What is selective attention? Provide an example
What will be an ideal response?
Selective attention occurs when consciously or unconsciously one attends to a narrow range of the sensory information available. For example, when the professor indicates that I will be tested on a specific term or concept, I pay closer attention to what he/she is saying and take better notes.
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Explain why capturing your audience's attention with an
attention-getter is so important to the introduction. What will be an ideal response?
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I-messages help avoid making the listener defensive by ______.
a. focusing on the speaker’s feelings b. providing appropriate specificity c. acknowledging the time frame d. probing the middle ground
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