Speech midterm exam review
Which of the following is not true of speaking rate?
A higher rate of speaking can signal that the speaker is uninterested in his or her topic
Many people in the office enjoy talking to Josh about issues with their clients because he always shows he is listening by shaking his head and making direct eye contact. Josh's actions are examples of:
Active listening
Intrapersonal communication serves which of the following functions?
Calms in a stressful situation
Artifacts are possessions that:
Communicate our identities
_____ is a process that involves an interchange of verbal and/ or nonverbal messages within a continuous and dynamic sequence of events.
Communication
Which of the following theories explores why and how people modify their communication to fit situational, social, cultural, and relational contexts?
Communication accommodation theory
If Toni is attempting to tell Sharra a message, but she mixes her observations with her thoughts and feelings, what kind of message is she sending to Sharra?
Contaminated
Nonverbal communication serves which of the following functions:
Conveying meaning and influence others
______ involves evaluating the credibility, completeness, and worth of a speaker's message.
Critical listening
________ and listening skills help you to take a more proactive role in the communication process rather than being a passive receiver of messages that may not be credible, complete, or worthwhile.
Critical thinking
_____ are versions of languages that have distinct words, grammar, and pronunciation, while _______ are distinct styles of pronunciation.
Dialects, accents
When we ______ something, we make judgements about its credibility, completeness, and worth.
Evaluate
What kind of delivery method gives the most flexibility during speaker preparation and speed delivery?
Extemporaneous
With which delivery method would you be most likely to use note cards?
Extemporaneous
Mass communication and public communication are the same thing.
False
Of the five forms of communication, intrapersonal is not one of them.
False
The following statement is an example of the preview of main points in a speech: There is something that people are more afraid of than heights, snakes, or even death! But, it's not scary monsters or aliens....it's public speaking!
False
The term salience refers to a database of stored information that we use to interpret new experiences.
False
______ is the drive to take up and defend spaces that is shared by many creatures, ranging from packs of animals to individual humans to nations.
Territoriality
Which of the following is not a main purpose of listening?
To engage in impression management
Group communication usually leads to more complicated interactions than interpersonal communication.
True
Intrapersonal communication takes place inside our own heads.
True
Nonverbal communication is often used as a shorthand for communication in relational context.
True
Our cultural identities and our personalities affect our perceptions.
True
Symbols can be communicated verbally, nonverbally, or in writing.
True
The chronological pattern structures speeches based on time or sequence.
True
The problem-solution pattern involves presenting a problem and offering a solution.
True
The process of communication includes both verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs.
True
The spatial pattern arranges main points based on layout or proximity to each other.
True
Which of the following is/are not a stage in the listening process?
Understanding and creating
"Um, ah, uh, like" - these are all examples of:
Verbal fillers
Which of the following statements about perception is not true?
We process all of the stimuli we take in through our senses
Which of the following could create semantic noise during a communication encounter?
Words in another language
Which of the following is not a potential environmental barrier to effective listening?
Stress
"She's as red as a lobster" is an example of:
Simile
While bowing is a preferred greeting in contact cultures, a handshake is a preferred greeting in a non-contact culture
False
Of the four types of verbal expressions, expressing ______ is the most difficult because there are many social norms about how, why, when, where, and to whom we make such expressions.
Feelings
______ refers to the study of communication by touch.
Haptics
Much of the meaning generated by a ___________ communication style comes from nonverbal and contextual cues.
High-context
Which of the following is an example of physiological noise?
Hunger
Which communication model would apply to the following scenario: Bob sends a message to Cindy. Cindy receives the message and sends a reply message to Bob. Bob receives the reply message from Cindy.
Interaction model
During which stage of the listening process do we try to understand stimuli by connecting it to our previous experiences?
Interpreting
What is the third step in the perception process?
Interpreting
Which of the following is not a strength of manuscript delivery?
It is the most engaging with the audience
Stereotypes are generally based on _____
Lack of information
The process by which we learn to understand, produce, and use words to communicate within a given language group is known as:
Language acquisition
Which of the following is not included in the five functions of language?
Language is confrontational
Which of the following is not a tip for having effective eye contact
Look over the back wall or over the audience's heads to give the illusion that you're making eye contact
Manuscript delivery is challenging for all of the following reasons except:
Maintaining consistency
Public communication becomes _____ when it is transmitted to many people through print or electronic media.
Mass communication
Nina is walking next to the movie theater on the way home from school. She notices the poster for a brand new movie coming out called "Beach Babes Save the Day." Looking at the poster, Nina feels self-conscious about her weight and wishes she looked like the skinny women on the poster. This example shows the power of ______ to influence our perception.
Media
_____ can occur regardless of the degree of conscious thought and interaction put into a message.
Miscommunication
Nonverbal communication is:
More involuntary than verbal communication
The word kinesics refers to the study of:
Movements
"I'm doing surveys for my biology class. Would you help me pass them out tomorrow?" This sentence is an example of which of the four types of expression?
Needs
Which of the following is not a principle of nonverbal communication?
Nonverbal communication is primarily learned in educational settings.
The transmission model of communication describes communication as a ____ process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver.
One-way linear
Vocalics is the study of _____, which includes the vocal qualities that go along with verbal messages such as pitch, volume, rate, vocal quality, and verbal fillers.
Paralanguage
Basic sensory information gained from sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell help us to _____ information.
Perceive
_______________ noise originates in the body, while ______________ noise originates in the mind.
Physiological, psychological
Which of the following is an example of a slang word created by reduction?
Pic
Which of the following examples is not a descriptive gesture?
Pointing
Our language system is:
Primarily made up of symbols
The study of how space and distance influence communication is called:
Proxemics
Grocery stores, parks, and sidewalls are all examples of what type of space?
Public
During which stage of listening do you discern between intentional messages and noise?
Receiving
_____ is the first part of the perception process in which we focus our attention on certain incoming sensory information.
Selecting
In general, we employ ______________, which refers to our tendency to pay attention to the messages that benefit us in some way and filter others out.
Selective attention
Sherry considers herself a funny and easy going person. What Sherry is describing are clues to her:
Self concept
While self-concept is a broad description of the self, ______ is more specifically an evaluation of the self.
Self-esteem