Your textbook suggests that anxiety can be useful. Explain this view

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The heightened state of readiness can actually help someone speak better, especially if they view the public-speaking event positively instead of negatively. Speakers who label their physiological feelings as “enthusiasm” or “excitement" are more likely to benefit from the extra help their brain is trying to provide.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What are the two primary ways we use our posture to communicate?

a. upright and slumped b. open and closed c. consciously and unconsciously d. to protect or embrace

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P.S., or postscript, is one of the least read portions of a letter

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A major goal of teaching is to

A. help students understand the meaning of democracy. B. prepare citizens for life in a democratic society. C. equip people to think critically about the degree to which their society is democratic. D. All these answers are correct.

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