Public Speaking 1

What is a personal benefit of public speaking?

Increased confidence

How is public speaking an important art of maintaining a democracy?

It allows people to express their beliefs about society

An effective public speech has a positive impact on society.

Flase

What is the purpose of an effective speech?

To successfully con vince the audience to care about the same issue that the speaker cares about.

Two Speakers having different leveles of fleuency in the language of communitcation is an example of which element of communitcation?

Noise

What element of communitcation gives out the message?

The Source

What element of communitcation takes in messages?

The receiver

What element of communitcation is everything we do as senders?

The message

What element of communitcation are the pathways or media through which the message is carried?

The channel

What element of communitcation interferes with out ability to send or receive a message?

Noise

What element of communitcation is the setting or enviroment for communication?

Situational/cultural context

What element of communitcation is information we recive in response to a message we have sent?

Feedback

Successful speakers focus on what they want to say in their speech rather than being concerned with the audience.

False

Communication can take place across multiple channels at once.

True

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the situational and cultural context of communication by ____?

Increasing peoples use of digital media

A person who practices cognitive restructuring would responf to their performance anxiety by___.

Thinking positive thoughts about their own abilities.

What is cognitive restructuring?

Changing your negatice self-talk into positive self-talk

Using your anxiety to improve your perfornance is better then not experiencing anxiety at all.

True

A person thinking, “I got this. I can do this.” before she delivers a speech would be utilizing which of the following concepts?

Self-Talk

What is process anxiety?

The fear of preparing a speech

What is performance anxiety?

The fear of presenting a speech

What is thought stopping?

A technique used to block and replace unwated thoughts

What is centering breathing?

A technique that uses slow, deep breaths to calm the body and mind

What is self talk?

Internal conversations we have to ourselves

What is systematic desensitization?

Ways used to reduce the physical affects of anxiety

Selecting a speech topic that you care about will most likely reduce which form of public speaking anxiety?

Process

What is the most effective way to practice your speech?

Giving the speech to a small audience such as family and friends

You should pick a speech topic that you know nothing about, so you are motivated to research the topic.

False

Each performance of a speech helps you do better on the next performance, even when you are giving a different speech.

True

A thesis statment of a speech communicates the ___.

Main idea

What are the steps to making a speech?

1. Select a topic

2. Develop the main points

3. Practice and deliver the speech

4. Critique the performance

The rules and expectations of your cultural identity come from ___.

Group memberships

A person who is older in age is likely to place more importance on the issue of ____ compared to somebody who is younger in age.

Social security

What the f- is co-culture

A group of people whose values or beliefs set them apart from the larger culture.

The rules and expectations of your cultural identity come from ______.

Group memberships

White people will become the minority group in the United States within one generation.

True

Having a sign language interpreter at a speech so that people who are deaf or hard of hearing can understand what is being said best demonstrates the value of ______.

Inclusion

To overcome the negative effects of ethnocentrism, speechmakers and their audiences need to accept the practices of the different cultures in the room

False

People from ______ cultures are more likely to use low-context communication.

Individualist

What is a covert lie?

A lie that allows others to believe something that isn’t true.

Ethical communication means persuading your audience to do something that you think is for their own good.

False

What is critical thinking?

arriving at a conclusion about an issue or situation only after evaluating alternative possibilities based on all available evidence and arguments.

When presented with information, one way to practice critical thinking as a speaker and listener is to ______.

Consider alternatives to it

Speakers and receivers should assess a speech by whether the speechmaker was effective or ineffective.

False

Rather than take a speaker’s words at face value, a critical listener would consider the speaker’s ______.

Motivations

What are the six stages of active listening?

1. Hearing

2. Understanding

3. Remembering

4. Interpreting

5. Evaluating

6. Responding

Which behavior by the listener is characteristic of active listening?

Paraphrasing a speakers message

Describe Stage 1 of active listening: Hearing

The act of choose to ignore some stimuli,while focusing on what is being communicated

What is Attending?

