Unit One: Communication Process
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The Art of Public Speaking by Stephen Lucas
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adrenaline | a hormone released during the alarm stage of stress (increases heart rate and blood pressure) |
| speaker | the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener |
| message | a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled |
| channel | The medium through which a message is sent. |
| stage fright | the nervousness felt by a speaker or performer in front of an audience |
| positive nervousness | controlled nervousness that helps energize a speaker for her or his presentation |
| frame of reference | set of accepted values which an individual or group uses to evaluate behaviors or actions |
| critical thinking | focused, organized thinking about such things as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion |
| feedback | Verbal and physical responses to people (and/or their messages) within the relationship |
| interference | distractions or complications in the channel or situation that prevent the successful transfer of the message |
| situation | the time and place in which speech communication occurs |
| ethnocentrism | tendency to believe that one's own group is the standard, the reference point by which other people and groups should be judged |
| listener | the person who receives the speaker's message |
| visualization | mental imaging in which a speaker vividly pictures himself or herself giving a successful presentation |
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