Exam 2: Public Speaking in a Global World: Inclusion, Ethics, and Critical Thinking

The United States is considered a high-context culture since it is individualistic.

Critical thinking is the ability to explore an issue or situation, integrate all the available information about it, arrive at a conclusion, and validate a position.

List a few traits of speakers who think uncritically.

How does having an ethical code in sports related to an ethical code in public speaking?

A speaker does not need to consider preferred learning styles when developing a speech.

By stepping outside of who you are and considering your speech from the perspective of others who differ from you, you gain fresh insights and facilitate the establishment of common ground.

When critically thinking about a speech, you should ______.

For every speech event, a speaker should seek to determine which of the following?

Humorous stories generally translate the same across cultures.

What is the benefit of thinking creatively?

A collectivistic culture uses ______-context communication.

Describe how religion can be part of a cultural identity.

Speakers who demonstrate ______ and respect for diversity develop messages with broad appeal.

Which of these can speakers expect of a quality audience?

Describe the danger of overgeneralizing.

______ identity regards income and social status.

______ is the ability to explore an issue or situation, integrate all the available information about it, arrive at a conclusion, and validate a position.

______ express society's opinions of the rightness or wrongness of an act.

Which of these is true about a speaker who does not think critically?

______ are composed of members of the same general culture who differ in some ethnic or sociological way from the parent culture.