PUBLIC SPEAKING EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
REVIEW
●● Devito's four dimensions
Answer: physical-
temporal dimension
social-psychological
cultural
●● Field of Experience
Answer: How a person's culture, experiences, and heredity influence
ability to communicate.
Education, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, personality, beliefs, actions,
attitudes, languages, social status, past experiences, and customs = field
of experience.
●● Dialogic theory
Answer: -Ronald Arnett and Pat Arneson proposed that all
communication, even public speaking can be viewed as a dialogue
●● Benefits of public speaking class and practice
,Answer: develop critical thinking skills
fine-tune verbal and nonverbal skills
influence the world around you
develop leadership skills
become a thought leader
overcome fear of public speaking
●● Paraphrasing
Answer: is to take a source's basic idea and condense it using your own
words
●● plagiarism
Answer: using someone else's words or ideas without giving credit
●● Kinds of and timing of anxiousness surrounding speeches
Answer: -Anticipation - the minute prior to starting the speech (anxiety
peaks in this stage)
-Confrontation- the first minute of the speech
-Adaptation- the last minute of the speech
-Release- the minute immediately following the end of the speech
●● Types of Speaking anxiety
, Answer: Trait anxiety, context anxiety, formality, novelty, audience
anxiety, situational anxiety
●● Trait Anxiety
Answer: Measures how people generally feel across situations and time
periods. some people feel more uncomfortable than the average person
regardless of the context, audience, or situation. It doesn't matter
whether you are raising your hand in a group discussion, talking with
people you meet at a party, or giving speeches in a class, you're likely to
be uncomfortable in all these settings if you experience trait anxiety.
While trait anxiety is not the same as shyness, those with high trait
anxiety are more likely to avoid exposure to public speaking situations,
so their nervousness might be compounded by lack of experience or skill
●● Context anxiety
Answer: -Anxiety prompted by specific communication contexts
-Some of the major context factors that can heighten this form of anxiety
are formality, uncertainty, and novelty.
-Formality- When faced with a more formal public speaking setting,
they become intimidated and nervous
-Uncertainty- it is hard to predict and control the flow of information in
such contexts, so the level of uncertainty is high. The feelings of context
anxiety might be similar to those you experience on the first day of class
with a new instructor: you don't know what to expect, so you are more
nervous than you might be later in the semester when you know the
instructor and the class routine better.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
REVIEW
●● Devito's four dimensions
Answer: physical-
temporal dimension
social-psychological
cultural
●● Field of Experience
Answer: How a person's culture, experiences, and heredity influence
ability to communicate.
Education, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, personality, beliefs, actions,
attitudes, languages, social status, past experiences, and customs = field
of experience.
●● Dialogic theory
Answer: -Ronald Arnett and Pat Arneson proposed that all
communication, even public speaking can be viewed as a dialogue
●● Benefits of public speaking class and practice
,Answer: develop critical thinking skills
fine-tune verbal and nonverbal skills
influence the world around you
develop leadership skills
become a thought leader
overcome fear of public speaking
●● Paraphrasing
Answer: is to take a source's basic idea and condense it using your own
words
●● plagiarism
Answer: using someone else's words or ideas without giving credit
●● Kinds of and timing of anxiousness surrounding speeches
Answer: -Anticipation - the minute prior to starting the speech (anxiety
peaks in this stage)
-Confrontation- the first minute of the speech
-Adaptation- the last minute of the speech
-Release- the minute immediately following the end of the speech
●● Types of Speaking anxiety
, Answer: Trait anxiety, context anxiety, formality, novelty, audience
anxiety, situational anxiety
●● Trait Anxiety
Answer: Measures how people generally feel across situations and time
periods. some people feel more uncomfortable than the average person
regardless of the context, audience, or situation. It doesn't matter
whether you are raising your hand in a group discussion, talking with
people you meet at a party, or giving speeches in a class, you're likely to
be uncomfortable in all these settings if you experience trait anxiety.
While trait anxiety is not the same as shyness, those with high trait
anxiety are more likely to avoid exposure to public speaking situations,
so their nervousness might be compounded by lack of experience or skill
●● Context anxiety
Answer: -Anxiety prompted by specific communication contexts
-Some of the major context factors that can heighten this form of anxiety
are formality, uncertainty, and novelty.
-Formality- When faced with a more formal public speaking setting,
they become intimidated and nervous
-Uncertainty- it is hard to predict and control the flow of information in
such contexts, so the level of uncertainty is high. The feelings of context
anxiety might be similar to those you experience on the first day of class
with a new instructor: you don't know what to expect, so you are more
nervous than you might be later in the semester when you know the
instructor and the class routine better.
