Public Speaking Chapter 1 Study questions

_____________ is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation.

positive nervousness

Most successful speakers do not experience stage fright.

false

It is normal—even desirable—to be nervous at the start of a speech.

true

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

Work especially hard on your speech introduction.

Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is.

false

Because each person has a different frame of reference, the meaning of a message will never be exactly the same to a listener as to a speaker

true

Because people have different frames of reference, a public speaker must take care to adapt her or his message to the particular audience being addressed.

true

Public speaking and ordinary conversation are similar in that both involve adapting to listener feedback.

true

Public speaking has been taught and studied for thousands of years.

true

Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.

true

____________ is the belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.

Ethnocentrism

____________ is mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation

Visualization

Which of the following is likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches?

Visualize yourself giving a strong speech. focus on communicating be prepared

The messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to a speaker are called ____________.

feedback

While listening to a speech about gun control, Scott thought back to his experiences as an intern with the police department and decided that the speaker was knowledgeable about the subject. Scott was

filtering the message through his frame of reference.

The knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes through which each listener filters a message make up the listener's ______________________.

frame of reference

According to your textbook, ____________ is anything that impedes the communication of a message.

interference

Critical thinking includes _________________.

seeing the relationships among ideas judging the credibility of statements assessing the soundness of evidence

Avoiding ethnocentrism means that public speakers should

show respect for the cultures of the people they address.

____________ is anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience.

stage fright

Avoiding ethnocentrism is important for listeners as well as for speakers.

true