In Addition to Getting the Audience's Attention and Establishing Your

question 122

Multiple Choice

In addition to getting the audience's attention and establishing your credibility, a good introduction gives your audience a preview of what's ahead. Your preview should ________.

• A) provide an anecdote to generate interest
• B) focus on content, not the structure of your presentation
• C) identify major supporting points of your presentation
• D) always precede the introduction

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Definitions:

Gambler's Fallacy

The erroneous belief that if an event occurs more frequently than normal during some period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.

Roulette-Type Game

A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.