public speaking ch 1 Questions and Answers
Public speaking is an organized, face-to-face, prepared, intentional attempt to do what?
inform, entertain, persuade
Public speaking has been referred to as an enlarged conversation. How is public speaking similar to a conversation?
Choose all th...
public speaking ch 1 Questions and
Answers
Public speaking is an organized, face-to-face, prepared, intentional attempt to do what?
- answer inform, entertain, persuade
Public speaking has been referred to as an enlarged conversation. How is public
speaking similar to a conversation?
Choose all that apply. - answer It involves an exchange of explicit messages about
content/It requires awareness of and sensitivity toward your audience/The
communication is face-to-face rather than mediated
There are many personal and psychological factors, such as self-efficacy, self-
confidence, past experience, training, culture, and context, that lead to ________, which
is a fear of public speaking. - answer glossophobia
Which of the following is NOT a common misperception that can lead to anxieties about
public speaking? - answer Believing that intelligence and skill are not fixed
Of the following, which would be the most likely to cause you to have a fear of failing at
public speaking? - answer bad experience
One of the core attitudes an effective public speaker must have is ___________ with
the audience. - answer empathy
Mindfulness and full attention to the task are vital to successful public speaking. To
mentally prepare for a speech, where does your focus belong? - answer audience
and message
Being physically prepared for a speech can be just as important as being mentally
prepared. Which of the following should you be sure to do before giving a speech? -
answer get enough sleep, do stretching exercises, put on comfortable clothes
What are some of the things you can do if you are early for your speech that can help
make sure it is a success? - answer check the equipment, greet the audience as it
arrives
What is the best way to guarantee you will feel confident, fluent, and in control of your
words when you give a speech? - answer practice
If you are giving your speech and feel your anxiety is very high, how does the audience
probably see it? - answer they see it much lower than you think it is
, In public speaking it is easy to see the speaker as the person who initiates the message
and the audience as those who receive the message, but in human communication -
answer the audience sometimes initiates the message
Human communication and public speaking require context, and there can be many
contexts at one time. Which of the following are common contexts? - answer cultural,
social, physical, (also historical)
Human communication involves _________, which can be informal and spontaneous or
intentional and planned. - answer a message
The method for how a message gets from the sender to the receiver is known as the
_________, and it has influence over the structure, transitions, and language choices of
the communication. - answer channel
There a various ways a speaker can receive feedback from the audience during her
speech. Which of the following are examples of audience feedback? - answer facial
expression, eye contact, laughter
When giving a speech, if an air conditioning unit was running loudly and preventing the
audience from clearly hearing the speech, what type of noise would that be considered?
- answer contextual
Which element of the communication process refers to a change in the audience or the
context as a result of the speech? - answer outcome
There are several models of the communication process. Which model puts most of the
emphasis on the relationship or co-meanings created between the communicators? -
answer transactional model of communication
The process of the sender putting his thoughts into words or other symbols is often
referred to as - answer encode
All human communication is a process composed of which of the following necessary
elements? - answer people, context, feedback
The ___________ meaning of a word refers to the cultural or personal meaning the
word evokes in people together or individually. - answer connotative
If you take a public speaking course at the beginning of your college career, what skills
might you develop that could benefit your other future classes? - answer research,
organization, presentation
What is the only way you can be sure your speech will be within the time limit? - answer
by practicing and timing yourself
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