Public Speaking

In public speaking, sound ehtical decisions involve wieghing a potential course of action against. a. A set of ethical standards and guidelines b. The practicality of taking that course of action c. A set of legal criteria for acceptable speech d. The speakers goals in a given situation.

A. A set of ethical standards and guidelines

Listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it is called. A. Critical listening b. Argumentative listening c. Judicious listening d. Logical listening

A. Critical listening

Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy _______ responsibilities. a. Ethical b. Psychological c. Sociological

A. Ethical

_______ is the belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures. A. Ethnocentrism b. Egocentrism c. Elitism

A. Ethnocentrism

The knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes through which each listener filters a message make up the listeners a. Frame of reference b. Cognitive screen c. Psychological filter d. Attitudinal field

A. Frame of reference

According to your textbook, __________ is anything that impedes the communication of a message. a. Interference b. Blockage c. Distortion

A. Interference

____________ is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups. a. Name calling b. Ethnocentrism c. Hyperbole

A. Name calling

Avoiding Ethnocentrism is important for listeners as well as for speakers. A. True b. False

A. True

The larger the audience becomes, the greater is the ethical responsibility of the speaker to be fully prepared. a. True b. False

A. True

When business managers are asked to rank-order the communication skills most crucial to their jobs, they usually rank listening number one. A. True b. False

A. True

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment is called ________ listening a. Empathic b. Appreciative c. Comprehensive

B. Appreciative

Listening to understand a message of a speaker is called ______ listening. a. Sympathetic b. Comprehensive c. Critical

B. Comprehensive

At a coffee shop on campus, Rachel listens to her friend Shanti discuss his feelings about his mother's recent death. According to your book, Rachel is engaging in ______ listening. a. Active b. Empathic c. Appreciative d. Critical

B. Empathic

__________ is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in the human affairs. a. Linguistics b. Ethics c. Theology

B. Ethics

Because listener recognize that public speakers are promoting their self-interest, it it acceptable for speakers to alter evidence. a. True b. False

B. False

Because the brain can process many more words per minute than we talk, this spare "brain time" makes listening easier. a. True b. False

B. False

According to your textbook, stealing ideals or language from tow or three sources and passing them off as one's own is called a. Global plagiarism b. Patchwork plagiarism c. Incremental plagiarism d. Admissible plagiarism

B. Patchwork plagiarism

___________ is controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his or her presentation. a. Restrained anxiety b. Positive nervousness c. Performance anxiety d. Focused nervousness

B. Positive nervousness

______ is mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation. a. Focusing b. Visualization c.Representation d. Channeling

B. Visualization

Which of the following violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says? a. Juggling statistics b. Quoting out of context c. Citing unusually case as typical examples d. All of the above

D. All of the above

Critical thinking includes a. Seeing the relationships among ideas. b. Judging the credibility of statements c. Assessing the soundness of evidence. d. All of the above

D. All of the above.

Ian is attending a union meeting in which the union president is discussing the company's plan to decrease wages in exchange for an increase in vacation time. As Ian listens, he is trying to determine whether or not to vote for the plan. According to your textbook, Ian is engaged in ____________ listening. A. Passive b. Emphatic c. Appreciative d. Critical

D. Critical

The first step to improving your listening skills is to a. Develop note-taking skills b. Concentrate on a speaker's evidence c. Accept the speaker's frame of reference d. Take listening seriously

D. Take listening seriously

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. a. True b. False

True

Public speaking has been taught and studied for thousands of years. a. True b. False

True

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, your are guilty of ___________. a. Defamation b. Personification c. Plagiarism

c. Plagiarism

Hearing and listening are identical a. True b. False

B. False

It is only necessary for a speaker to identify his or her source when quoting verbatim rather than when paraphrasing. A. True b. False

B. False

Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is a. True b. False

B. False

Most successful speakers do not experience stage fright a. True b. False

B. False

Protecting a speaker's freedom to express his or her ideas implies agreement with those ideas. a. True b. False

B. False

Avoiding ethnocentrism means that public speakers should a. Show respect for the cultures of the people they are addressing b. Assume that their personal values are shared by all the audience c. Agree with the beliefs of all groups and cultures d. All of the above

A. Show respect for the cultures of the people they address

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

A. True

Even though there can be gray areas when it comes to assessing a speaker's goals, it is still necessary to ask ethical questions about those goals. A. True b. False

A. True

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

A. True

Listening and critical thinking are so closely allied that training in listening is also training in how to think. A. True b. False

A. True

People spend more time listening than doing any other communicative activity. a. True b. False

A. True

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

A. True

Speech making become more complex as cultural diversity increases. A. True b. False

A. True

Skilled listeners try to remember a speaker's every word. a. True b. False

B. False

To improve your listening, you should think of listening as a passive process. a. True b. False

B. False

Your textbook recommends taking word-for-word notes as a way to improve your listening skills. a. True b. False

B. False

The messages, usually non verbal, sent from a listener to a speaker are called A. Cues b. Feedback c. Prompts

B. Feedback

Even if your speech as a whole is ethical, you can still be guilty of __________ plagiarism if you fail to give credit for quotations, paraphrases, and other specific parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people. A. Normal b. Incremental c. Technical

B. Incremental

_______ listeners give their undivided attention to the speaker in a genuine effort to understand her or his point of view. A. Formal b. Friendly C. Active

C. Active

The two kinds of listening most closely tied to critical thinking are a. Appreciative listening and empathic listening b. Empathic listening and comprehensive listening c. Comprehensive listening and critical listening d. Critical thinking and empathic listening

C. Comprehensive listening and critical listening

__________ is listening to provide emotional support for a speaker. a. Sincere listening b. Comprehensive listening c. Empathic listening d. Critical listening

C. Empathic listening

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 a. Missing the message due to the error of ethnocentrism. b. Sending feedback about the message to the speaker. c. Filtering the message through his frame of reference. d. Empowering the speaker to make a change in the world.

C. Filtering the message through his frame of reference

Gabrielle, a physiology major, waited until the last minute to begin preparing her persuasive speech. When her friend Ken learned that she was panicking over the assignment, he gave her the outline of a speech he had delivered in class the previous semester. Gabrielle used the speech and presented it as her own. Which of the following is true? A. Gabrielle is guilty of no ethical offense because Ken willingly gave her his speech. b. Gabrielle is guilty of patchwork plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own. c. Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a source and passed it off as her own. d. Gabrielle is guilty of incremental plagiarism because she took ideas or language from two or three sources and passed them off as her own.

C. Gabrielle is guilty of global plagiarism because she took a speech entirely from a single source and passed it off as her own.

When a speaker ________, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words. A. Illustrates b. Rationalizes c. Paraphrases

C. Paraphrases

_________ is anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience. a. Adrenaline b. Visualization c. Stage fright

C. Stage fright

Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches? a. Be prepared to fail in your first speech. b. Tell the audience how get when speaking c. Work especially hard on your speech introduction d. All of the above

C. Work especially hard on your speech introduction.

Which of the following is likely to help you deal with nervousness in your speeches? A. Visualize yourself giving a strong speech b. Focus on communicating rather than on being nervous c. Be thoroughly prepared for each speech d. All of the above

D. All of the above