In your public speaking class, you are asked to evaluate the delivery of a classmate. You critique her vocal characteristics, eye contact, gestures, and appearance, but find that you can really only pay attention to one category at a time. Your experiences support what challenge of interpreting nonverbal messages?

A. Nonverbal messages are often ambiguous.
B. Nonverbal cues are multichanneled.
C. Nonverbal messages are continuous.
D. Nonverbal interpretation is culture-based.


Answer: B

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A) Pretest the presentation aids. B) Look at the presentation aids rather than your audience. C) Keep the aids visible to the audience even after you have finished using them. D) Save the aids for the actual presentation, not rehearsal.

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Your speech delivery is made up of your _______, your voice, and your body

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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Rashi and Anita marry because they are of the same cultural background. This is most likely what type of relationship?

A. co-cultural B. symmetrical C. asymmetrical D. ethnocentric

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A. full text database B. index database C. bibliographic database D. Document database

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