A little boy is staying home alone for the first time when a tree branch falls onto the roof. He
makes a perceptual error, concluding that the noise is a burglar breaking into his house.
Describe
the way he might have experienced this event, moving through the three stages of the perceptual
process.
What will be an ideal response?
The stages in the perceptual process are selecting available data, organizing data into
usable form, and interpreting the data by adding meaning and making predictions.
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Is it appropriate to develop a speech topic based on something you heard on a television talk show?
a. No; using televised information for your speech topic is a form of plagiarism. b. No; most topics discussed on talk shows are inappropriate speech material. c. Yes, but you have to address the topic the same way the talk show did. d. Yes; brainstorming ideas from a television program is a good way to develop a topic and is an option suggested in the text.
Subtleties in nonverbal communication across different contexts are amplified more than subtleties in verbal communications
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.