Exam 3: Listening: What Speakers and Listeners Should Know

When you are trying to understand a message,you are at which stage of listening?

Discuss the evaluating stage of listening,focusing on judgments listeners make in this stage and personal characteristics that might affect their judgments.

List the six ways that a speaker can take an androgynous approach to speak to all genders in an audience.

Culture is a kind of frame of reference.

During a presentation,a listener becomes aware of a conversation behind her when someone says something that sounds like her name.Her shifting attention to the conversation is an example of what stage of listening?

Discuss techniques a speaker can use to improve audience memory during a speech.Provide specific examples of these tools.

Acronyms are helpful to aid memory.

Although numerous listening filters exist ranging from personal to situational,three main filters require the most speaker adjustment: culture,gender,and

In this stage of listening,listeners select or ignore one or more stimuli from the multitude of stimuli that continually bombard us.

The term _______________ denotes the integration of both masculine and feminine characteristics-each used when appropriate to the situation.

Narratives help to improve listening at the comprehend stage.

All of the following are suggested as ways to enhance the credibility of your sources EXCEPT

Discomfort when evidence is presented that is contrary to what we believe is called cognitive dissonance.

There are six primary stages of listening.

According to research cited and pictured in the text,the visual and vocal codes account for _______________ of the meaning of the message.

Audience members who are sitting still in a slouched position are exhibiting signs of _______________.

_______________ describes how people process information and uses it to explain the behavior of others and themselves.

Listeners mentally evade persuasive messages that cause them discomfort by

Discuss how the three cultural dimensions can contribute to listening differences and misunderstandings.

A speaker's credibility depends less on logical proof and more on