The Best Example of the Use of Audience Analysis to Improve

question 41

Multiple Choice

The best example of the use of audience analysis to improve communication is when

• A)Anya makes sure she is well-rested before she asks her boss for a raise.
• B)Leticia waits till her mother gets off the phone before asking her for a ride to the skating rink.
• C)Jensen uses his cell phone to make several calls while he rides the trolley.
• D)Matthew screams at his mother that he wants some apple juice while she is on the telephone.

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Definitions:

Puzzle Box

An experimental device used in animal psychology to study trial-and-error learning, notably by Edward L. Thorndike.

Thorndike

Edward Thorndike was an influential psychologist known for his work in behaviorism and for developing the Law of Effect, which played a foundational role in the study of operant conditioning.

Skinner Box

An apparatus created by B.F. Skinner for conditioning and studying the behaviors of animals through reinforcements and punishments.

Insight Learning

A form of problem solving where the solution suddenly comes to us in what might be described as a "flash of insight".