Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The teaching and study of public speaking began more than 4,000 years ago.
True False
2. Public speaking requires the same method of delivery as ordinary conversation.
True False
3. Public speaking usually requires more formal language than everyday conversation.
True False
4. Public speaking is more highly structured than everyday conversation.
True False
5. When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do everyday
in conversation.
True False
6. As a speaker, you can usually assume that an audience will be interested in what you have to say.
True False
7. Fortunately, stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers.
True False
8. Thinking positively about your ability to give a speech is one way to control your anxiety about speaking.
True False
9. Experts believe that being fully prepared for a speech can reduce stage fright by up to 75 percent.
True False
10. Research has shown that for most speakers anxiety decreases significantly after the first 30 to 60 seconds of
a speech.
True False
11. Using the power of visualization to control stage fright means that you should approach your speech as a
performance in which the audience is looking for perfection.
True False
,12. Most successful speakers are nervous before taking the floor.
True False
13. Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is.
True False
14. Some nervousness before you speak is usually beneficial.
True False
15. For most beginning speakers the biggest part of stage fright is fear of the unknown.
True False
16. As your textbook explains, most of the nervousness public speakers feel internally is not visible to their
listeners.
True False
17. It is usually a bad idea to make eye contact with individual members of your audience.
True False
18. In many aspects of public speaking you will employ the skills of critical thinking.
True False
19. Organizing ideas for presentation in a speech is an important aspect of critical thinking.
True False
20. Critical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a speech.
True False
21. Practicing speech delivery is one of the most important ways in which public speaking helps develop your
skills as a critical thinker.
True False
22. The channel is the room in which speech communication takes place.
True False
23. The channel is the means by which a message is communicated.
True False
24. Your goal in public speaking is to have your intended message be the message that is actually
communicated.
True False
,25. A speaker's frame of reference and a listener's frame of reference will never be exactly the same.
True False
26. Most of the time the listener's frame of reference is identical with the speaker's frame of reference.
True False
27. Most public speaking situations involve two-way communication.
True False
28. When you give a speech to your classmates, you are engaged in one-way communication.
True False
29. The nonverbal messages that listeners send back to speakers are called feedback.
True False
30. Interference is anything that impedes the communication of a message.
True False
31. As your textbook explains, the speaker's message consists only of what the speaker says with language.
True False
32. Because most people share the same frame of reference, the meaning of a message is usually the same to a
listener as to a speaker.
True False
33. Interference can come from either inside or outside your audience.
True False
34. Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.
True False
35. Although language changes from culture to culture, the meaning of nonverbal signals is consistent across
cultures.
True False
36. Ethnocentrism is an advantage to speakers who seek to understand the values, beliefs, and customs of
audiences from different cultures.
True False
37. Ethnocentrism often leads to prejudice and hostility toward people of different racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds.
True False
, 38. Public speakers who seek to avoid being ethnocentric need to show respect for the cultures of the people
they address.
True False
39. Avoiding ethnocentrism means that you must agree with the values and practices of all groups and cultures.
True False
40. Ethnocentrism needs to be avoided when you are in the role of listener as well as when you are in the role
of speaker.
True False
41. Ethnocentrism is unique to western cultures such as those in the United States and Europe.
True False
42. Ethnocentrism is a part of every culture.
True False
43. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
True False
44. As discussed in your textbook, conversation and public speaking share at least four similarities, including:
45. What are the three primary differences discussed in your textbook between public speaking and
conversation?
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. The teaching and study of public speaking began more than 4,000 years ago.
True False
2. Public speaking requires the same method of delivery as ordinary conversation.
True False
3. Public speaking usually requires more formal language than everyday conversation.
True False
4. Public speaking is more highly structured than everyday conversation.
True False
5. When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do everyday
in conversation.
True False
6. As a speaker, you can usually assume that an audience will be interested in what you have to say.
True False
7. Fortunately, stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers.
True False
8. Thinking positively about your ability to give a speech is one way to control your anxiety about speaking.
True False
9. Experts believe that being fully prepared for a speech can reduce stage fright by up to 75 percent.
True False
10. Research has shown that for most speakers anxiety decreases significantly after the first 30 to 60 seconds of
a speech.
True False
11. Using the power of visualization to control stage fright means that you should approach your speech as a
performance in which the audience is looking for perfection.
True False
,12. Most successful speakers are nervous before taking the floor.
True False
13. Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is.
True False
14. Some nervousness before you speak is usually beneficial.
True False
15. For most beginning speakers the biggest part of stage fright is fear of the unknown.
True False
16. As your textbook explains, most of the nervousness public speakers feel internally is not visible to their
listeners.
True False
17. It is usually a bad idea to make eye contact with individual members of your audience.
True False
18. In many aspects of public speaking you will employ the skills of critical thinking.
True False
19. Organizing ideas for presentation in a speech is an important aspect of critical thinking.
True False
20. Critical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a speech.
True False
21. Practicing speech delivery is one of the most important ways in which public speaking helps develop your
skills as a critical thinker.
True False
22. The channel is the room in which speech communication takes place.
True False
23. The channel is the means by which a message is communicated.
True False
24. Your goal in public speaking is to have your intended message be the message that is actually
communicated.
True False
,25. A speaker's frame of reference and a listener's frame of reference will never be exactly the same.
True False
26. Most of the time the listener's frame of reference is identical with the speaker's frame of reference.
True False
27. Most public speaking situations involve two-way communication.
True False
28. When you give a speech to your classmates, you are engaged in one-way communication.
True False
29. The nonverbal messages that listeners send back to speakers are called feedback.
True False
30. Interference is anything that impedes the communication of a message.
True False
31. As your textbook explains, the speaker's message consists only of what the speaker says with language.
True False
32. Because most people share the same frame of reference, the meaning of a message is usually the same to a
listener as to a speaker.
True False
33. Interference can come from either inside or outside your audience.
True False
34. Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.
True False
35. Although language changes from culture to culture, the meaning of nonverbal signals is consistent across
cultures.
True False
36. Ethnocentrism is an advantage to speakers who seek to understand the values, beliefs, and customs of
audiences from different cultures.
True False
37. Ethnocentrism often leads to prejudice and hostility toward people of different racial, ethnic, and cultural
backgrounds.
True False
, 38. Public speakers who seek to avoid being ethnocentric need to show respect for the cultures of the people
they address.
True False
39. Avoiding ethnocentrism means that you must agree with the values and practices of all groups and cultures.
True False
40. Ethnocentrism needs to be avoided when you are in the role of listener as well as when you are in the role
of speaker.
True False
41. Ethnocentrism is unique to western cultures such as those in the United States and Europe.
True False
42. Ethnocentrism is a part of every culture.
True False
43. Ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own group or culture is superior to all other groups or cultures.
True False
44. As discussed in your textbook, conversation and public speaking share at least four similarities, including:
45. What are the three primary differences discussed in your textbook between public speaking and
conversation?
