Q&A Hero

Q: Cultural norms contribute to our choices about what information to talk about versus what we choose to keep private on a first date.

Q: Synthesizing what you know about perception, what connections would you draw between concepts like ethnocentrism, discrimination, cultural myopia, stereotyping, prejudice, selective perception, fundamental attribution error, behavioral affirmation, behavioral confirmation, and self-fulfilling prophecies?

Q: What is Maslows hierarchy of needs? How can a persuasive speaker use his or her knowledge of an audiences needs to create an effective speech?

Q: Search engines like Google and Yahoo! index every document available electronically over the Web.

Q: Choosing to disclose deeply personal information, such as past sexual experiences, too early in a relationship can have a negative impact on the relationships development.

Q: Reflecting on your own experiences, explain and illustrate how interacting with others from different ethnic, racial, religious, or other cultural backgrounds has helped you to understand your own culture more clearly and be a more competent intercultural communicator.

Q: Describe the differences between a receptive, a hostile, and a neutral audience, and explain how knowing this information helps a speaker develop a persuasive speech. What particular advice do you have for a speaker who encounters each type of audience?

Q: Directories tend to provide fewer but higher quality links than databases do.

Q: While it is natural for people to desire to keep some information about themselves private, the refusal to disclose personal information prevents a relationship from moving to a more intimate level.

Q: Citing specific examples to support your answer, explain why it is important to develop intercultural communication skills.

Q: Compare and contrast the three types of propositions used for persuasive speeches, and provide an example of each type. C = comprehension; D = 1

Q: Quotations do not need to include the exact words of the person who is being quoted.

Q: Intimate romantic relationships can only be achieved once the partners give up their desire to keep deeply personal information about themselves private.

Q: Explain what we mean when we say that culture is both learned through communication and expressed through our own communication. Provide an example of something the media have taught you about your culture, and describe one way in which you express that cultural attribute.

Q: Describe the criteria that make for a good persuasive speech topic. Provide an example of a poor topic and one that is suitable for a persuasive speech, and explain your evaluation of each topic. C = comprehension; D = 2

Q: Anecdotes are especially useful when a speaker wants to personalize a speech and make it more memorable to the audience.

Q: It is normal for the partners in a romantic relationship to feel the need to be close and connected to their partner while also needing to feel independent and have some time away from the relationship.

Q: What do we mean when we caution not to overaccommodate?

Q: What are the five stages of Monroes motivated sequence?

Q: Statistics are considered to be the best form of speech support because they are concrete, memorable, and accurate.

Q: Dialectical tensions are a sign of an unhealthy relationship that is transitioning into the declining stage.

Q: What are the three changes that intercultural communication training programs focus on?

Q: Which organizational pattern is a good choice when the audience already agrees that a problem exists, eliminating the need for the speaker to spend time proving the existence of a problem or the need for a solution?

Q: The opinion of a licensed clinical social worker on the top reasons why people in your community become homeless would count as lay testimony.

Q: The only effective way for us to gain predictability and reduce uncertainty in our relationships is to be upfront and ask our partners for the information we want.

Q: What is the difference between ethnocentrism and discrimination, and how are they related to one another?

Q: Provide an example of an argument that represents the either-or fallacy.

Q: My audience should realize that a coffee tasting is more complicated than just brewing a pot of coffee and inviting some friends over, but feel like its something they could organize if they wanted to, is an example of a thesis statement.

Q: We tend to be more comfortable interacting with others when we perceive their behavior as predictable.

Q: List an example of one group you consider to be your own ingroup, and one that you consider to be one of your outgroups.

Q: During the 2008 presidential primaries, references to Hillary Clintons shrill voice and her manner of dress, and to John McCains age represented what type of fallacious reasoning?

Q: Specific purpose statement and thesis are two different terms for the same thing.

Q: Recent research has effectively disproven the social exchange theory, in part, because today most of us base our relationship choices on chemistry rather than on costs and rewards.

Q: Describe one way in which your own generations attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors differ from those of your parents.

Q: Define reduction to the absurd as a form of logical fallacy.

