Pausing is an art that professional performers strive to master in order to achieve maximum effectiveness

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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"Everyone in our group has signed the petition. You should, too." What fallacy is being committed in this statement?

a) Ad hominem attack b) Appeal to authority c) Appeal to popularity d) Appeal to tradition e) Appeal to novelty

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996:

a. limits the number of radio stations that one company can own worldwide. b. removed the limit on the number of radio stations a company can own in the United States. c. encourages more local programming. d. None of these answers is correct.

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Two listeners offer criticism after the speech. One says, "The speech was kind of weak," and the other says, "I thought the delivery was pretty bad." The big problem with these criticismsis that they are not

a. kind. b. positive. c. objective. d. specific.

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?Razia is about to deliver a speech on free trade to a group of business people. Although she has delivered several successful speeches before, she experiences negative self-talk such as "I will make a fool of myself this time" and "I am scared the audience will mock my body language." Consequently, in order to manage her apprehensions, she tries to eliminate these negative thoughts using thoughts like "I have delivered this speech several times successfully" and "I am a trained public speaker and I cannot go wrong." In this scenario, Razia uses _____ to reduce her public speaking apprehensions.

A) ?systematic desensitization B) ?cognitive restructuring C) ?the visualization technique D) ?self-distancing self-talk

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