SPCH 1315 Midterm Review with correct
answers(updated)
Empowerment - correct answer ✔✔influence and potential leadership, gained in part by speaking with
competence and confidence
What are the elements of the communication process? Source - correct answer ✔✔information and
ideas for an audience
Encode - correct answer ✔✔to translate ideas and images into verbal or nonverbal symbols
Code - correct answer ✔✔made up of verbal or nonverbal symbols, than an audience can recognize
What are the elements of the communication process? Message - correct answer ✔✔the speech itself--
both what is said and how it is said
Decode - correct answer ✔✔to translate verbal or nonverbal symbols into ideas and images that
constitute a message
What are the elements of the communication process? Channels - correct answer ✔✔visual and
auditory
What are the elements of the communication process? Receiver - correct answer ✔✔is the individual
audience member, whose decoding of the message will depend on his or her own particular blend of
past experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and values
What are the elements of the communication process? External Noise - correct answer ✔✔physical,
such as the roar of a lawn mower or a noisy air conditioner
, What are the elements of the communication process? Internal Noise - correct answer ✔✔may stem
from either physiological or psychological causes and may directly affect either the source or the receiver
What are the elements of the communication process? Context - correct answer ✔✔the environment or
situation in which the speech occurs
Confrontational - correct answer ✔✔have highest heart rates as they begin speaking, then taper off to
average levels as they continue
Inflexible - correct answer ✔✔feel high levels of anxiety and show the highest heart rates all the way
through their speeches
Average - correct answer ✔✔generally approach public speaking positively and show average heart rate
increases while speaking
Insensitive - correct answer ✔✔speakers are usually experienced speakers
What are the three types of public speaking? Inform - correct answer ✔✔you teach, define, illustrate,
clarify, or elaborate
What are the three types of public speaking? Persuade - correct answer ✔✔to change or reinforce
attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior
What are the three types of public speaking? Entertain - correct answer ✔✔to entertain (show)
Specific Purpose - correct answer ✔✔a concise statement indicating what you want your listeners to be
able to do when you finish your speech
Central Idea - correct answer ✔✔(thesis statement)
Types of Public Speaking: - correct answer ✔✔Inform, Persuade, Entertain
answers(updated)
Empowerment - correct answer ✔✔influence and potential leadership, gained in part by speaking with
competence and confidence
What are the elements of the communication process? Source - correct answer ✔✔information and
ideas for an audience
Encode - correct answer ✔✔to translate ideas and images into verbal or nonverbal symbols
Code - correct answer ✔✔made up of verbal or nonverbal symbols, than an audience can recognize
What are the elements of the communication process? Message - correct answer ✔✔the speech itself--
both what is said and how it is said
Decode - correct answer ✔✔to translate verbal or nonverbal symbols into ideas and images that
constitute a message
What are the elements of the communication process? Channels - correct answer ✔✔visual and
auditory
What are the elements of the communication process? Receiver - correct answer ✔✔is the individual
audience member, whose decoding of the message will depend on his or her own particular blend of
past experiences, attitudes, beliefs, and values
What are the elements of the communication process? External Noise - correct answer ✔✔physical,
such as the roar of a lawn mower or a noisy air conditioner
, What are the elements of the communication process? Internal Noise - correct answer ✔✔may stem
from either physiological or psychological causes and may directly affect either the source or the receiver
What are the elements of the communication process? Context - correct answer ✔✔the environment or
situation in which the speech occurs
Confrontational - correct answer ✔✔have highest heart rates as they begin speaking, then taper off to
average levels as they continue
Inflexible - correct answer ✔✔feel high levels of anxiety and show the highest heart rates all the way
through their speeches
Average - correct answer ✔✔generally approach public speaking positively and show average heart rate
increases while speaking
Insensitive - correct answer ✔✔speakers are usually experienced speakers
What are the three types of public speaking? Inform - correct answer ✔✔you teach, define, illustrate,
clarify, or elaborate
What are the three types of public speaking? Persuade - correct answer ✔✔to change or reinforce
attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior
What are the three types of public speaking? Entertain - correct answer ✔✔to entertain (show)
Specific Purpose - correct answer ✔✔a concise statement indicating what you want your listeners to be
able to do when you finish your speech
Central Idea - correct answer ✔✔(thesis statement)
Types of Public Speaking: - correct answer ✔✔Inform, Persuade, Entertain
