Speech midterm exam review

Which of the following is not true of speaking rate?

A higher rate of speaking can signal that the speaker is uninterested in his or her topic

Many people in the office enjoy talking to Josh about issues with their clients because he always shows he is listening by shaking his head and making direct eye contact. Josh's actions are examples of:

Active listening

Intrapersonal communication serves which of the following functions?

Calms in a stressful situation

Artifacts are possessions that:

Communicate our identities

_____ is a process that involves an interchange of verbal and/ or nonverbal messages within a continuous and dynamic sequence of events.

Communication

Which of the following theories explores why and how people modify their communication to fit situational, social, cultural, and relational contexts?

Communication accommodation theory

If Toni is attempting to tell Sharra a message, but she mixes her observations with her thoughts and feelings, what kind of message is she sending to Sharra?

Contaminated

Nonverbal communication serves which of the following functions:

Conveying meaning and influence others

______ involves evaluating the credibility, completeness, and worth of a speaker's message.

Critical listening

________ and listening skills help you to take a more proactive role in the communication process rather than being a passive receiver of messages that may not be credible, complete, or worthwhile.

Critical thinking

_____ are versions of languages that have distinct words, grammar, and pronunciation, while _______ are distinct styles of pronunciation.

Dialects, accents

When we ______ something, we make judgements about its credibility, completeness, and worth.

Evaluate

What kind of delivery method gives the most flexibility during speaker preparation and speed delivery?

Extemporaneous

With which delivery method would you be most likely to use note cards?

Extemporaneous

Mass communication and public communication are the same thing.

False

Of the five forms of communication, intrapersonal is not one of them.

False

The following statement is an example of the preview of main points in a speech: There is something that people are more afraid of than heights, snakes, or even death! But, it's not scary monsters or aliens....it's public speaking!

False

The term salience refers to a database of stored information that we use to interpret new experiences.

False

______ is the drive to take up and defend spaces that is shared by many creatures, ranging from packs of animals to individual humans to nations.

Territoriality

Which of the following is not a main purpose of listening?

To engage in impression management

Group communication usually leads to more complicated interactions than interpersonal communication.

True

Intrapersonal communication takes place inside our own heads.

True

Nonverbal communication is often used as a shorthand for communication in relational context.

True

Our cultural identities and our personalities affect our perceptions.

True

Symbols can be communicated verbally, nonverbally, or in writing.

True

The chronological pattern structures speeches based on time or sequence.

True

The problem-solution pattern involves presenting a problem and offering a solution.

True

The process of communication includes both verbal and nonverbal symbols and signs.

True

The spatial pattern arranges main points based on layout or proximity to each other.

True

Which of the following is/are not a stage in the listening process?

Understanding and creating

"Um, ah, uh, like" - these are all examples of:

Verbal fillers

Which of the following statements about perception is not true?

We process all of the stimuli we take in through our senses

Which of the following could create semantic noise during a communication encounter?

Words in another language

Which of the following is not a potential environmental barrier to effective listening?

Stress

"She's as red as a lobster" is an example of:

Simile

While bowing is a preferred greeting in contact cultures, a handshake is a preferred greeting in a non-contact culture

False

Of the four types of verbal expressions, expressing ______ is the most difficult because there are many social norms about how, why, when, where, and to whom we make such expressions.

Feelings

______ refers to the study of communication by touch.

Haptics

Much of the meaning generated by a ___________ communication style comes from nonverbal and contextual cues.

High-context

Which of the following is an example of physiological noise?

Hunger

Which communication model would apply to the following scenario: Bob sends a message to Cindy. Cindy receives the message and sends a reply message to Bob. Bob receives the reply message from Cindy.

Interaction model

During which stage of the listening process do we try to understand stimuli by connecting it to our previous experiences?

Interpreting

What is the third step in the perception process?

Interpreting

Which of the following is not a strength of manuscript delivery?

It is the most engaging with the audience

Stereotypes are generally based on _____

Lack of information

The process by which we learn to understand, produce, and use words to communicate within a given language group is known as:

Language acquisition

Which of the following is not included in the five functions of language?

Language is confrontational

Which of the following is not a tip for having effective eye contact

Look over the back wall or over the audience's heads to give the illusion that you're making eye contact

Manuscript delivery is challenging for all of the following reasons except:

Maintaining consistency

Public communication becomes _____ when it is transmitted to many people through print or electronic media.

Mass communication

Nina is walking next to the movie theater on the way home from school. She notices the poster for a brand new movie coming out called "Beach Babes Save the Day." Looking at the poster, Nina feels self-conscious about her weight and wishes she looked like the skinny women on the poster. This example shows the power of ______ to influence our perception.

Media

_____ can occur regardless of the degree of conscious thought and interaction put into a message.

Miscommunication

Nonverbal communication is:

More involuntary than verbal communication

The word kinesics refers to the study of:

Movements

"I'm doing surveys for my biology class. Would you help me pass them out tomorrow?" This sentence is an example of which of the four types of expression?

Needs

Which of the following is not a principle of nonverbal communication?

Nonverbal communication is primarily learned in educational settings.

The transmission model of communication describes communication as a ____ process in which a sender intentionally transmits a message to a receiver.

One-way linear

Vocalics is the study of _____, which includes the vocal qualities that go along with verbal messages such as pitch, volume, rate, vocal quality, and verbal fillers.

Paralanguage

Basic sensory information gained from sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell help us to _____ information.

Perceive

_______________ noise originates in the body, while ______________ noise originates in the mind.

Physiological, psychological

Which of the following is an example of a slang word created by reduction?

Pic

Which of the following examples is not a descriptive gesture?

Pointing

Our language system is:

Primarily made up of symbols

The study of how space and distance influence communication is called:

Proxemics

Grocery stores, parks, and sidewalls are all examples of what type of space?

Public

During which stage of listening do you discern between intentional messages and noise?

Receiving

_____ is the first part of the perception process in which we focus our attention on certain incoming sensory information.

Selecting

In general, we employ ______________, which refers to our tendency to pay attention to the messages that benefit us in some way and filter others out.

Selective attention

Sherry considers herself a funny and easy going person. What Sherry is describing are clues to her:

Self concept

While self-concept is a broad description of the self, ______ is more specifically an evaluation of the self.

Self-esteem