Several Psychological Principles Have Important Implications for Oral Research Presentations

question 58

Multiple Choice

Several psychological principles have important implications for oral research presentations.Which of the following is TRUE?

• A) An audience member comes to the presentation with past knowledge of the speaker's topic and will judge the presentation based on selective perception.
• B) An audience member comes to the presentation with limited knowledge of the topic and will remain open-minded throughout the presentation.
• C) Each audience member organizes his or her unique construct of the content presented, which is unrelated to listener experience and openness to change.
• D) There is no need for the research presenter to attempt to construct imaginatively how the audience will interpret the message because it is impossible to know in advance.
• E) All of the above

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