Human Communication: Unit 6 – Flashcards
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If a speaker is not sure whether he/she wants to inform or persuade the audience members during a presentation, he/she should just combine the two approaches.
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False
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Determining audience members' psychographics is an important step in deciding on a suitable speech topic.
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True
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If at all possible, a speaker should choose a speech topic that is new to him/her.
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False
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If a specific purpose statement is well written, then it will include information that can be tested at the end of the presentation.
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True
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Listeners are more likely to understand, follow, and remember a speech that is well planned and ordered.
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True
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A database is
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A collection of information organized to provide efficient retrieval
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Though public speaking is enlarged conversation, there are two distinct differences that separate it from other forms of communication. These differences include
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Greater responsibility to plan and prepare and less interaction
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A good introduction
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captures the listeners' attention, motivates the audience to listen, provides the thesis statement, and enhances the speaker's credibility
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Speeches to Inform have the primary goal(s) of
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increasing listeners' understanding, awareness, or knowledge of some topic.
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Types of databases that are available include
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Bibliographic, Image, and Audio
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If a visual is too small for audience members to see during a presentation, then it's recommended to allow them to pass the visual among themselves.
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False
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Supporting materials can add interest to a presentation, but they aren't recommended if the speaker's goal is to elicit some type of change.
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False
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If a speaker were attempting to prove that a lack of education makes someone more prone to crime, the cause/effect organizational pattern would probably work best.
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True
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When attempting to persuade an audience, there is no limit as to how many statistics are included as supporting material.
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False
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To have the most effective delivery, it's best if the speaker uses personal pronouns (referring to themselves as I rather than the speaker, for example).
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True
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If demonstrating a process or procedure where there are specific step-by-step instructions, then the __________________ organizational pattern works best.
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Chronological
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If a speaker wanted to teach the audience about various tourist attractions in a particular city, what would be the best organizational approach?
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Topical
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Which of the following is a good reason to cite a source during a presentation?
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When attempting to appear more knowledgeable about the topic and credible as a speaker, When citing statistics, When citing controversial information, and When conveying someone else's ideas or information either verbatim or by paraphrasing
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A method of support in which the speaker shows how one idea is similar to another is
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Comparison
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Aristotle said that above all of the available means to persuasion, perhaps _________________ is the most potent.
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Pathos
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Credibility refers to how trustworthy, intelligent, knowledgeable, and/or skilled the listener(s)/receiver(s) perceives the speaker (sender) to be.
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True
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Oral communication requires more organization and simpler sentence structure than written communication
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True
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An attractive, conservative physical appearance can enhance our credibility.
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True
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As long as we are not planning to go into a profession where public speaking is required, issues pertaining to the self-presentation are not important.
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False
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In formal presentations and casual conversations, we signal interest by holding eye contact and assuming an attentive posture.
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True
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Informal language that contains made-up words or common words used in a different or uncommon way and can hurt speaker credibility, especially in formal situations.
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Slang
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Chronemics refers to
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how we perceive and use time to define identites and interaction.
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Between _____ and ______of the meaning of our total message is communicated through nonverbal communication.
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70 and 90%
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Movement of a speaker's hands, arms, fingers, legs and/or feet to express thought.
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Gestures
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This is the most recommended style of delivery for a speech over five minutes in length. A speaker who uses this style will carefully prepare, rehearse and finally present his/her information with a brief set of notes.
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Extemporaneous
