Career Management - 1.02 Vocabulary
1. Accountability Willingness to take credit and blame for actions.
2. Affirmation: to say that something is true in a confident way
3. Authoritarian: expecting or requiring people to obey rules or laws : not
allowing personal freedom
4. Bias: a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than
others that usually results in treating some people unfairly
5. Body Language: movements or positions of the body that express a person's
thoughts or feelings
6. Business letter: a formal letter following the business letter template
7. Cultural Sensitivity: being aware that cultural differences exist and have an
effect on values, learning, and behavior.
8. Defeatist: a way of thinking in which a person expects to lose or fail
9. Democratic: relating to the idea that all people should be treated equally
10. Digital etiquette: or netiquette as its sometimes called, is a basic set of rules
you should follow in order to make the internet better for others, and better for
you.
11. Discrimination: Unequal treatment based on such factors as race, religion,
nationality, gender, age, or physical appearance.
12. Diversity: Variety; the positive result of people in different racial, ethic, and
cultural backgrounds working together.
13. Ethics: The principles of conduct that govern a group or society.
14. Etiquette: the rules indicating the proper and polite way to behave
15. Extinction: the process of eliminating or reducing a conditioned response by
not reinforcing it
16. Fairness: treating people in a way that does not favor some over others
17. Gossip: information about the behavior and personal lives of other people
18. Harassment: to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way
19. Inferior: feelings of having little or less importance or value
20. Integrity: Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values.
21. Laissez-faire: operate with very little interference from authority.
22. Mature: having or showing the mental and emotional qualities of an adult
23. Memorandum: a usually brief written message or report from one person or
department in a company or organization to another
24. Motivation: the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing
something
25. Nonverbal Communication: communication without the use of words.
26. Optimism: a feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future : a
feeling or belief that what you hope for will happen
27. Pessimism: a feeling or belief that bad things will happen in the future
28. Plagiarism: the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving
credit to that person : the act of plagiarizing something
29. Prejudice: an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race,
sex, religion, etc.
30. Professionalism: the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior that is expected
from a person who is trained to do a job well
Career Management - 1.02 Vocabulary
31. Punctuality: arriving or doing something at the expected or planned time
32. Respect: a feeling of admiring someone or something that is good, valuable,
important, etc.
33. Self-concept: How people view their own skills, interests, and competence
level.
34. Self-discipline (control): Training of oneself; correction or regulation of oneself
for improvement.
35. Self-esteem: How one views oneself; a feeling of good will with regard to how
you feel about yourself; pride; confidence.
36. Self-observation: observation of one's own appearance
37. Sexual orientation: the inclination of an individual with respect to
heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual behavior
38. Social networking: the creation and maintenance of personal and business
relationships especially online
39. Stereotype: An oversimplified and distorted belief about a person or group.
40. Superior: better than other people
41. Tact: the ability to do or say things without offending or upsetting other people
42. Team: A group of people who work together to set goals, make decisions,
solve problems, and put ideas into action.
43. Verbal Communication: expressed in words
44. Visualization: formation of mental visual images