Public Speaking: Skills & Strategies
⩥ One study found that men are likely to experience more anxiety than
women when speaking to _______ Answer: people from a culture
different from their own
⩥ Which of the following is a common reason people experience public-
speaking anxiety? Answer: Fear of humiliation
⩥ Caleb has inherited a tendency to be nervous when speaking in public.
what general advice does the text provide for reducing his
communication apprehension? Answer: Work on enhancing his public
speaking skills
⩥ What physiological changes are typically experienced by someone
experiencing communication apprehension? Answer: Rapid heartbeat
and increased perspiration
⩥ Some researchers point out that public-speaking apprehension can
involve both a ______, a characteristic or general tendency that you may
have, and a _____, anxiety triggered by the specific incidence of giving
a speech to an audience. Answer: Trait; state
⩥ For most people, as they begin to speak their anxiety tends to _____.
Answer: Decrease, often dramatically
, ⩥ Experiencing physical discomfort from anxiety about public speaking
tends to lead many speakers to _____. Answer: Make less eye contact
with the audience
⩥ Research suggests that for most students with communication
apprehension, they feel the least amount of anxiety_______. Answer:
During speech preparation
⩥ Sofia is speaking about owls to an elementary school audience. She
has extensive information about their habitat, hunting habits, and prey,
and shows graphic pictures of hunting owls to her audience. Many
children cry and are frightened by her speech. Sophia doesn't understand
why. What did she do wrong? Answer: She failed to know her audience
⩥ Most speakers who procrastinate in preparing their speeches
will_____. Answer: Feel more speaker apprehension
⩥ According to the text, the central focus of public speaking should be
the _____. Answer: Audience
⩥ Which of the following statements about audience analysis is true?
Answer: It is an ongoing activity that should occur throughout the
speechmaking process.
⩥ In order to be audience-centered, a speaker must focus on the
audience _______. Answer: Both before speaking and during the speech
⩥ One study found that men are likely to experience more anxiety than
women when speaking to _______ Answer: people from a culture
different from their own
⩥ Which of the following is a common reason people experience public-
speaking anxiety? Answer: Fear of humiliation
⩥ Caleb has inherited a tendency to be nervous when speaking in public.
what general advice does the text provide for reducing his
communication apprehension? Answer: Work on enhancing his public
speaking skills
⩥ What physiological changes are typically experienced by someone
experiencing communication apprehension? Answer: Rapid heartbeat
and increased perspiration
⩥ Some researchers point out that public-speaking apprehension can
involve both a ______, a characteristic or general tendency that you may
have, and a _____, anxiety triggered by the specific incidence of giving
a speech to an audience. Answer: Trait; state
⩥ For most people, as they begin to speak their anxiety tends to _____.
Answer: Decrease, often dramatically
, ⩥ Experiencing physical discomfort from anxiety about public speaking
tends to lead many speakers to _____. Answer: Make less eye contact
with the audience
⩥ Research suggests that for most students with communication
apprehension, they feel the least amount of anxiety_______. Answer:
During speech preparation
⩥ Sofia is speaking about owls to an elementary school audience. She
has extensive information about their habitat, hunting habits, and prey,
and shows graphic pictures of hunting owls to her audience. Many
children cry and are frightened by her speech. Sophia doesn't understand
why. What did she do wrong? Answer: She failed to know her audience
⩥ Most speakers who procrastinate in preparing their speeches
will_____. Answer: Feel more speaker apprehension
⩥ According to the text, the central focus of public speaking should be
the _____. Answer: Audience
⩥ Which of the following statements about audience analysis is true?
Answer: It is an ongoing activity that should occur throughout the
speechmaking process.
⩥ In order to be audience-centered, a speaker must focus on the
audience _______. Answer: Both before speaking and during the speech
