Lucas Chapter 2 - Ethics and Public Speaking
___ deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.
Ethics
According to the Lucas textbook, persuasion is "the process of ___, reinforcing, or changing people's beliefs or actions" (p. 292).
Creating
If I threw my empty soda bottle at my friend's head and yelled "YEET!" while doing so, then I'm using an example of ___.
Slang
___ refers to the way that people organize and use time and the messages that are created because of their organization and use of that time.
Chronemics
___ is the act of simply receiving sounds, whereas ___ is the active process of receiving, constructing meaning from, and responding to verbal or nonverbal messages.
Hearing and listening
___ occurs when you present the ideas or words of another person as if they were your own.
Plagiarism
A speaker who wants to persuade the audience that Beyoncé really did have the greatest music video of all time would be asking the audience a question of ___.
Value
If I say the word "dog" and you envision your family pet, then you're using a ___ meaning of the word.
Connotative
Give two reasons for why nonverbal communication can be ambiguous.
One nonverbal code communicates a variety of meanings and multiple nonverbal codes communicate the same meaning
___ involves analyzing the speaker, the situation, and the speaker's ideas to make critical judgments about the message being presented.
Critical thinking
All speakers should avoid the use of ___ - using language to defame, demean, or degrade another individual or group.
Name-calling
"Councilman Stewart's proposal for a new wind farm may sound good, but do you really trust the word of a man who was caught cheating on his wife?" is an example of the ___ fallacy.
Ad hominem
Semanticist S.I. Hayakawa introduced the ___, which illustrates that words fall somewhere on a continuum from concrete to abstract.
Ladder of abstraction
When it comes to physical attraction and communication, the ___ suggests that people seek others who are of similar attractiveness.
Matching hypothesis
___ occurs when an organization actively monitors and responds to messages on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Social media listening
In her informative speech, Wendy includes a quote from a famous philosopher, but forgets to properly name the source. This is an example of someone committing ___.
Incremental plagiarism
One of Aristotle's three pillars of persuasion, logos refers to the logical appeal of a speaker and has two components: ___ and ___.
Evidence and reasoning
Language has multiple rules: ___ is the study of the way humans use language to evoke meaning in others; ___ is the way in which words are arranged to form sentences and phrases; ___ is the study of language as it's used within social contexts.
Semantics, syntax, and pragmatics
There are many different types of vocal cues, including: ___, how rapidly or slowly you speak; ___, whether or not you say a word correctly; ___, the loudness or softness of your voice; ___, whether or not your mouth, teeth, and tongue coordinate to make a word understandable to others; and ___, the variety or changes in pitch.
Rate, pronunciation, volume, articulation, and inflection
While listening to her friend Colleen talk about all of the problems in her life, Nikki did her best to stay focused so she could be there for her friend and help her out, if need be. This is an example of ___ listening.
Empathic
"Just because you can say something, doesn't mean you should" reflects this aspect of speech ethics.
Freedom of speech
In persuasion, the ___ is the obligation facing a speaker to prove that a change from current policy is necessary.
Burden of proof
The fact that many cultures have different (and sometimes more or less) words/phrases for colors than we do is an example of the ___, which ultimately says that language shapes our reality and our behaviors.
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
See Mr. Robinson for this question.
Contradicting
While having lunch with her friend, Nikki, Colleen kept thinking about her own life and found ways to redirect the conversation towards being about her as often as she could. This is an example of what type of barrier to listening?
Egocentrism