Question 1

_______________ involves identifying irrational self-talk,developing alternative coping statements,and practicing those statements.

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Question 2

One key to the speakers such as journalist Mike Wallace and talk show host Katie Couric speaking well despite anxiety is that they learned to view situational anxiety as the normal excitement necessary for _______________ speaking.

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Question 3

List and briefly explain four of the techniques discussed in the text for managing situational anxiety.

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Question 4

_______________ imagery simply requires the use of your imagination and is a successful technique that you can do on your own.

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Question 5

The current view of trait anxiety is that it is both inborn and learned.

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Trait anxiety is believed to have a genetic component, but environmental factors can also play a role in its development and expression. Therefore, it is considered to be both inborn and learned.

Question 6

Using the guidelines in the text,develop five well-worded statements you could use in applying positive imagery.

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Question 7

List and briefly explain the three steps in mastering positive imagery.

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Question 8

If you have extremely high trait anxiety and it seems that nothing you have tried so far has helped,you may have inborn-or genetically caused-anxiety that some researchers refer to as _______________.

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Question 9

Taking a public speaking course is a form of _______________ training.

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Question 10

Describe the difference between situational and trait anxiety.Why is situational anxiety more common?

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Quiz 2: Building Speaker Confidence