The Best Way to Use "Idle" Time When a Speaker

question 95

Multiple Choice

The best way to use "idle" time when a speaker is speaking is to ________.

• A)think of what you are going to say
• B)think of suggestions that might help the speaker
• C)summarize and integrate what you've heard
• D)compose interesting questions you might ask

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A Freudian theory describing five stages of child development, each centered on sexual pleasure from different body areas.

Phallic

Referring to or characterized by the third stage of psychosexual development in Freudian theory, focusing on the genital organs as the primary source of pleasure.

Latency

In psychoanalytic theory, a period of childhood development characterized by the sublimation of instinctual drives; it is considered a phase of relative psychological calm.

Oral Stage

The first phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth, leading to behaviors like sucking and biting.