Introduction to Human Communication
At Home Final Exam Part 2
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It is not necessary to select an organization pattern for the body of your speech if your audience is familiar with the content.
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Introduction to Human Communication
At Home Final Exam Part 2
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It is not necessary to select an organization pattern for the body of your speech if your audience is familiar with the content.
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Perception checking will not help you with Step 2 in DECIDE.
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Claims support a thesis; proof supports claims; development supports proof.
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Persuasive speeches that use coercion to force the audience to change the way individuals think and feel is ethical.
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In public speaking situations, the listener determines your credibility as a speaker.
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When you reduce listening barriers, you can increase your understanding of the sender's message.
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Making choices about words for your messages involves situation and purpose, but does not need to involve audience.
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A supportive climate for group communication exists when people know that they trust each other and can communicate openly.
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Noise in the communication model is defined as literal sounds in the environment that interfere with communication, and it doesn't include any psychological thoughts, worries, and feelings that capture people's attention.
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Empathic listening is the highest level of listening, but it is not difficult to master.
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Listening for information would really only be used in the classroom.
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Moving toward a problem-orientation during group discussion can decrease defensiveness and lead to more effective communication.
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Gaining a better understanding of the elements of nonverbal communication can help you to create messages that are more precise and have more persuasive meaning.
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Careful choice of conversational language in interpersonal communication situations depends on the same factors as choices of language in other situations.
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Your audience will be more likely to understand your informative speech if you organize your ideas logically.
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Communication is a transaction of creating shared meaning.
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The introduction should be like a map of the speech since it allows the audience to anticipate the main ideas of your speech.
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Strategies for making your informative speech more memorable include reinforcing key words verbally and nonverbally.
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Group communication norms are only important to the group leader.
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Your purpose for communicating should be evident to anyone who is listening to you.
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A strategy for overcoming cultural barriers to listening is to listen for overall content.
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There is enough support material in a speech if the speaker finishes on time.
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Physical movement during effective speech delivery should be only gestures that can be seen from the back of the room.
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The key difference between formal groups and informal groups is the presence of very explicit and expected communication norms for the formal groups.
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Listening is not a necessary skill in terms of the leader fulfilling all of the functions he or she needs to complete in effective group communication.
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You need to be able to plan for communication situations in both formal and informal situations.
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The introduction and conclusion of a speech include the same information, and no variance exists between them since they both have the same purpose.
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Paralanguage is really not that important in communication since it doesn't provide many important clues when communicating.
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Group discussion will increase when an evaluative response, instead of a descriptive response, is promoted within groups.
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Decisions about volume in your vocal delivery are important because it is impossible for volume to alter the meaning of words or ideas.
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Asking your audience a rhetorical question during a public speech is one effective way to establish a motive for listening.
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Assertive speakers tell their listeners what they mean and what they expect.
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Communication channels are verbal, and they cannot be nonverbal.
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You need to base your public speaking decisions about content, organization, and delivery on your personality.
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Effective vocal delivery means ensuring your audience understands you by making decisions about leaving maximum time for questions and answers.
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Speeches should have only one kind of support rather than integrating different kinds so the audience can easily understand the message.
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Similarities do not exist between the way men and women communicate, only stark differences.
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The authoritarian leadership style seeks input from others in the group.
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Your self-concept is not usually influenced by your communication with others or their feedback to you.
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Sharing the denotative meaning of a word with your audience does not guarantee that you are sharing the connotative meaning.
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The extemporaneous speech is the most appropriate choice of delivery methods for most public speaking situations.
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Effective delivery of a speech is one that matches the situation, goal, and content.
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Support material is information that directly helps the speaker make his or her point clear to the audience.
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The listening process includes selecting, attending, understanding, remembering, and responding.
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Proxemics rarely differ from culture to culture.
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In oral communication, the nonverbal channel is not continuous and sometimes is not active in communication.
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Anticipatory metacommunication is an effective way of reflecting on the communication you just participated in.
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It is important to have a thesis statement or central idea that reflects only one topic because multiple topics are more confusing to understand and to support.
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Communication is the negotiation of sharing your meaning and trying to understand others.
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Audiences look for nonverbal cues that the verbal message is believable.
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