Choosing on tuning out some sounds while focusing on others

Describe Stage 2 of active listening: Understanding

Focus on meaning,refrain from judgement

Describe Stage 3 of active listening: Remembering

The mental saving of a message for further use

Describe Stage 4 of active listening: Interpreting

A listening stage during which the focus is on meaning and the decoding of the speaker’s message

Describe Stage 5 of active listening: Evaluating

The process of using critical thinking skills to weigh a message’s worth

Describe Stage 6 of active listening: Responding

The process of replying and providing feedback

The speaker’s perception of how engaged the audience is can affect how effectively they communicate their ideas.

True

What us Appreciative listening?

Listening for Pleasure

What is Empathic listening?

Listening to Provide Emotional Support

What is Comprehensive listening?

Listening to Get Information

What is Critical/Deliberative listening?

Listening to Make an Evaluation

What are the four listening types?

1. Appreciative

2. Empathetic

3. Comprehensive

4. Critical/deliberative

What are the four listening styles?

1. People-oriented

2. Action-oriented

3. Content-oriented

4. Time-oriented

What does People-oriented focus on?

Emotions and interests

What does Action-oriented listening focus on?

Clarity, precision, and assumptions

What does Content-oriented listening focus on?

Facts, details, and ambiguities

What does Time-oriented listening focus on?

Efficiency and succinctness

How can the speech-thought differential lead to ineffective listening?

People may let their minds drift as they wait for more input from the speaker

Which strategy is recommended to keep you tuned in while a speaker is talking?

Look directly at the speaker.

Which behavior will lead to ineffective listening?

Mentally arguing with the speaker while they are talking

In order for feedback to be effective, it must be ______.

Specific

If you center your attention on your audience then they will likely center their attention on you.

True

According to Aristotle, who determines the speaker’s end object?

The listener

What is a speakers end object?

An end goal or purpose

In order to appeal to an audience’s values or beliefs, the speaker will have to do a preliminary _______.

Analysis

The word _____ means “feeling into.”

Empathy

According to sociolinguist Deborah Tannen, male audiences tend to hear the language of intimacy and connection best.

False

What language do men tend to hear the best?

Status and independence

What language do woman tend to hear the best?

Connection and intimacy

______ is a composite of various audience characteristics

Demographic profile

A key goal for a speaker is to lessen the age difference between them and the audience.

True

Our attitudes are typically explained by our _______.

Beliefs

What is a socioeconomic profile?

A snapshot of a person, group, or community

What is a demographic profile?

A statistical summary of the characteristics and traits of a specific population, audience, or market segment

What are autobiographical details?

The factual details, personal experiences, and memories that make up an individual's life history

What are psychographics?

A description of values, beliefs, and interests, including how members of an audience see themselves, their attitudes, and motives

Your ______ are a crucial aspect of how an audience perceives you.

Credentials

When considering timing of a speech, you must also consider what?

The order

When you are considering why an audience is attending a speech, you are considering the speech’s ______.

Occasion

What are Closed-ended questions?

Highly structured questions requiring only that the respondent indicate which of the provided responses most accurately reflects his or her answer to a question

What are Scaled Questions?

Questions enabling respondents to indicate their views along a continuum or scale

What are Open-ended questions?

Questions allowing a respondent to answer fully and in his or her own words

What are Research questions?

The central, guiding question that a study or project sets out to answer

If you are familiar with your audience you should use observations and perceptions of them to help guide your speech.

True

______ are good tools to use to gain the most specific details about the audience you will be speaking to.

Questionnaires

What is free association suppost to accomplish?

Generateing as many ideas as possible free from fear of critique.

What is the process of discovering what you’re going to say during a speech?

Invention

Which of the brainstorming techniques is particularly useful in helping to prevent “idea paralysis?”

The A-B-C approach

What is a specific speech purpose?

The statement of your speech’s main objective

What is the overall purpose a speaker hopes to have on their audience called?

General

What is the behavioral objective?

The direct response that you want from your audience.

A thesis statement ties together many ideas.

False