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Public Speaking midterm
Public speaking midterm
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Undergraduate 1
03/12/2006

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Setting
Definition
Time and place
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Facial Expressions
Definition
sends a message to your audience and yourself
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costume
Definition
when people pick up on what we wear.
( a personal mask)
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gestures
Definition
clarify, reinforce, and sometimes acts as the message
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Proxemics
Definition
spacial relationships effect the human process
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Contex
Definition
a change of situation
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Interference
Definition
invironmental disturbances ex: too cold
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Semantics
Definition
the meaning that we give to words
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Dinotative
Definition
dictionary deffinition
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Conotative
Definition
personal deffinition
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Cincrete language
Definition
langauge that appeals directly to the senses. it's tangible. it's provable. hard evidence.
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Abstract
Definition
more subjective
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objective
Definition
more concrete
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Sensory language
Definition
paints more of a poetic picture
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fact
Definition
can be varified
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judgement
Definition
an opinion that reflects your attitude
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Inference
Definition
statement about the unknown based on previous experience
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Slant
Definition
focus on certain points and ignore others ( often to serve our bias )
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Syntax
Definition
the order we put our words in
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organization
Definition
arrangment of ideas. makes it easier for the audience to follow EX: cues
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Gestalt
Definition
asking people to look at the bigger picture
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Culture
Definition
a shared system of values, attitudes, ideas, beleifs, language, and behaviors
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Physiology
Definition
physical wellness affects communication
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perceptions
Definition
is the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting info

there are 3 components
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Prototypes
Definition
defines the clearest and most representative example in a specific category
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Script
Definition
action guides that reflects our expectations
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Stereotypes
Definition
predictive generalizations about a phenominone
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Personal Construct
Definition
bypolar dementions of judgement used to asses a particular phenominone
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Interpretation
Definition
how we interpret the situations around us
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Short Term
Definition
the working memory
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Long term memory
Definition
must put effort into remembering, need to visualize the info, connecting to what you allready know
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Purpose
Definition
to inform the main focus, persuade, entertain,ect.
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group standards
Definition
what unites a group of people
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