Chapter 1 Speech

Why do you have to take Speech for graduation? (Check all that apply)

• To learn how to interact with a lot of different people.

• To express yourself clearly.

• To understand the tools of communication.

• Teach you how to interview for a job.

When a person sends the message, what do they do with the words?

• decode

• encode

• translate

• decipher

What do we call the idea the encoder wants to send?

• image

• pun

• joke

• message

True/False: Messages between people are ONLY verbal.

• True

• False

What is critical thinking?

• Believing what anyone tells you.

• Something we just talk about.

• Ways to analyze and evaluate ideas based on reliability, truth, accuracy.

• A skill everyone has.

True/False: Both the encoder and receiver often understand the message being sent.

• True

• False

In class, we talk about examples for why we teach critical thinking skills. Can you think of one example>

This is what receivers do when the hear information:

• Encoding

• Decoding

The interference or disruptions that impact the exchange of information between the encoder and decoder is called:

• Noise

• Transactions

• Reception

• Feedback

Which best describes feedback?

• The act of getting information.

• The act of sending information.

• The act of exchanging information

• What the receiver sends back to the sender.