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Can communication impact our physical health? - correct answer ✔✔"The benefits of communication on a person's health are rooted in the fact that we are social beings". Can communication impact our psychological health? - correct answer ✔✔"Communication enhances our physical and mental health". Do we need to communicate to accomplish tasks? - correct answer ✔✔"From ordering dinner, to calling emergency services, we use communication to complete important tasks that allow us to remain safe and even find food. The role communication plays in completing everyday tasks is as important as the benefits it accords our health and well-being. Without communication, we most assuredly would not be able to survive". Examples of physical noise: ceiling fan, car horn honking or tapping a pen. - correct answer ✔✔Physical Noise -Other sounds (people talking, air conditioner, shuffling papers, etc.) -Visual barriers -Poor volume and projects -Distractions in the room -Hunger, tiredness, and other bodily limitations What is psychological noise? Give example. - correct answer ✔✔Psychological Noise -Preoccupation with other thoughts -Emotional reaction to the topic -Prejudice or ill will toward the speaker -Unwillingness to listen -Resistance to the message

The linear model of communication: explain components. Which is missing? - correct answer ✔✔Sender Encodes --Message--> Receiver Decodes What is feedback? - correct answer ✔✔the various verbal and nonverbal responses to the message by the receiver. Is everyone a good communicator? - correct answer ✔✔Myth #1: Everyone is an adept communicator. As noted in the previous section, we all have extensive experience with communicating, but just because we do something often does not make us experts in it. What needs are met when we initiate a relationship? - correct answer ✔✔GG Encoding - correct answer ✔✔the process of creating a message using symbols Model of communication that treats the communicators as both sender and receivers simultaneously - correct answer ✔✔"The transactional model updates both the action and interaction models of communication in one key way. The model does not differentiate between the sender and the receiver, seeing both parties as sender and receiver". What are competent communicators; define characteristics. - correct answer ✔✔Communication competence- the ability to effectively and appropriately interact in any given situation.

5 Characteristics -Self-Awareness -Responsiveness and Adaptability -Person-Centered Messages -Cognitive Complexity -Ethics and Civility What is self-awareness? - correct answer ✔✔"A competent communicator pays attention to his or her behaviors and comments, and how those influence or affect other people. The process of being attuned to how our actions and messages impact others is called self-monitoring". Self-monitoring- the process of being attuned to how your actions and messages impact others What does ethical and civil communication involve? - correct answer ✔✔"Competent communicators understand and act upon what they believe is the right way to interact in a given situation. They communicate honestly, use good manners, are polite, and also are assertive...Communicating in a civil and ethical fashion involves knowing the right and wrong way to communicate, acting on the former, and doing so in a manner that respects both yourself and those around you". Stages of the perception process - correct answer ✔✔3 Stages -Stage #1: selection. (Selection- the act of choosing to attend to, consciously or subconciously, specific stimuli in the environment -Stage #2: organization. (Organization- the categorization of stimuli we select to pay attention to)

-Stage #3: interpretation. (Interpretation- occurs when we assign meaning to an experience or person) Define steriotyping - correct answer ✔✔Stereotyping- generalizations about groups of people that are applied to individuals we believe are members of that group Self-concepts - correct answer ✔✔Self-concept- the image we have of who we believe we are Johari Windows: open, blind, hidden, unknown - correct answer ✔✔Johari Window a four-quadrant model describing the different aspects of our self-concept based on what we and others know about ourselves -Open- Know to Self and Others -Blind- Know to others, Not Know to Self -Hidden- Know to self, Not Know to Others -Unknown- Not know to Self and Others What is a high self-monitor? Give example - correct answer ✔✔"People who are high self- monitors pay close attention to how they look, sound, and react, as well as what they say when in situations with other people". Audience adaptation; give examples - correct answer ✔✔-Demographics- categories

of definable characteristics of groups of people, such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, socioeconomic status, education level, and sexual orientation -Artifacts- in terms of public speaking, objects that indicate something about the values, beliefs, practices, history, and norms of a group of people -Informant- a contact person within the organization or group you can talk with to obtain information about the audience you will be speaking to

-Interviews -Surveys Public speaking talent is a skill a person may develop with knowledge and practice. - correct answer ✔✔Yes????????? Define a thesis for a speech outline. - correct answer ✔✔GG Purpose of sub-points and main points. - correct answer ✔✔Your main points should be separate categories of information, meaning they should not overlap and should be organized in a pattern that makes the most sense for the topic you have chosen...Each subpoint should be a separate idea that does not overlap with other subpoints, and each subpoint should clearly support the main point under which it is organized rather than other main points in the speech". Number of sub-points needed for main points. - correct answer ✔✔"In most speeches, each main point should be divided into two or more subpoints that help to support that particular main point". Should images be cited in speeches too? - correct answer ✔✔"If you use an image, diagram, or other graphic in your PowerPoint presentation (or Prezi, Keynote, or any other slide deck program) from another source, you should cite that source on the slide on which the image appears". What does a speaker need to come up with before developing their topic for the speech outline? - correct answer ✔✔GG Effective speeches include three: what are they? - correct answer ✔✔"Every speech is different, but all good speeches contain the same three parts. They contain an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. These parts represent a modernization of the organizational structure of a speech". What is the appropriate breakdown of the three main parts of the speech? - correct answer ✔✔GG Where should transitions be used? - correct answer ✔✔Transition- a connecting statement that

lets your audience know you are moving from one part of your speech to another Three Types of Effective Transitions -Internal summary- a statement that reviews or sums up what you just finished telling the audience -Signpost -a word that catches the audience's attention and indicates where you are in the speech -Internal preview- a statement that previews what is coming up next and can even be an overview of the elements of the next main point "There are three primary places where you will use transitions in your speech: between the introduction and body of the speech, in between main points, and between the body and conclusion of the speech. The transition between the introduction and body of the speech should include at least a signpost. Transitions between main points could include

an internal summary of the previous point, a signpost, and/or an internal preview of the next point. The transition between the last main point and the conclusion only needs a signpost". Are vocalized pauses normal? - correct answer ✔✔Vocalized pauses filler words that many speakers use when they feel like they should be saying something but do not have anything to say What do extemporaneous speeches allow the speaker to do? - correct answer ✔✔Extemporaneous speech- a practiced, polished speech that makes use of a limited speaking outline What is a chronological pattern of organization? - correct answer ✔✔Chronological pattern of organization- used to describe events or processes in the order that they occur in time, from earlier events to later events What is a topical pattern of organization? - correct answer ✔✔Topical pattern of organization- used to divide your speech into categories or subtopics What is an informative speech? - correct answer ✔✔"When trying to explain difficult and complex information to your audience members, the way you organize your main points is critical for helping them understand your topic...The goal is to present information in the best way possible to foster understanding by the audience, and so choosing the best organizational pattern to accomplish that task is a must for any speaker". Define Persuasion. - correct answer ✔✔The process of convincing someone to feel a certain way about an issue, idea, or topic.