or False
True
Words, meaning, and tone of voice are all essential characteristics of
a. verbal communication
b. non-verbal communication
c. active listening
d. body language
a. verbal communication
Which of the following is an effective listening strategy?
a. Turn slightly away from the speaker.
b. Politely interrupt to avoid wasting time,
c. Prepare your response while the speaker is talking.
d. Provide feedback by asking questions and nodding.
d. Provide feedback by asking questions and nodding.
Part of being a good interpersonal communicator is appreciating and responding to cultural differences in communication. True of False
True
Which of the following is not an element of the basic communication process?
a. sender
b. noise
c. feedback
d. time
d. time
Nonverbal communication accounts for about what percent of the meaning we share in a normal face-to-face, two-person communication.
a. 14%
b. 38%
c. 55%
d. 76%
c. 55%
It’s generally a good idea to use travel industry terminology with your clients to demonstrate your knowledge and competence. True or False
False
Listening and hearing involve essentially the same communication processes. True or False
False
Interpersonal communication describes the messages that your brain sends to your body to achieve desired behaviors. True or False
False
Travel professionals use active listening when they
a. focus on the facts their clients discussed.
b. empathize with their clients’ feelings
c. remember what their clients say.
d. decide between two suppliers
b. empathize with their clients’ feelings.
What is the exchange of messages and meaning between two people.
Interpersonal communication
_____ is the setting in which the communication occurs.
Environment
_____ is the method in which the message, or the idea to be conveyed, is transmitted.
Channel
The ____ initiates the message by ____ the idea into a format that will be understood by the ____.
Sender, encoding, receiver
The receiver in turn ____ the message by interpreting it and assigning meaning.
decoding
Senders and receivers possess personal ____, such as attitudes, biases, beliefs, and values, which affect how a message is received.
filters
_____ refers to any physical or psychological factor that can interfere with communication.
noise
_____ is how objective data is interpreted by individuals
Perception
______ is when we see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear.
Selective perception
There is a multitude of sensory data surrounding us. We could not process all of the data our senses receive. We create a more limited but more meaningful picture of our world through _______.
Selective perception
4 steps to improving the effectiveness of your communication.
Recognize the role your communication skills play in the perceptual process.
Realize that your clients’ perceptual processes are biased.
Take your time.
Be willing to review, revise, and update your interpersonal skills.
To build lasting relationships with your clients, you must establish a level of _____ with them.
trust
Too often in business settings we are so accustomed to going through the motions of booking travel that we forget traveling is a very ______ experience for our clients.
emotional
Name the 4 communication styles
- The driver
- The expressive
- The analytic
- The amiable
The ____ communicator is decisive, intense, independent, deliberate, efficient, and achieving.
Driver
Key Behaviors of the ______ are:
Direct eye contact
Purposeful and quick movements
Forceful and fast-paced speech
Direct, bottom-line language
Driver
The ____ communicator is outgoing, humorous, enthusiastic, gregarious, persuasive, and lively.
Expressive
Key behaviors of the ______ are:
Rapid hand and arm gestures
Quick, animated speech
Wide range of facial expressions
Persuasive language
Expressive
The ____ communicator is serious, logical, well-organized, factual, systematic, and reserved.
Analytic
Key behaviors of the _____ are:
Little facial expression
Controlled movements with slow gestures
Little inflection in voice
Precise and detailed language
Analytic
The ____ communicator is cooperative, patient, friendly, relaxed, supportive, and trusting.
Amiable
Key behaviors of the _____ are:
Friendly facial expression
Frequent eye contact
Slow, soft speech with moderate inflection
Supportive and encouraging language
Amiable
Expressing oneself in words
Verbal communication
____ meanings are objective and abstract, the definitions that exist in the dictionary.
Denotative
____ meanings are subjective and emotional, the definitions that exist in the perceptions of the listener.
Connotative
A common type of ______ occurs when people use the same word or phrase but give it different meanings.
bypassing
_____ is the term that describes a specialized vocabulary used by people who share a similar profession.
Jargon
A _______ occurs when you fill the natural pauses in your speech patterns with sound.
verbalized pause
______ usually are tacked on to the end of statements and disrupt the flow from one thought to the next, you know?
Verbal disrupters
A classic communication study conducted several years ago determined that, in a normal two-person conversation, words accounted for only about _____ of the meaning of the messages exchanged.
7 %
Our nonverbal behaviors account for about _____ of the meaning, and a surprising 38 percent of the meaning we communicate in person is through our vocal qualities or tone of voice.
55 %
Our nonverbal behaviors account for about 55 percent of the meaning, and a surprising ____ of the meaning we communicate in person is through our vocal qualities or tone of voice.
38%
Over the telephone, words carry greater meaning than face to face, increasing from 7 to ______ of the meaning we communicate.
14%
Vocal cues represent _______ of the messages we send on the phone.
86%
_______, or the loudness or softness of your voice, can affect how we communicate, and even distort the meaning of your messages if not used appropriately.
Volume
_____ refers to the highness or lowness of your voice.
Pitch
_____ happens when we end our sentences in a higher pitch, as if we were asking a question.
Uptalking
_______, like the hills and valleys on a scenic road, is the up-and-down quality of your voice. If pitch describes the note at which you speak, _______ is all of the notes put together on your vocal page.
Inflection
Speak at a ____ that will keep your listener’s interest but will not impede your listener’s ability to accurately perceive your meaning.
rate
Human responses not expressed in words.
Non-verbal communication
Nonverbal communication is pervasive, perpetual, and often ______.
involuntary
______ specifically describes nonverbal body actions such as gestures, body movements, facial expressions, eye behavior, and posture.
Body language
The expression of understanding another person’s feelings.
Empathy
What facial cues would you look for to determine if someone is being honest?
Direct eye contact, normal blinking, forward glance, open posture, leaning in forward, relaxed posture.