Chapter 11 Flashcards
Addition
The articulation erros that involves adding extra parts to words.
Articulation
The process of pronouncing all the necessary parts of a word.
Attitude
Predisposition to respond to an idea, person, or thing favorably or unfavorably.
Audience Analysis
A consideration of characteristics including the type, goals, demographics, beliefs, attitudes, and values of listeners.
Belief
An underlying conviction about the truth of an idea, often based on cultural training.
Database
A computerized collection of information that can be searched in a variety of ways to locate information that the user is seeking.
Debilitative Communication Apprehension
Intense level of anxiety about speaking before an audience, resulting in poor performance.
Deletion
Articulation error that involves leaving off parts of words.
Demographics
Audience characteristics that can be analyzed statistically, such as age, gender, education, and group members.
Extemporaneous Speech
A speech that is planned in advance but presented in a direct, conversational manner.
Facilitative Communication Apprehension
A moderate level of anxiety about speaking before an audience that helps improve the speaker’s performance.
Fallacy Of Approval
The irrational belief that it is vital to win the approval of virtually every person a communicator deals with.
Fallacy Of Catastrophic Failure
The irrational belief that the worst possible outcome will probably occur.
Fallacy Of Overgeneralization
Irrational beliefs in which conclusions are based on limited evidence or communication exaggerate their shortcomings.
Fallacy Of Perfection
The irrational belief that a worthwhile communicator should be able to handle every situation with complete confidence and skill.
General Purpose
One of three basic ways a speaker seeks to affect an audience: to entertain, inform, or persuade.
Impromptu Speech
A speech given off the top of one’s head without preparation.
Irrational Thinking
Beliefs that have no basis in reality or logic, one source of debilitative communication apprehension.
Manuscript Speech
A speech that is read word for word from a prepared text.
Memorized Speech
A speech learned and delivered by rote without a written text.
Pitch
The highness or lowness of one’s voice.
Purpose Statement
A complete sentence that describes precisely what a speaker want to accomplish.
Rate
The speed at which a speaker utters words.
Slurring
The articulation error that involves overlapping the end of one word with the beginning of the next.
