Listening and Critiquing Speeches/Chapter 4 Flashcards
Hearing
ability to receive sounds
How long can audience focus before attention drifting?
20 seconds
Sensing
to become aware or or to perceive
Interpreting
attaching meaning to a speakers words
Evaluating
assessing worth of speaker’s ideas and determining their importance to you
Responding
providing feedback to message
Cognitive dissonance
agree to ideas that fit our system and disagree to ones that do not fit our system
Two types of negative evaluation
shoot the messenger- criticizing speaker as uninformed
rally round the flag- seek support of others with same view if the speakers view isn’t the same
How many words/minute can person process?
400 wpm
Note taking
not full sentences, abbreviate, key words