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Speech Communication covers the fundamental principles and practices of effective oral communication. The course introduces students to the elements of communication processes, including message design, audience analysis, nonverbal communication, and listening skills. Through a combination of theory and practice, students develop confidence in public speaking, learn to organize and deliver various types of speeches, and apply critical thinking to both oral and visual messages. Emphasis is placed on ethical communication, overcoming communication apprehension, and fostering interpersonal and group communication competence in diverse contexts.
Recommended Textbook COMM3 3rd Edition by Rudolph F. Verderber
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Chapter 1: Communication Perspectives
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Q1) According to scholar Brian Spitzberg, motivation is an important aspect of communication competence because ____
A) motivation tells us how to behave in a given situation
B) we will improve our communication only if we are motivated to improve
C) motivation makes a person a more efficient communicator
D) along with incentives, motivations guarantee success
Answer: B
Q2) You are at a scary movies and shout "Oh no!" when you see a particularly scary sequence. Your response is an example of a
A) constructed message
B) scripted message
C) spontaneous expression
D) immediacy
Answer: C
Q3) In asynchronous channels, message exchanges are separated by either time or space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Perception of Self and Others
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Q1) Our brains attempt to simplify complex information so that we can process it quicker and easier.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) You find your roommate Marcus singing to himself in the kitchen, and you are impressed. "Man, Marcus, you've got a great voice!" Marcus looks embarrassed. "No way, you don't need to try to make me feel better. I know I'm terrible. I've never been able to sing." No matter how hard you try to convince him otherwise, Marcus continues to feel worse about his singing ability. This gap between your perceptions is known as ____
A) implicit personality adjustment
B) incongruence
C) scripted differences
D) behavioral adjustment
Answer: B
Q3) A person's culture has very little influence on the perception process.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication
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Q1) Raul expects to earn a paycheck outside the home and values being self-reliant. He expects his wife to stay at home, do the housework, and raise their children. Based on this information, Raul is probably from a ____ culture.
A) low uncertainty avoidance
B) high uncertainty avoidance
C) feminine
D) masculine
Answer: D
Q2) Power distance describes the degree to which members of a society accept the unequal distribution of power among members.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Ethnicity and race the same thing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Verbal Messages
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Q1) Denotative meanings reflect our emotions and experiences, whereas connotative meanings reflect the dictionary definition.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When you have the choice between a more common vivid word or an obscure word, you should choose the more obscure.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An indirect verbal style is characterized by language that openly states the speaker's intention in a straightforward and unambiguous way.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A(n) ____ conveys a verbal message as well as what it implies about how the listener should respond.
A) direct verbal style
B) idiom
C) utterance
D) speech act
Q5) Describe various methods that you could use to improve your language skills.
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Chapter 5: Nonverbal Messages
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Q1) Intonation, pitch, and vocalized pauses are all elements of paralanguage.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ___________________, ranging from 4 to 12 feet, is the amount of personal space that we tend to keep in impersonal situations.
A) Social distance
B) Public distance
C) Intimate distance
D) Personal distance
Q3) Identify and discuss some challenges that individuals from various cultures may have to face when focusing on nonverbal communication behaviors. Explain how these individuals might apply the tips for interpreting nonverbal messages to improve their chances of successful communication.
Q4) Nonverbals make up approximately 65 percent of the meaning in face-to-face communication.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Listening
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Q1) Which of these statements about listening apprehension is not true?
A) It may increase when we are worried about misinterpreting a message.
B) It is only a factor when we're meeting someone new for the first time.
C) It is the anxiety we feel about listening.
D) All of these are true.
Q2) The first stage of active listening is ______________________.
A) interpreting
B) understanding
C) attending
D) evaluating
Q3) When you are listening to your boss explain an important new procedure for processing data, your best listening aid is likely to be
A) arranging the first letters of selected state capitals to spell a word
B) writing down what appear to the be key ideas of a person's message
C) memorizing directions
D) taking notes in outline form
Q4) Resisting mental distractions is one of the steps to receive messages accurately.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Interpersonal Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of women who identify with the feminine co-culture?