Q: Narrow topics are usually easier to research, organize, and speak about than broad topics are.

Q: The genetic-similarity hypothesis argues that we tend to prefer relationships with people from our own ethnic group because we are more genetically similar to those people than we are to others.

Q: What do we mean when we say that a culture has a polychronic time orientation, and what is an example of a culture that fits this description?

Q: We do not need additional gun control laws. The 9/11 attackers used box cutters to take over the planes! What form of logical fallacy does this statement represent?

Q: Because the typical classroom audience is both diverse and passive, audience expectations are not considered important to topic selection.

Q: People tend to prefer forging relationships with others who are different from themselves over forming bonds with people whom they perceive as similar to themselves.

Q: Briefly describe the approach to power distance found in the United States.

Q: Compare/contrast inductive and deductive reasoning.

Q: The salience, or significance, of particular demographic characteristics often changes based on the reason why the audience has gathered.

Q: It is a cultural myth that physical attraction plays an important role in interpersonal attraction.

Q: In your own words, what is the difference between a masculine and a feminine culture?

Q: Speakers who have a strong ethos are perceived as credible and __________.

Q: Most classroom speakers do not need to bother with audience analysis since they already know their classmates.

Q: People who are considered to be attractive are also often considered to be more intelligent, kinder, and warmer than those who are not.

Q: What term do we use to describe the degree to which members of a culture adapt their behaviors to reduce uncertainty and risk?

Q: __________ refers to the impact a speakers character and personality have on an audience.

Q: At the end of his presentation, Bill hopes his audience will see that lowering taxes will do more to stimulate the economy than increased government work projects will. We would classify his speech as an informative speech.

Q: Proximity is a less important element of interpersonal attraction today than it was in the past.

Q: Define and give an example of a collectivist culture.

Q: Explain the Elaboration Likelihood Model. H = Understanding What Is Relevant to Your Audience (p. 341); C = knowledge;

Q: Persuasive speeches sometimes seek to reaffirm an audiences existing beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors.

Q: Loneliness and isolation have been linked to physical, emotional, and psychological health.

Q: Provide an example of a high-context culture.

Q: Provide an example of a social need.

Q: In the real world, informative speeches and persuasive speeches are essentially the same.

Q: People from collectivist cultures value relationships more than individuals from individualist cultures do.

Q: Contrast the differences between high- and low-context cultures.

Q: List the five hierarchical needs identified by Abraham Maslow.

Q: Most good speakers feel little or no anxiety about speaking in front of an audience.

Q: Online relationships develop differently than traditional face-to-face relationships.

Q: Briefly describe one way in which mediated interaction is changing the way we experience the diverse world around us.

Q: In your own words, define what is meant by a proposition of policy.

Q: Public speaking is consistently identified as one of the most important skills needed for professional success.

Q: Research indicates that love is more important to the formation of romantic relationships in Western cultures as compared to Eastern cultures.

Q: Your __________ is the framework through which you interpret the world and the people in it.

Q: Provide an example of a proposition of fact. H = Propositions of Fact (p. 337); C = comprehension; D = 2 Answers will vary, but should represent an assertion that something is or is not ANS: True.

Q: Presenting an audience with opposing views so that they are able to make an informed decision is most closely related to which principle of ethical speaking? a. trustworthiness b. respectfulness c. responsibility d. fairness

Q: Children who form successful friendships do better behaviorally and academically than those who do not.

Q: Define the term culture.

Q: Define attitude as it relates to persuasive speaking.

Q: According to the textbook, ethical speaking is usually characterized by all but one of the following principles. Which one does not belong? a. trustworthiness b. respect c. enjoyable d. responsible

Q: Because family relationships are our first and most basic relationships, it is within them that we learn basic communication skills that affect how we interact with others later in life.

Q: Effective intercultural communication often requires us to accommodateto adapt our verbal and nonverbal behaviors toward others to facilitate understanding and create a feeling of convergence.

Q: What is the difference between coercion and persuasion?

Q: Incorruptibility, the ability to avoid compromise for the sake of personal gain, is most closely associated with which of the following terms? a. dignity b. credibility c. ethics d. integrity