If you want to use fear appeals in a presentation, you should consider using any or all of the following strategies except:
a. Threaten their freedom to believe and behave as they wish.
b. Scare the heck out of listeners.
c. Discuss solutions as well as problems.
d. Emphasize the costs and harms of not taking any action.
e. Emphasize the benefits of taking action.
a
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Sam is giving a presentation about the best way to save money for college. He has chosen to use a bar chart comparing the cost of community college with a four-year college
His selection of a bar chart represents which of the design principles for presentation aids? a. Preview and Highlight b. Headline Your Visuals c. Exercise Restraint d. Choose Readable Type and Suitable Colors e. Use Appropriate Graphics
Which of the following statements about presentational aids is not true?
A) They can increase the clarity of a message. B) They can make a speaker seem more dynamic. C) They can increase a speaker's confidence. D) All of these statements are true.
Joel Osteen is a superlative public speaker. He keeps the audience involved through eye contact and body orientation apart from varying his pitch and volume. He has excellent body language. Which feature of effective delivery does he possess?
a) Conversationa b) Intelligible c) Direct d) Unobtrusive
Consider the following hypothesis:
H: Older adults will use more painful self-disclosures than younger adults. Which of the following statistical tests would be most appropriate for testing this hypothesis? a. ANOVA b. Independent-samples t-test c. Factorial ANOVA d. Chi-Square for contingency Tables e. correlation