First Final Flashcards
What are the benefits of taking a public speak class?
Communication skills are critical for intellectual development, career trajectory, and civic engagement
What do employers say are the most important skills when hiring a potential employee? Explain why the skills are important.
Great leaders must be able to communicate ideas effectively, they must be able to persuade, build support, negotiate and speak effectively in public. Communication skills are at eh top of the list. All of these things are needed in order to push forward
Encoding
refers to the process of taking an idea or mental image, associating that image into works, then speaking those words in order to convey a message
Communicator
refers to all people in the interaction or speech setting
Message
involves those verbal and nonverbal behaviors, enacted by communicators, that are interpreted with meaning by others
Noise
refers to anything that interferes with message transmission or reception
Physiological Noise
refers to bodily processes and states that interfere with a message
Psychological Noise
refers to mental states or emotional states that impede message transmission or reception
Physical Noise
the actual sound level in a room
Cultural Noise
message interference that results in differences in peoples world views
World View
overall framework through which an individual sees, things about, and interprets the world and interaction with it
Epistemology
the way we acquire knowledge and/or what counts as knowledge
Ontology
refers to out belief system, how we see the nature of reality or what we sees as true or false
Axiology
represents our value system, or what we see as right or wrong, good or bad, and fair or unfair
Cosmology
signifies the way that we see our relationship to the universe and to other people
Praxeology
denotes our preferred method of completing everyday tasks or our approach to solving problems
Content
where or when the speech or interaction takes place
What is feedback? Why is it important to a speaker?
the information we gain form our audience when they are listening and if they understand. It is important because a speaker wants to excite their audience or keep their attention to get the message thorough they are trying to send
What is nonverbal communication?
Nonverbal communication can be personal appearance, posture, gestures, and body movements. The way we use a space, and even the way a person smells
What happens if your nonverbal messages conflict with your verbal messages?
If there is conflict, people will generally believe the nonverbal portion of the message
Know the speaking competencies.
Useful Topic. Engaging Introduction. Well supported ideas. closure in conclusion. clear and vivid language.
suitable vocal expression. Corresponding nonverbal.
adapted to the audience. Adapted to the audience. adept use of visual aids. Convincing Persuasion.
Understand what plagiarism is
When one passes off another’s work as their own neglects to cite a source for their information
Be able to explain why you should cite your sources of information
It can loss in credibility to academic expulsion or job loss
Be able to identify and write proper citations for outlines and speeches.
You should cite any research or resources you get from book, diagrams, media interviewing, pretty much anything you get from someone else that isn’t your own words or work
Know the responsible speech goals.
Promote diversity. Use Inclusive language. Avoid hate speech. Employ respectful free speech.
Where do audience centered speakers concentrate most of their energy?
Getting their message across to their listeners
What are some of the ways you can find our more information about your audience before a speech?
Data sampling. Situational Analysis. Demographic Analysis. Psychological Analysis. Multicultural Analysis. Interest and knowledge analysis.
Attitude
a learned disposition to respond in a consistently favorable or unfavorable manner with respect to a person, an object, or an event
Value
guiding belief that regulates our attitudes
Beliefs
principles or assumptions about the universe
What is critical thinking?
An active thinking in which we evaluate and analyze information in order to determine the best course of action.
Why is it so important for a speaker to engage in critical thinking?
It will help keep their speech valid and honest
Know difference between being critical and critical thinking.
When someone is being critical they are pointing out the negative in something, it is less about understanding and more about negative evaluating
Books
They can be enriched in information and data for a speech. It takes a while to read a book for a little research on a speech can be overwhelming
Periodicals
it can provide research sooner than a book would, can provide a wide array of knowledge and keeps readers up to date. Some of the content is for profit, so editors will edit it to appeal more to the audience
Full-text database
it can help you find aritcles from a different date or help you find research on your specific topic. You will sometimes have to look through different databases to find what you are looking for
What is the general purpose?
To inform, to persuade, to entertain, to inspire, to celebrate.
What are the three most common types of general purposes?
To inform, to persuade, and to entertain
What is a specific purpose?
Expresses both topic and the general speech purpose in action form and in the terms of the specific objectives you hope to achieve. Describes what the speech is intended to do
What is a thesis/central idea?
Encapsulates the main points of a speech in just a sentence or two, it is designed to give the audience a preview of what the entire speech will be about
How is the thesis similar to the specific purpose?
You specific purpose helps create your thesis with the subject
How is the thesis different from the specific purpose?
The specific purpose is informing or persuading the audience, the thesis is explaining what your speech will be about
Why should you not use I or and or commas in these objectives?
The speech is suppose to be directed towards the audience and influencing the audience, not yourself
What is the most important task for the speaker during the speech?
to get their main point across
Which part of the speech does the text recommend that you create first?
The main body of your speech before you write the introduction or the conclusion
What is the purpose of the body?
The purpose of the body is what is found to explain you thesis.
What is the purpose of the main points?
Main points are the key pieces of information or arguments contained within the talk or presentation
