Research indicates that even when audiences give a “yes response” on a small scale, they are not likely to agree with the speaker’s larger arguments or comply with larger requests

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: FALSE

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All of the following are good pointers for using note cards for one's delivery

EXCEPT ______. A) Keep your note cards out of view, as much as possible. B) Read from your notes when trying to quote precisely. C) Avoid staring at your notes or using them as a shield. D) Hold your notes comfortably, and in full view.

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The cybernetic tradition regards:

A) history to be characterized by an unjust distribution of suffering. B) technology to have impacted the ways in which people persuade and inspire others. C) communication as the link connecting the separate parts of any system. D) reality to be shaped by culture.

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A _____ is particularly effective when an audience is neutral or agrees that there is an issue but has no opinion about a particular resolution

A) ?problem-solution pattern B) ?target pattern C) ?refutative pattern D) ?criteria satisfaction pattern

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Sometimes a task leader will emerge in a group who is very controlling and authoritarian. This person may have difficulty delegating responsibility and trusting others to do work up to his or her standards. This group may not become a group because ___________

A. authoritarian controlled discussion groups lack leadership B. authoritatively controlled discussion groups often constrain role emergence C. authoritatively controlled discussion groups often have a leader who is dissatisfied because he or she thinks no one else is doing any work. D. authoritatively controlled discussion groups have an overwhelming amount of primary tension E. authoritatively controlled discussion groups are often dominated by high levels of referent power

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