Public Speaking UNIT 1

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

True

T/F Avoiding ethnocentrism is important for listeners as well as for speakers.

True

positive nervousness

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

Stage Fright

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

Visualization

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

The two major kinds of speeches discussed in the chapter are __________ online speeches and __________ online speeches.

recorded; real-time

What should public speakers do to avoid ethnocentrism

show respect for the cultures of the people they address.

Possible sources of interference in online speeches include

someone entering the room where the audience is located. bandwidth congestion on the audience's computers. updates arriving on your computer during the speech.

is it good to be nervous at the beginning of the speech?

yes its even disirable

What does critical thinking include

1. Seeing the relationships among ideas 2. Judging the credibility of statements 3. Assessing the soundness of evidence

Ethnocentrism

Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.

Taking account of your listeners' racial, ethnic, or cultural background is an important factor in situational audience analysis. True or false?

FALSE

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 the speaker was knowledgeable about the subject. What was Scott doing?

Filtering the message through his frame of reference

"Do you think gun control is a workable solution to the problem of violence in U.S. schools?" is an example of a(n) ____________ question.

Fixed-Alternative

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

True

T/F: 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

When gauging your audience's disposition toward the speech topic, you should take into account their

Interest in the Topic Knowledge about the Topic Attitude towards the Topic

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

Interférence

Questions that require responses at fixed intervals along a scale of answers are called ____________ questions.

Scale

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

TRUE

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

Work especially hard on your speech introduction.

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

frame of reference

T/F: Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.

TRUE

According to your textbook, which of the following is a factor in situational audience analysis?

The size of an audience