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When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do every day in conversation.

As your textbook explains, the best way to approach public speaking is to view it as an act of communication, rather than as a performance.

Knowing how the physical setting might affect your listeners’ receptivity to your ideas is an important factor in situational audience analysis.

Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.

Ethnocentrism needs to be avoided when you are in the role of listener as well as when you are in the role of speaker.

Public speakers who seek to avoid being ethnocentric need to show respect for the cultures of the people they address.

For most beginning speakers, the biggest part of stage fright is fear of the unknown. It has been estimated that being fully prepared for a speech can reduce stage fright by up to 75 percent.

The process of audience analysis and adaptation affects every aspect of speech preparation from choosing a topic to delivering the speech.

Using the power of visualization to control stage fright means that you should approach your speech as a performance in which the audience is looking for perfection.

Which of the following is included among the four major causes of poor listening discussed in your textbook?