Purdue COM 114 Test Out Vocab Questions and
Correct Answers
types of plagiarism
misrepresentation, cut and paste, incremental, self-plagiarism, excessive collaboration
misrepresentation
"core plagiarism;" taking someone else's work and claiming it as one's own
cut and paste plagiarism
piecing together information from multiple sources or simply small excerpts from articles
incremental plagiarism
failing to give credit for paraphrased material
self-plagiarism
saying something one has already said without addressing that the idea is not new
excessive collaboration
working with someone - instead of looking for constructive criticism - and claiming the work
entirely as one's own
presentation process
1. select topic
2. determine purpose
, 3. research
4. organize
5. practice
communication apprehension
the inability to give a speech caused by psychological factors which can be helped by
training or counseling
systematic desensitization
a tactic used to decrease communication apprehension; coupled with visualization, putting
oneself in a comfortable position then imagining increasingly more terrifying situations of
giving a speech
cognitive restructuring (modification)
the practice of identifying one's own irrationalities, addressing them, & replacing them with
proper beneficial realizations
audience analysis
demographic, psychological, environmental, direct, indirect
demographic audience analysis
age, sex & gender, geographical location, group affiliation, socioeconomic factors
psychological audience analysis
audience attitude (towards motivation/mood/learning styles)
sensing / intuitive :: factual / abstract
Correct Answers
types of plagiarism
misrepresentation, cut and paste, incremental, self-plagiarism, excessive collaboration
misrepresentation
"core plagiarism;" taking someone else's work and claiming it as one's own
cut and paste plagiarism
piecing together information from multiple sources or simply small excerpts from articles
incremental plagiarism
failing to give credit for paraphrased material
self-plagiarism
saying something one has already said without addressing that the idea is not new
excessive collaboration
working with someone - instead of looking for constructive criticism - and claiming the work
entirely as one's own
presentation process
1. select topic
2. determine purpose
, 3. research
4. organize
5. practice
communication apprehension
the inability to give a speech caused by psychological factors which can be helped by
training or counseling
systematic desensitization
a tactic used to decrease communication apprehension; coupled with visualization, putting
oneself in a comfortable position then imagining increasingly more terrifying situations of
giving a speech
cognitive restructuring (modification)
the practice of identifying one's own irrationalities, addressing them, & replacing them with
proper beneficial realizations
audience analysis
demographic, psychological, environmental, direct, indirect
demographic audience analysis
age, sex & gender, geographical location, group affiliation, socioeconomic factors
psychological audience analysis
audience attitude (towards motivation/mood/learning styles)
sensing / intuitive :: factual / abstract
