Advanced Public Speaking Exam 1
Examination Study Guide 2024/2025
Situational Anxiety - ansRefers to the specific factors in a given
speaking situation that causes nervousness
Trait Anxiety - ansOne has a severe form of anxiety and
negative image (negative past speaking experiences, subordinate
to others, more nervous than others)
Positive Imagery - ansProgramming your mind to mentally
visualize a successful confident speech. Involves replacing
negative words with positive ones, picturing yourself doing a
good job, set goals. Uses positive statements such as "I will have
good eye contact."
Systematic Desensitization - ansFocuses on relaxing and staying
relaxed as one thinks about participating in anxiety producing
public speaking situations. This method uses relaxation and
positive imagery as one visualizes mastering the public speaking
situation from beginning to end.
Cognitive Restructuring - ansIdentifying irrational thoughts one
holds towards the public speaking situations and using
relaxation exercises and positive imagery to overcome the
anxiety
Rhetoritherapy - ansThis method doesn't employ positive
imagery but uses sill acquisition to slowly acclimate one to
public speaking situations. One might start out speaking a small
group and progress to larger audiences as they master public
speaking skills and confidence.
The 5 Stages of Listening - ansSensing, Interpreting, Evaluating,
Responding, Remembering
Barriers of Listening: Sensing - ansReceiving or hearing the
sounds from the environment.
