APPLIED COM

• Interpersonal communication


  The process of people exchanging ideas, information, feelings and intent through messages and signals
• Intrapersonal communication


  Communication inside a person or group
• Interpersonal communication consists of any exchanges between people - this can be face-to-face but can also exist online or over the phone
• The messages people get across to each other can be verbal and nonverbal - we communicate not only through what we say but also through things like body language, tone of voice, facial expressions and gestures
• The STAR interview method is a technique you can use to prepare for behavioral and situational interview questions
• STAR

  Situation, Task, Action, Result
• Intrapersonal communication


  Communication inside a person or group
• Interpersonal communication consists of any exchanges between people - this can be face-to-face but can also exist online or over the phone
• The messages people get across to each other can be verbal and nonverbal - we communicate not only through what we say but also through things like body language, tone of voice, facial expressions and gestures
• Phrase


  A group of words that act together as a single unit but don't contain the things needed to form a sentence: a subject and a predicate
• Phrases may contain nouns and verbs, but they cannot function by themselves as complete sentences
• Grammatical Phrase


  A collection of words working together as a unit that adds meaning to sentences by giving detail about one or more of the parts of speech in use
• Adjective Phrase


  A phrase that describes or otherwise provides additional meaning for an adjective, containing an adjective and any words that modify the adjective
• Adverb Phrase


  A phrase that takes on the role of an adverb in a sentence, modifying verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
• Noun Phrase


  A phrase that provides detail or clarification about a noun
• Verb Phrase


  A phrase that contains a verb and any linking verbs or modifiers, playing the role of a verb in the sentence
• Prepositional Phrase


  A phrase that includes a preposition and its object
• Gerund Phrase


  A phrase that includes a gerund (a noun created by adding -ing to a verb) and its modifiers, acting as a noun in the sentence
• Infinitive Phrase


  A phrase made up of an infinitive (the most basic form of a verb, often accompanied by "to") and the words that give it clarity
• Participle Phrase


  A phrase that contains participles (modified verbs acting as adjectives) and their modifiers
• Appositive Phrase


  A phrase that includes an appositive (a short description that adds detail about a noun by defining it) and the noun (or pronoun) it describes
• Clause


  A group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship, conveying information about what the subject is or is doing
• Independent Clause


  A main clause that can stand alone and make complete sense
• Dependent Clause


  A subordinate clause that cannot stand alone or convey complete meaning when taken separately from the sentence it is a part of
• Noun Clause


  A dependent clause that acts as a noun, used as the subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, subject complement, or appositive
• Adverbial Clause


  A dependent clause that describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb, telling when, where, how, why, to what extent, or under what conditions something happened
• Adjective Clause


  A dependent clause that acts as an adjective in its sentence
• Ethical Communication


  The practice of mindful and honest communication that helps build a foundation of trust and integrity within a social community
• Ethical Communicator


  • Practices being truthful, honest and accurate in communications
• Key elements of ethical communication

  • What one hopes to achieve through the communication (the ends)
  • How one chooses to communicate (the means)
  • The "real-world" outcomes (the consequences) of communication
• Ethical communication can be effective, but effective communication does not need to be ethical
• Ethical communication

  Accurate, truthful and honest. Principles are autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence
• Effective communication


  A receiver understands a message that the sender was intending to send. Communication is clear and easily understood
• Ethical communication is rooted in values and morals, is lawful, and is specific to cultural differences.
• Effective communication does not need to be legal or have values/morals, and has a non-verbal component.
• Argumentation


  The importance of voicing out one's views and arguing logically
• Logic


  The science of thinking methodically
• Rhetoric


  The art of communicating persuasively
• Deductive reasoning


  • Arriving at a conclusion based on a general idea that leads to a more specific idea
• Inductive reasoning


  • Looking at specific details such as trends and illustrations and using them as the basis of your conclusion