Comm Quiz 2

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

Comprehensive listening and critical listening

Adapting your message to the needs of a particular audience means that you must inevitably compromise your beliefs. True or false?

False

Hearing and listening are identical.

False

What is the first step toward improving your listening skills?

Take listening seriously

Good delivery does not call attention to itself.

True

People spend more time listening than doing any other communicative activity.

True

Knowing that you are aware of the definition of a problem, which of the following statements would fit the definition of a problems.

ULM Students had never complained about the quality of the food in the student cafeteria until recently.

Listening for pleasure or enjoyment is called ___ listening.

appreciative

Audience-centeredness involves keeping your audience foremost in mind

at every step of speech preparation and presentation.

IM refers to:

covert talk

At a coffee shop on campus, Rachel listens to her friend Shanti discuss his feelings about his mother's recent death, she feels his grief as though it was hers. According to your textbook, Rachel is engaged in ____ listening.

empathic

The primary purpose of speechmaking is to

gain a desired response from listeners.

Excessive internal monologue is a problem because it is an in-the-head self-talk activity that:

interferes with effective listening

Which of the following is one of the five canons of public speaking?

invention

Dr. Kristin Lutz is preparing an informative speech on the genetic relationship between twins for a group of expectant parents. The most important factor Dr. Lutz should consider when analyzing her audience is probably its

knowledge of the topic.

When accuracy is essential and a speech must be delivered word for word, _____ delivery is most appropriate.

manuscript

Analyzing your audience is one step in preparing to speak that:

may an increase a public speaker's chances of engaging his or her audience.

One of the most effective and easiest treatments/methods for managing IM is to:

simply be aware you are engaging in IM and then make a conscious choice to stop the self-talk.

According to Dr. Thameling's lecture, anxiety, conflict, and _____________________________ can spark the tendency to engage in internal monologue to the point where one cannot concentrate on the here and now.

stress

Sally treats her chronic headaches with a quick fix remedy (such as reaching for aspirin) instead of making an appointment with her doctor to determine the source of the headaches. Sally's treatment choice would be considered a:

symptomatic solution