A) They are more likely than men to develop close friendships through joint activities.
B) They are more likely than men to share their thoughts and feelings.
C) They are more likely than men to develop close friendships with people they feel that they can depend on.
D) They are more likely than men to demonstrate their friendship by doing favors for one another.
Q2) Todd knows he is a talented public speaker, and his audiences praise his speeches. Todd's speaking talent falls into which pane of his Johari window?
A) secret
B) unknown
C) open
D) blind
Q3) Your Johari window is not fixed; it will change over time to reflect changes in your relationships.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication
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Q1) Telling a white lie can be an effective way to assert privacy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a guideline for practicing assertive behavior?
A) Use inclusive "we" language.
B) Suggest your intentions regarding what you expect in the future.
C) Identify potential consequences.
D) Describe the behavior or event as objectively as possible.
Q3) ___________________ is attacking others' self-concept and/or expressing personal hostility toward others to inflict psychological pain.
A) aggressive behavior
B) passive behavior
C) passive-aggressive behavior
D) assertive behavior
Q4) Describing feelings involves ___________________________.
A) naming the emotion you are feeling
B) naming the emotion another person is feeling
C) paraphrasing another person's verbal communication
D) evaluating another person's behavior
Q5) Why is it important to follow the guidelines of self-disclosure?
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Chapter 9: Communicating in Groups
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Q1) What makes a work group different from a simple aggregation of coworkers?
A) Groups are larger than aggregations of coworkers.
B) Groups have goals.
C) Groups always have similar members.
D) Groups engage in communication and aggregations of coworkers do not.
Q2) Disagreements between people are usually not present in the ____ stage because members like to appear flexible during this stage of group development.
A) norming
B) storming
C) adjourning
D) forming
Q3) Which of the following is not a good way to improve virtual group communication?
A) Create regular opportunities to evaluate the technology and its use.
B) Create opportunities to meet outside the virtual environment.
C) Use as many digital communication mediums as possible.
D) Create opportunities for members to become acquainted as the group is forming.
Q4) Groupthink is necessary in order for a group to be productive.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Group Leadership and Problem Solving
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Q1) Group members may become uncomfortable about sharing their ideas and opinions. The task members who usually prevent these problems are
A) analyzers
B) information givers
C) information seekers
D) orienters
Q2) Leslie is offended when Amy makes a very direct statement critiquing her opinion. Edward says to Leslie, "When Amy makes straight-forward critiques like that, she's just thinking out loud, and she doesn't mean it offensively. She comes from a family that used to debate a lot, and it's just her conversational style." Edward could be best described as ____.
A) a harmonizer
B) an interpreter
C) a gatekeeper
D) an information-seeker
Q3) What role do you find yourself performing most often in groups? Why do you perform this role so often? What do you offer your groups when you perform this role? What does performing this role keep you from being able to do in the groups of which you are a member?
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Chapter 11: Topic Selection and Development
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Q1) How can you be sure to avoid plagiarism during a speech?
Q2) One way to get information about a prospective audience is by __________________________.
A) conducting a formal study
B) contacting a representative or group contact
C) relying on stereotypes
D) Sizing up the audience during the presentation
Q3) The speaker should not be concerned with the size of the audience or the setting of the speech, as that is the job of the organization sponsoring the speech.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Exigence is ______________________________________.
A) the process of selecting a topic
B) the reason a speech needs to be given
C) the conclusion of a speech
D) none of these
Q5) Imagine you are going to give a speech about smoking on campus. Identify one piece of personal experience or observation, one primary source, one secondary source, and one anecdote that you could use in this speech.
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Chapter 12: Organizing Your Speech
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Q1) Asking a question is a technique used to ________________________________________.
A) get your listeners thinking about an idea
B) entertain an audience
C) startle an audience
D) ridicule your audience's lack of knowledge on a subject
Q2) Organizing main points of the speech by categories or divisions of a subject is called logical reasons order.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Karla starts her speech by saying, "Many of you know that I work closely with the AIDS Alliance agency in our city. You may also know that I am passionate about healthcare reform. What you may not know is that, like 33 million other people, I am living with AIDS." Karla's statement is an example of _______________________.
