Chapter 1 Speaking In Public

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Adrenaline

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A hormone released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress

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Stage fright

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Anxiety over the prospect of giving a speech in front of an audience

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Positive nervousness

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Controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for his/her presentation

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Visualization

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Mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation

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Critical Thinking

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Focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion

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Speaker

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The person who is presenting an oral message to a listener

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Message

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Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else

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Channel

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The means by which a message is communicated

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Listener

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The person who receives the speaker’s message

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Frame of reference

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The sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of reference

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Feedback

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The message, usually nonverbal, sent from listener to a speaker

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Interference

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Anything that impedes the communication of a message. Interference can be external or internal to listeners

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Situation

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The time and place in which speech communication occurs

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that one’s own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures