Auburn University COMM 1000: Public
Speaking Final Exam Study Guide
Questions And Actual Answers.
linear model of communication - Answer theory that views communication as a one-way process in
which a source conveys an encoded message through a channel to a receiver, who then decodes that
message
source - Answer the person responsible for inventing the idea on which he or she intends to speak and
crafting that idea to an audience
encoding - Answer taking an abstract notion and providing it meaning through the application of
symbols
message - Answer the content or idea that the source tries to convey to the audience
channel - Answer the medium through which an encoded message is transmitted from a source to a
receiver
receiver - Answer the person or audience that a message is being transmitted to
decoding - Answer the process of drawing meaning from the symbols that were used to encode a
message
noise - Answer anything that can change the message after the source encodes and sends it
physical noise examples - Answer other sounds, visual barriers, poor volume and projection, distraction
in the room, hunger, tiredness, and other bodily limitations
psychological noise examples - Answer Preoccupation with other thoughts, emotional reaction to the
topic, prejudice or ill will towards the speaker, unwillingness to listen, resistance to the message.
,interactive model of communication - Answer communication theory that views communication as a
two-way process that includes feedback and the environment
feedback - Answer the receiver's response to a message that is sent to the sender
environment - Answer the context in which the communication process takes place
environmental elements - Answer beliefs, context, history, participants, relationships, physical setting,
values
transactional model of communication - Answer the theory that views communication as a constant
process in which all parties simultaneously play the roles of sender and receiver
similarities in conversation and speech - Answer Audience-centered, attention to feedback, goal-driven,
logic is required, stories for effect.
differences in conversation and speech - Answer language choices, speeches require more
organization, use of notes, no interruptions, delivery style, physical arrangement
3 public speaking myths - Answer Public speaking is a talent not a skill, speech is easy we do it all the
time, there is no right way to deliver a speech
phobia - Answer a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a
compelling desire to avoid
communication apprehension - Answer the fear or anxiety associated with real or anticipated
communication with another or others
self-fulfilling prophecy - Answer convincing yourself that something is going to happen before it does,
thus leading to the occurrence of what you originally expected
, physical effects of communication apprehension - Answer Rise in blood pressure/face flushing red,
shortness of breath, galvanic skin tightening, perspiration.
systematic desensitization - Answer the process whereby a person is slowly introduced to a fear such
that each time he or she overcomes the fear the intensity is decreased
ethics - Answer involve morals and the specific moral choices to be made by a person
ethics of choosing a topic - Answer speakers must choose topics and messages they firmly believe are
in the best interests of their audience
Plagiarism - Answer taking the intellectual achievements of another person and presenting them as
one's own
global plagiarism - Answer taking an entire piece of work and saying that it is your own
incremental plagiarism - Answer using part of someone else's work and not citing it as a source
patchwork plagiarism - Answer taking ideas from more than one piece of work and putting them
together into a new piece of work, and then presenting them as original work without giving due credit
to the sources
patchworking - Answer taking original source material and changing a few words in it, but not enough
to consider it a paraphrase, all the while not citing the original source material
ethics of language and delivery - Answer Maintain composure, describe people with respect, avoid
profanity, balance simplicity and complexity, balance emotion and logic.
rules for civility - Answer pay attention, speak kindly, don't speak ill of others, assert yourself, don't
shift responsibility and blame, respect others' opinions, listen, mind your body, respect other people's
time, acknowledge others