A) a thesis statement
B) a startling statement
C) an ineffective introduction
D) a joke
Q4) Identify and briefly explain the functions of a speech introduction.
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Chapter 13: Presentational Aids
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Q1) Showing the class the type of baseball used for little league teams is a type of visual aid known as _____________________.
A) a model
B) an actual object
C) a demonstrator
D) a graph
Q2) You are giving a speech about Hurricane Sandy. Give an example of how you could effectively use each of these in a speech: (1) a bar graph, (2) a pie chart, (3) photographs, (4) an audio recording. (You may use sample numbers to explain, if needed). Then explain which of the four you would choose if you could only use one and why you would choose that presentation aid.
Q3) What are some of the disadvantages of passing presentational aids around to all audience members? What are two alternatives to passing around visual aids
Q4) It is more difficult to read text that combines uppercase and lowercase letters than that which uses all capital letters.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Language
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Q1) To demonstrate linguistic sensitivity, avoid using
A)generic language
B)nonparallel language
C)offensive humor
D)all of these
Q2) ___________________ is a direct comparison of dissimilar things.
A)Analogy
B)Repetition
C)Simile
D)Metaphor
Q3) Overuse of alliteration can hurt a speaker's message.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe a time that you did not speak appropriately, and use concepts from the text to explain how you could have improved your speech. How would you have modified your oral style? What language strategies would you have used? Would you have chosen your language differently or used any rhetorical techniques to better convey your message?
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Chapter 15: Delivery
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Q1) Visualization involves picturing ___________________________.
A) members of the audience as insignificant
B) yourself giving a great speech
C) yourself somewhere other than in front of an audience
D) the words on your outline
Q2) You should use presentational aids when you would like to cover material that you think is important but you're not sure you'll have time to cover it during your speech.
A)True
B)False
Q3) You are about to give a speech at your best friend's wedding. Identify and discuss three techniques you can use to help control stage fright.
Q4) Speaking with no changes in pitch or rate is described as speaking ___________________________.
A) with poor articulation
B) in a monotone
C) speaks in an impromptu manner
D) conversationally
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Chapter 16: Informative Speaking
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Q1) According to your textbook, if your audience is not very familiar with your topic, they are less likely to be interested in hearing what you have to say.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Creativity does not involve productive thinking, only free association.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When planning a demonstration speech,
A) personal experience with the topic area is critical
B) you should plan on showing the entire process from start to finish
C) if the time limit doesn't allow you to show the entire process, you should change your topic
D) a visual aid is less important than with a more complex topic
Q4) A speech that provides in-depth information that is taken from careful research is
A) an expository speech
B) a demonstration speech
C) an informative speech
D) a process speech
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Chapter 17: Persuasive Speaking
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Q1) Dorri presents two solutions to a problem as if they are the only options when there are really many choices. Dorri is engaging in the ____ fallacy.
A) straw person
B) comparative advantage
C) ad hominem
D) either/or
Q2) The problem-solution pattern is explicitly designed to motivate the audience to act.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which pattern of organization would likely be used to persuade audience members to buy a Ford rather than a Hyundai because of their lower costs and better options?
A) Motivated sequence
B) Problem-solution
C) Comparative advantages
D) Criteria satisfaction
Q4) What are the specific strategies you will use to adapt to the three different attitude categories your audience may fall into (opposed, no opinion, in favor)?
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Chapter 18: Appendix- Interviewing
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Q1) "How old were you when you went into business for yourself?" is an example of a(n)
A) closed-ended question
B) follow-up question
C) leading question
D) open-ended question
Q2) Which of the following is not an appropriate interview follow-up action?
A) self-assessing your performance
B) requesting feedback on your performance if you do not get the job
C) writing a thank-you note
D) requesting information on other candidates if you do not get the job
Q3) Introductory questions about each major interview topic are called primary questions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A professional resume ______________________________.
A) is a well-written letter expressing job interest
B) can be as long as needed
C) should reflect your research about the company
D) should include contact information and employment history
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