GEB 3213 Chapter 13 Questions and Answers Rated A+

1. Which of the following statements is true about informative speeches? a. They seek to motivate the audience to change their minds. b. They notify audiences on issues that are under consideration in a referendum. c. They aim to start a new habit. d. They aspire to get people to take on a new belief. e. They try to influence people to adopt a new idea.<<Ans>>b. They notify audiences on issues that are under consideration in a referendum. 2. There are distinct functions inherent in a speech to inform. Which of the following is not one of them? a. You will be offering to share with the audience some of the information you have gathered relating to a topic. b. By looking at your speech from an audience-oriented perspective, you will increase your ability to increase the audience's understanding. c. When you present your speech to inform, you may want to maintain the audience member's perceptions of your topic. d. Your intentions are to inform the audience, increasing their understanding of a particular subject, and gaining new skills. e. The act of sharing will reduce ignorance, increase learning, and facilitate understanding of your chosen topic.<<Ans>>c. When you present your speech to inform, you may want to maintain the audience member's perceptions of your topic. 3. When we share information informally, _____. a. we intend it to be a display of attitude b. we divide people into groups that agree or disagree with the speaker c. we use sarcasm to communicate attitude d. we take sides e. we often provide our own perspective and attitude for our own reasons<<Ans>>e. we often provide our own perspective and attitude for our own reasons 4. The relationship between informing as opposed to persuading your audience is often expressed in terms of _____. a. exposition versus interpretation b. explanation versus argument c. explication versus analysis d. definition versus declaration e. identification versus recognition<<Ans>>a. exposition versus interpretation 5. _____ means a public exhibition or display, often expressing a complex topic in a way that makes the relationships and content clear. a. Interpretation b. Argumentation c. Description d. Exposition e. Narration<<Ans>>d. Exposition 6. _____ involves adapting the information to communicate a message, perspective, or agenda. a. Argumentation b. Interpretation c. Narration d. Description e. Exposition<<Ans>>b. Interpretation 7. _____ is an unreasoned or not-well-thought-out judgment. a. Framing b. Gatekeeping c. Reciprocity d. Anomaly e. Bias<<Ans>>e. Bias 8. Which of the following about bias is true? a. It involves beliefs or ideas held on the basis of current evidence rather than conviction. b. It encourages you to accept positive evidence that supports your existing beliefs (only if they are true) and reject negative evidence that does not support your beliefs. c. It is like a filter on your perceptions, thoughts, and ideas. d. It makes you likely to reject positive support for opposing beliefs and accept negative evidence (only if they are true). e. In a biased frame of mind, you are inclined to pay attention to information.<<Ans>>c. It is like a filter on your perceptions, thoughts, and ideas. 9. Which of the following about a point of view is false? a. Everyone has a point of view, as hard as they may try to be close-minded. b. It is unique to you. c. It is influenced by your experiences. d. It is influenced by factors like gender, race, ethnicity, physical characteristics, and social class. e. It is your perception of an idea or concept from your previous experience and understanding.<<Ans>>a. Everyone has a point of view, as hard as they may try to be close-minded. 10. Which of the following about a neutral speech is true? a. The goal of speech to inform is to present an expository speech that reduces or tries to be free from covert interpretation. b. Most people can be completely objective and remove themselves from their own perceptual process. c. Subjectivity involves expressions and perceptions of facts that are free from distortion by your prejudices, bias, feelings or interpretations. d. People express themselves and naturally relate what is happening now to what has happened to them in the past. e. Objectivity involves expressions or perceptions that are modified, altered, or impacted by your personal bias, experiences, and background.<<Ans>>d. People express themselves and naturally relate what is happening now to what has happened to them in the past.