Communication
The speaker is both a sender and a receiver. (Page 4.)
What is the transactional process?
Thinking about what you want to say and trying to be more effective with your words.
What is being mindful?
Fear of public speaking and the nervousness that accompanies it. (Page 18.)
What is speech anxiety?
Both speaker and the audience understand the same things. (Anderson & Ross, 1994)
What is shared meaning?
1. Respect. 2. Honesty. 3. Fairness. 4. Choice. 5. Responsibility.
What are the 5 ethical standards defining moral correctness of speech?
Something that preoccupies your thoughts limits your ability to prepare your speech.
What is anxiety?
Engaging in communication with others effectively and appropriately. (Spitzberg, 2000.)
What is communication competence?
A passion for excellence.
What is commitment?
He once remarked, "There are two types of speakers: Those who are nervous and those who are liars."
Who is Mark Twain?
The degree to which the speaker reaches his or her goals. (Page 8.)
What is effectiveness?
Not caring about how others receive your message.
What is being mindless?
The physiological defense-alarm process triggered by stress. (Cannon, 1932.)
What is the fight or flight response?
Waving is a very simple example of this.
What is communication?
Determining the right and wrong of speaking.
What is ethics?
The opposite of dysfunctional speech anxiety.
What is functional speech anxiety?