The Introduction to an Oral Presentation Should Accomplish Three Goals

question 104

Multiple Choice

The introduction to an oral presentation should accomplish three goals: identifying yourself and establishing your credibility, previewing your main points, and which of the following?

• A)asking for relevant audience questions
• B)capturing your listeners' attention and getting them involved
• C)using an accepted organizational pattern such as chronology or geography/space
• D)showing what a snappy dresser you are by wearing professional attire

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Definitions:

Intergroup Attribution

Process of assigning the cause of one’s own or others’ behaviour to group membership.

Ultimate Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where people attribute the positive behaviors of their own group to stable, internal characteristics and negative behaviors of out-groups to their inherent characteristics.

Ingroup Behaviour

Actions and norms exhibited by members within their own group, often characterized by solidarity and loyalty.

Sex Stereotypes

Generalized views or preconceptions about attributes or characteristics that are believed to be typical of males or females.