Interpersonal

Question 1

what are the three basic tactics for improving public speaking?

Answer 1

1. Reducing Audio Clutter ( e.g. filler words and non-words)
2. Reducing Visual Clutter (making your hand movements match the message and not distract or take away from the presentation
3. Smile!

Question 2

What are the three types of smiles, and which one should you use the most when public speaking or through life in general?

Answer 2

three types of smiles
- photo smile
- polite smile
- ‘duchenne smile’ - This is the smile you should utilises the most! the most natural smile which uses the WHOLE face and includes wrinkled eyes

Question 3

What are the five automations of voice?

Answer 3

Speed, volume, intonation/pitch, tonality, pausing

Question 4

Speed (five automations of voice)

Answer 4

the speed at which you speak at changes the perception of the information.
Speed up to convey enthusiasm and excitement
Slow down to convey importance and profoundness

Question 5

Volume (five automations of voice)

Answer 5

the volume at which you speak at changes the way in which you are percieved, you should always speak at a 5 rather than a 3, and especially a 6 or 7 when presenting.
speaking at a 5 gives you authority, charisma and energy

Question 6

Pitch (five automations of voice)

Answer 6

why can you recite a song but not a page of a book?
Melody is memorable, don’t go around speaking in monotone, add colour to your speech by adding range of pitch to your voice

Question 7

tonality (five automations of voice)

Answer 7

your words have emotion beneath them which are conveyed by body language, especially your FACE.
you should be able to convey all 6 major emotions through your facial expressions.

Question 8

pausing (five automations of voice)

Answer 8

make sure that you have intentional pauses when you speak, this gives time for the audience to comprehend and also gives space for other to be brought into the conversation and make the speaker a more active listener.

Question 9

What are the three neurotransmitters of story telling?

Answer 9

1. Dopamine
2. Oxytocin
3. Edorphins

Question 10

Dopamine as a storytelling chemical tool

Answer 10

dopamine increases a persons focus, memory, attention and motivation. Good stories use suspense good development and cliff hangers to elicit dopamine in the listener

Question 11

Oxytocin as a storytelling chemical tool

Answer 11

Oxytocin increases generosity, trust and bonding. the way to elicit this in someone is to create EMPATHY.

Question 12

endorphins as a storytelling chemical tool

Answer 12

increase relaxation. This is achieved through humour and LAUGHTER.

Question 13

anti-chemicals of story telling

Answer 13

Cortisol and adrenaline because they create all the oposite effects of good story telling chemicals, irritability, disinterest, etc.

Question 14

What is the Straw man fallacy?

Answer 14

when someone misrepresents the position of the other person argument. Essentially replacing the opponents true argument with something else and then attacking or addressing that alternate argument, hence attacking the ‘straw man’.

Question 15

What is the Begging the Question fallacy?

Answer 15

restating the premise as a conclusion

Question 16

What is the Ad Hominem argument Fallacy?

Answer 16

attacking the person and not the actual argument

Question 17

what is the post hoc fallacy?

Answer 17

assuming causality. Essentially saying that since B always follows A, A must cause B.
along the lines of correlation doe snot equal causation

Question 18

what is the loaded question fallacy?

Answer 18

occurs when a persona sks a questions which includes thier desired outcome.
I like to call this one the yes-no trap.

e.g.
a lawyer asking the question, do you still beat your wife? if the defendant answers yes or no the lawyer is still projecting the desired image of the person

Question 19

what is a False Dichotomy

Answer 19

an informal fallacy that occurs when the arguer is presenting only two possible options or outcomes, when in reality there are many more possibilities

Question 20

what is Equivocation?

Answer 20

not staying conistent with the words that you are using. A misrepresentaiton of language

Question 21

what is the appealing to authority fallacy

Answer 21

its in the name really lol

Question 22

what is Hasty Generalisation? (fallacy)

Answer 22

making a claim without sufficient or unbiased evidence.
Essentially an unfounded claim

Question 23

what is the Appeal to popular opinion fallacy?

Answer 23

stating that because a mjority belives it to be true it must therefore be true

Question 24

what is the Argument to moderation fallacy?

Answer 24

the argument that reaching a common ground or compromise makes that decision correct or true