Public Speaking Comm. 100 Chapter 1 What is Public Speaking

Question 1

Abstract Word

Answer 1

Words that refer to ideas or
concepts that are removed from
material reality (such as Peace, Love, Honor)

Question 2

Axiology

Answer 2

A part of worldview; refers to an
individual or group’s value
system.

Question 3

Channel

Answer 3

The means through which the

message travels.

Question 4

Communicator

Answer 4

ALL of the people involved in the interaction to communicate or speech setting who encode and
decode messages simultaneously.

Question 5

Concrete Word

Answer 5

A word that describes a tangible
object that can be perceived
through the senses.

Question 6

Context

Answer 6

The context that your speech takes place in. The communication rules that govern different physical settings and/or different types of relationships.

Question 7

Cosmology

Answer 7

A part of worldview; refers to the way individuals and groups see themselves in relation to other people and their view of their place in the universe.

Question 8

Cultural Noise

Answer 8

Differences in worldview that

cause message interference.

Question 9

Decoding

Answer 9

Decoding is translating the message communicated to you by the source into meaning. It means converting a message into thoughts by translating the received stimuli into an interpreted meaning in order to understand the message communicated. The process of decoding involves receiving, interpreting and understanding an encoded message. In other words, decoding involves interpretation and analysis of a message. Breaking down communication that is given to you. The process of listening to words
and interpreting the words so they are associated with mental understanding.

Question 10

Encoding

Answer 10

Encoding: The communication process begins when the source or sender selects words, symbols, pictures and the like, to represent the message that will be delivered to the receiver(s). This process, known as encoding, involves putting thoughts, ideas, or information into a symbolic form for, SPEAKING. The process of taking a mental image, associating the image with
words, and then SPEAKING those words.

Question 11

Epistemology

Answer 11

A part of worldview; refers to the
way an individual or group
acquires knowledge or what
counts as knowledge.

Question 12

Listening

Answer 12

The psychological process of
interpreting and making sense of
the messages we receive.

Question 13

Message

Answer 13

The words, nonverbal behavior,
or other signals transmitted from
one person to another.

Question 14

Noise

Answer 14

Any thing that interferes with the
message transmission or the
encoding and decoding process.

Question 15

Nonverbal Behavior

Answer 15

All of the messages we send --- 
except for the words we say.  Can 
include appearance, eye behavior, 
kinesics (body movement), 
proxemics (use of space), touch, 
time, and smell.

Question 16

Norms

Answer 16

The verbal and nonverbal rules
(usually unspoken) that govern
communicative behavior (TYPICAL within a particular situation)

Question 17

Ontology

Answer 17

A part of worldview; refers to an
individual’s or group’s belief
system.

Question 18

Praxeology

Answer 18

A part of worldview; refers to the
way an individual or group goes
about tasks or solving problems.

Question 19

Psychological Noise

Answer 19

Message interference that results
from disturbed or excited mental
states.

Question 20

Physiological Noise

Answer 20

Message interference that results

from bodily discomfort.

Question 21

Physical Noise

Answer 21

Literal, physical noise. Message interference that results
when the noise level (as
measured in decibels) makes it
difficult to hear a message.

Question 22

Public Speaking

Answer 22

The act of delivering a speech in

front of a live audience.

Question 23

Worldview

Answer 23

The overall framework through
which an individual sees, thinks
about, and interprets the world
and interacts with it.