The vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the firing of electrochemical impulses in the brain.
What is hearing?
100
This is a specific case used to illustrate or represent a group of people, ideas, conditions, experiences, or the like.
What is an example?
100
A book of synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
100
The highness or lowness of a speaker's voice?
What is pitch?
100
The portion of the whole audience that the speaker most wants to persuade.
What is the target audience?
200
This is the type of listening one does for pleasure or enjoyment.
What is appreciative listening?
200
This is a specific case mentioned in passing to illustrate a point.
What is a brief example?
200
The literal or dictionary definition of a word or phrase.
What is denotative meaning?
200
The changes in the pitch or tone of a speaker's voice.
What is inflection?
200
These are the three types of persuasive questions.
What are questions of fact, value, and policy?
300
This refers to the practice of listening to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting it.
What is critical listening?
300
These are the 3 measures of central tendency discussed in the textbook.
What are mean, median, and mode?
300
These words refer to tangible objects.
What are concrete words?
300
"Uh" "um" "er" "like"
What are vocalized pauses?
300
This is the obligation facing a persuasive speaker to prove that a change from the current policy is necessary.
What is the burden of proof?
400
This refers to the difference between the rate at which most people talk (120 to 150 words per minute) and the rate at which the brain can process language (400 to 800 words per minute).
What is spare "brain time"?
400
Quotations or paraphrases used to support a point.
What is testimony?
400
This is discourse that takes many more words than necessary to express an idea.
What is clutter?
400
The physical production of particular speech sounds.
What is articulation?
400
These are the three artistic proofs according to Aristotle.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
500
These are the three things the textbook suggests listening for in order to better focus your listening.
What are listen for main points, listen for evidence, and listen for technique?
500
This term from the lecture refers to how closely the characteristics of a survey sample mirror the characteristics of the whole population.
What is representativeness?
500
This Nobel Prize winning economist is featured on page 227 of the textbook.
Who is Paul Krugman?
500
What are the 4 basic methods for delivering a speech?
What are manuscript, memorized, impromptu, and extemporaneous?
500
A fallacy in which a speaker jumps to a general conclusion on the basis of insufficient evidence.