Wake Tech Psy 150 Final Exam Review with correct answers

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According to your text, the most important skill you'll learn in college is: -
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correct answer ✔Critical thinking
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There are three general categories of speeches you'll be likely to deliver in class.
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Which is not one of the categories? - correct answer ✔Demonstration
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Which of the following is not considered by the authors to be a primary factor
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in how public speaking is connected to your life? - correct answer ✔Public
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Speaking will lead to salary advancements.
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Which is not one of the eight elements in the process of communication
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discussed in our text? - correct answer ✔Socialization
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(The) ______________ is the medium through which the message is sent. -
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correct answer ✔Channel
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Points made by any speaker should be supported by reliable information cited
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by the speaker - correct answer ✔True
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,Jenny gives a speech to share information about the homeless community in
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her city. This is an example of what kind of speech? - correct answer
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✔Informative
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The parts of a speech, traditionally, include: - correct answer ✔An introduction,
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a body, and a conclusion
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Which of the following is not one of the three purposes of an introduction? -
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correct answer ✔present your main points
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Analogies are comparisons and there are two types - literal and figurative. -
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correct answer ✔True
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Ch. 2 /




Dialogic communication entails: - correct answer ✔Honest concern for listener's
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interest, mutual respect, open-mindedness.
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The term ethics as is in our text refers to: - correct answer ✔The rules we use to
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determine good and evil, right and wrong
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True or False: Monologic communication entails an honest concern for the
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listeners' interests. - correct answer ✔False
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Aristotle defined ethical appeal in terms of three features: - correct answer
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✔Intelligence, character, good will
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Which of the following is an acceptable ethical practice?
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, Represent yourself as being informed and an expert on a subject if necessary to
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be persuasive
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Advocate a position you are not comfortable with but must maintain
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Act certain even when tentative because probability is inevitable
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None of the above is an ethical practice - correct answer ✔None of the above is
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an ethical practice
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True or False: Public speaking, as a reciprocal process, needs trust as essential
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to ethical responsibility. - correct answer ✔True
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An ethical appeal (ethos) found in the actual speech by the audience is called: -
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correct answer ✔Intrinsic ethos
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_________________implies consuming information wisely and appropriately - / / / / / /



correct answer ✔Information literacy
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True or False: Bandwagoning relies on the audience's emotional responses to
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values such as home, country, and freedom. - correct answer ✔False
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Extrinsic ethos refers to: - correct answer ✔A speaker's image in the minds of an
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audience
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