Public Speaking Midterm

Question 1

Encoding a message is

Answer 1

Creating it, adapting it to the receiver and transmitting through a channel.

Question 2

Decoding a message is

Answer 2

Listening, interpreting and responding to a message

Question 3

Types of feedback

Answer 3

Direct, moderately direct, indirect

Question 4

What is the transactional model of public speaking?

Answer 4

1.Speaker: the person who is speaking and the source
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2. The receiver: audience that receives message
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3. Feedback: whatever the receiver receives

Question 5

Systematic Desensitization

Answer 5

The process of overcoming your fears

Question 6

Caring/goodwill

Answer 6

When the speaker speaks with good intentions.

Question 7

Pure persuasion

Answer 7

Persuading someone to chose a side.

Question 8

Rhetorical situation

Answer 8

A question with no answer, supposed to make you think.

Question 9

Context

Answer 9

Information

Question 10

Specific Purpose

Answer 10

The main topic the speaker wants to get across

Question 11

Introductions include

Answer 11

Purpose

Preview

Attention

Establishing credibility

Question 12

What are the attention grabbers

Answer 12

Question

Humor

Interacting with audience

Personal Inventory

Question 13

What are the listening styles?

Answer 13

Action oriented- what you did not how you got there?

Context oriented- caring about the information

Time oriented- worried about time

People oriented- listening to how you feel

Question 14

Audience Analysis

Answer 14

Considering the audiences age ethnicity gender etc.

Question 15

Thesis statement is based on

Answer 15

Ideology

Question 16

Specific purpose is

Answer 16

The speakers intentions

Question 17

Different types of finding aid

Answer 17

Personal inventory

Internet

Library

Scholarly and academic journals

Question 18

Concrete is

Answer 18

Hard evidence

Question 19

Abstract is

Answer 19

What lacks evidence more opinion orientated

Question 20

Three overarching principles in dialogic theory

Answer 20

Dialogue is more natural than monologue

Meanings are in people not words

Contexts and social situations impact perceived meaning.

Question 21

What is attitude?

Answer 21

The way your tone comes out and how you say it.

Question 22

NCA Credo

Answer 22

Thinking about what’s right and what’s wrong ethically

Question 23

Systematic memorization

Answer 23

Building up to doing something

Question 24

Preview

Answer 24

Shows an overall look your audience will have (sign posting)

Question 25

Noises we encounter

Answer 25

Physical- noise in the environment that interfere with speaker’s ability to hear. Physiological- noises that’s caused by the speakers own body (stomach growling) Psychological- noises that are caused by the receivers internal thoughts Semantic- the receiver is struggling with interpretation of the senders word choice

Question 26

Demographic (Audience Analysis)

Answer 26

Considering gender, age, marital stature, race, ethnicity, etc

Question 27

Psychographic (Audience Analysis)

Answer 27

Information that’s harder to predict like beliefs, attitudes, etc.