Chapter 3 Public Speaking

Comprehensive Listening is listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it.

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Critical Listening is listening to understand the message of a speaker.

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Empathic listening is for pleasure or enjoyment.

False

Listening is not as serious as everyone makes it out to be.

False

Students find that key-word outline is the worst for listening to classroom lectures or formal speeches.

False

You will succeed in listening when you write down everything the speaker said in his or her speech.

False

A key-word outline is an outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.

True

Active Listening is giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view.

True

Appreciative listening, Empathic Listening, Critical Listening, and Comprehensive Listening are the four types of listening that we can identify.

True

Hearing is the vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.

True

In the real world we can not eliminate all physical and mental distractions.

True

Listening is paying close attention to, and making sense of, what we hear.

True

Most people are poor listeners.

True

Research confirms that listening carefully and taking effective notes are vital skills for success in college.

True

Spare "brain time" is the difference between the rate at which most people talk (120 to 150 words a minute) and the rate at which the brain can process language (400 to 800 words a minute).

True