Speech Ch 1

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

Interference

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

Feedback

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

Positive Nervousness

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

Visualization yourself giving a strong speech, Focus on communicating rather than on being nervous, Be thoroughly prepared for each speech.

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

Ethnocentrism

Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is

False

Most successful speakers do not experience stage fright

False

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. What was Scott doing?

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 ______Blank

Frame of Reference

What does critical thinking include

Seeing the relationships among ideas, Judging the credibility of statements, Assessing the soundness of evidence.

What should public speakers do to avoid ethnocentrism?

Show respect for the cultures of the people they address

______Blank 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

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

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

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 a cultural diversity increases

True

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

Visualization

Which recommendation is a way you deal with nervousness in your speeches.

Work especially hard on your speech introduction