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| The act of showing regard for others. |
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| Public speech that demonstrates respect for others and a tolerance for diverse viewpoints. |
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| Audience-Centered Approach |
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| Making the audience the most important priority when developing and presenting a speech. |
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| Acting without regard for others |
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| Evoking strong negative emotions. |
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| An issue that is important, meaningful, or worthwhile |
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| Discussing subject matter that stimulates vulgar taste. |
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| The person who assumes primary responsibility for conveying a message in a public speaking context. |
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| The person who assumes primary responsibility for conveying a message. |
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| Verbal and nonverbal messages exchanged b/w a sender and listener. |
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| A multidirectional process of signals passing simultaneously from speaker to listener, listener to speaker, and among listeners. |
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| The choices you make about what you should do when communicating with others about values. ex) justice, truthfullness, etc |
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| A guideline for ethical public speaking that states that a speaker should treat listeners the way they want to be treated |
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| Communication Apprehension |
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| Fear of anxiety associated with either a real or anticipated act of speaking in public. |
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| Mechanical reception of airwaves by the ear and their conversation into signals in the auditory nerve. |
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| Sensing, interpreting, evaluating, and responding to auditory signals from one person to another. |
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| Behavior motivated by one's own apparent best interest; self-centeredness to the point that one lacks concern for or does not care about the needs, concerns, etc of other persons. |
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| A consious effort by one person to comprehend another's message as intended by that person. |
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| Words or phrases used to emphasize sentences or call attention to the next statement in a speech. |
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| A word or phrase used to keep listeners oriented when the speaker shifts from one topic or point to another. |
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| Type of primary objective sought by a public speaker; primary objectives include informing, persuading, entertaining, and commemorating. |
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| A single declarative sentence that states the general purpose of a speech, the audience being addressed, and the topic of the speech. |
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| A declarative sentence that expresses the thesis, theme, or proposition of a unified speech; this sentece contains a subject (topic) and predicate affirming some generalization about the subject. |
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| A declarative sentence describing an observable behavior sought by a speaker as a response to the speech; this behavior may be latent or manifest; the practical purpose of public speaking is to obtain such a response, not just expressing something. |
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| Adjusting to a characteristic of listeners or a speaking situation; adaptations are made based on an analysis of the audience and situation. |
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| Gathering and interpreting factual data about a prospective audience so that adaptations van be made while preparing to speak (this increases the chances of getting the desired response from listeners). |
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| Ideas or conclusions a person accepts as true about other people, objects, or ideas. |
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| A belief about the worth or quality of some object, individual, issue, concept, event, practice, or other phenomena. |
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| An enduring tendency to act positively or negatively toward an object, person, or idea; how you feel about something. |
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| A multiple-choice question on a test. |
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| A way of measuring the strength of an audience's beliefs and attitudes; respondents indicate the strength of their positions by checking a position along a continuum. |
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| A question about a topic or issue not accompanied by suggested answers |
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| Publications issued at regular intervals of less than a year and more than a day. |
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| To carefully examine or scrutinize someone/something. |
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| The perception that a source of supporting material is knowledgable on a specific topic. |
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| The perception that a souce of supporting material has no bias towards a topic. |
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