Public Speaking Chapter 2 question n answers graded A+

Public Speaking Chapter 2Audience Analysis - correct answer examining and looking at your audience first by its demographic characteristics and then by their internal psychological traits Demographic Characteristics - correct answer the outward characteristics of the audience Stereotyping - correct answer generalizing about a group of people and assuming that because a few persons in that group have a characteristic, all of them do Totalizing - correct answer taking one characteristic of a group or person and making that the "totality" or sum total of what that person or group is Heterogeneous - correct answer a mixture of different types of people and demographic characteristics within a group of people Homogeneous - correct answer a group of people that are very similar in many characteristics Psychographic Characteristics - correct answer the inner characteristics of the audience; beliefs, attitudes, needs, and values Beliefs - correct answer statements we hold to be true Attitude - correct answer a stable positive or negative response to a person, idea, object, or policy Values - correct answer goals we strive for and what we consider important and desirable Needs - correct answer important deficiencies that we are motivated to fulfill Hearing - correct answer the physical process in which sound waves hit the ear drums and send a message to the brain Listening - correct answer an active process where you are specifically making an effort to understand, process, and retain information Comprehensive Listening - correct answer listening focused on understanding and remembering important information from a public speaking message Empathetic Listening - correct answer listening for understanding the feelings and motivations of another person, usually with the goal of helping the person deal with a personal problem Appreciative Listening - correct answer type of informed listening needed to listen to and interpret music, theatre, or literature Critical Listening - correct answer listening to evaluate the validity of the arguments and information and deciding whether the speaker is persuasive and whether the message should be accepted Planned Redundancy - correct answer the use of a clear central idea statement, preview of the main points, connective statements, and overall summary in the conclusion to reinforce the main ideas or points of a speech; the deliberate repeating of structural aspects of speech Confirmation Bias - correct answer a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions