A Speaker Can Damage Their Credibility by _______

question 5

Multiple Choice

A speaker can damage their credibility by _______.

• A)using personal experience as fact
• B)using exclusive language
• C)using jargon the audience is unfamiliar with
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Personality

The combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual, defining their character and psychological identity.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Impulsively

Acting or done without forethought, driven by sudden desires or inclinations.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.