List and briefly define the five activities of listening as discussed in your book

What will be an ideal response


(1) Selecting is sorting through the available information in the environment. (2) Attending is focusing on a specific message, whether for a short time or a longer duration. (3) Understanding is interpreting or making sense of the message you have received, which includes relating it to what you already know. (4) Remembering information is recalling it. (5) Responding involves communicating with the other person to let them know you understand their message, and may be either verbal or nonverbal.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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The Johari window is a way of looking at your self-disclosure and

your A. communicator style. B. self-knowledge. C. perception screens. D. interaction preference. E. decoding filters.

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Self-regulating human systems are also called:

a. Integrating reduction systems b. Autocratic systems c. Looping reproduction systems d. Cybernetic Systems e. Maintenance systems

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According to the text, how does learning about your audience reduce speaking anxiety?

A) It enables you to see them as real, unthreatening people. B) It makes you feel superior to them and therefore more confident. C) It distracts you from the physical symptoms of anxiety. D) It allows you to anticipate their reactions to your speech.

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