Ch 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1 Title
What is Intro to Public Speaking?
Anxiety that is aligned with, or a manifestation of, an individual's personality
What is trait-anxiety?
Listening for entertainment or pleasure purposes
What is appreciative listening?
Encapsulates the main points of a speech in just a sentence or two and it is designed to give audiences a quick preview of what the entire speech will be about
What is thesis statement?
These are the four specific functions that need to be met in introductions
What are gain the audience's attention, gain the audience's goodwill, state the purpose of the speech, and preview the main points?
The process of taking an idea/mental image, associating that image with words and then using those words to convey a message
What is encoding?
The anxiety resulting from fear of public speaking
What is communication apprehension?
The 3 A's of active listening
What are Attention, Attitude and Adjustment?
Refers to main points that are worded using the same format, perhaps by starting with a common introductory clause
What is parallel structure?
Two elements of credibility
What are external credibility and internal credibility?
The overall framework through with an individual sees, thinks about, and interprets the world
What is worldview?
An internal process through which individuals can deliberately adjust how they perceive an action or experience
What is cognitive restructuring?
Preconceived notions or beliefs a listener might hold dear that can interfere with listening effectively
What are deaf spots?
Words and gestures that allow you to move smoothly from one idea to the next throughout your speech, showing relationships between ideas and emphasizing important points
What are signposts?
This lets the audience know how you will develop the speech
What is a preview statement?
Bodily processes and states that interfere with a message
What is physiological noise?
Prepare well, visualize success, minimize what you memorize, all are techniques for what
What is building confidence?
This is a nonverbal endorsement of the listener's attention and the effect of the speaker's message
What is listener's lean?
This is used to work through the various components of your speech in an inventive format
What is a preparation outline?
What are rhetorical questions?
Our value system, or what we see as right or wrong, good or bad, and fair or unfair
What is axiology?
The first step to ethical speech preparation
What is take notes?
Dr Wood says there are 4 myths of listening. Name two
What are listening is easy, I can read therefore I can listen, I am intelligent therefore I can listen, I do not have to prepare to listen?
Like the name implies, these lay out what will occur during your speech. They tell the audience what to expect
What are internal previews?
These occur when people engage in behavior that is unexpected or inappropriate for the situation
What are expectancy violations?