Comm 2001 Midterm

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

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. 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 ______.

Frame of reference

Which of the following violates the speaker's ethical obligation to be honest in what she or he says?

Juggling statistics, quoting out of context, and citing unusual cases as typical examples

______ is the use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

Name-calling

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

Positive nervousness

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

Stage fright

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

Visualization

A summary of a magazine or journal article, written by someone other than the original author

abstract

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment

appreciative listening

Primary purpose is to gain a desired response from listeners

audience-centered

The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.

bill of rights

the main section of a speech

body

The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

ethics

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

ethnocentrism

A carefully prepared and rehearsed speech that is presented from a brief set of notes.

extemporaneous speech

The broad goal of a speech.

general purpose

The opening of a speech.

introduction

A research aid that catalogues articles from a large number of magazines, journals, and newspapers

newspaper and periodical databases

If you present another person's language or ideas as your own, you are guilty of ______.

plagiarism

A work that synthesizes a large amount of related information for easy access by researchers

reference work

What a speaker wants the audience to remember after it has forgotten everything else in a speech.

residual message

What should public speakers do to avoid ethnocentrism?

show respect for the cultures of the people they address.

identifies traits of audience unique to the speaking situation at hand

situational audience analysis

The difference between the rate at which most people talk (120 to 180 words a minute) and the rate at which the brain can process language (400 to 500 words a minute).

spare brain time

creating an oversimplified image of a particular group of people, usually by assuming that all members of the group are alike

stereotyping

What is the first step toward improving your listening skills?

taking listening seriously

The subject of a speech.

topic

A method of speech organization in which the main points divide the topic into logical and consistent subtopics.

topical order

A word of phrase that indicates when a speaker has finished one thought and is moving on to another.

transition

In public speaking, sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against what?

A set of ethical standards or guidelines

______ is the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

Ethics

________ __________ is stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.

Global plagiarism

Critical thinking includes

Seeing the relationships among ideas, judging the credibility of statements, and assessing the soundness of evidence

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

Visualizing yourself giving a strong speech, concentrating on communicating, and being thoroughly prepared

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

Work especially hard on your speech introduction

A database that catalogues articles from scholarly journals

academic database

Giving undivided attention to a speaker in a genuine effort to understand the speaker's point of view

active listening

A method of generating ideas by free association of words and thoughts.

brainstorming

A number used in libraries to classify books and periodicals and to indicate where they can be found on the shelves

call number

A listing of all the books, periodicals, and other resources owned by a library

catalogue

A one-sentence statement that sums up or encapsulates the major ideas of a speech.

central idea

A method of speech organization in which the main points follow a time pattern.

chronological order

What are the two kinds of listening most closely tied to critical thinking?

comprehensive and critical listening

listening to understand the message of a speaker

comprehensive listening

the final section of a speech

conclusion

listening to evaluate a message for purposes of accepting or rejecting it

critical listening

A speaker analyzes an audience for demographics, dispositions and knowledge of the topic:

demographic audience analysis

audience pays closest attention to messages that affect their own values, beliefs, and well-being

egocentric audience

listening to provide emotional support for a speaker

empathic listening

Because speechmaking is a form of power, it carries with it heavy ______ responsibilities.

ethical

Weighing a potential course of action against a set of standards or guidelines.

ethical decisions

motions of a speaker's hands or arms during a speech

gestures

Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.

global plagiarism

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

hearing

A speech early in the term designed to get students speaking in front of the class as soon as possible.

ice breaker speech

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 the speech that are borrowed from other people.

incremental

When your general purpose is to ____________, you act as a teacher or lecturer.

inform

______ is anything that impedes the communication of a message.

interference

An outline that briefly notes a speaker's main points and supporting evidence in rough outline form.

key-word outline

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

listening

The major points developed in the body of a speech

main points

When a speaker ______, she restates or summarizes an author's ideas in her own words.

paraphrases

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own is called ______Blank plagiarism.

patchwork

Stealing ideas of language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.

patchwork plagiarism

When you want to change or structure the attitudes of your audience, your general purpose is to ____________.

persuade

A single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

specific purpose

The ____________ is a single infinitive phrase that states precisely what a speaker hopes to accomplish in her or his speech.

specific purpose statement