Lucas was so focused on his knitting that at first he didn’t hear his mother asking him about his day. “Oh, it was good,” he said a few seconds later. Lucas is suffering from ______.

a. message overload
b. selective listening
c. conversational narcissism
d. the listening gap


d. the listening gap

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A. True B. False

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What will be an ideal response?

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Bryan is creating an idea bank in order to brainstorm

potential speech topics. Which of the following steps should Bryan perform first? a. He should make a list of potential speech topics. b. He should get a friend to help him brainstorm. c. He should begin creating his idea bank on his computer. d. He should evaluate the speech assignment, the audience, and the speaking situation.

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Varying who talks to whom can be a successful method of stimulus variation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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