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What Are Three Common Methods for Narrowing or Limiting a Topic

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What are three common methods for narrowing or limiting a topic? Briefly define each and demonstrate how they are used in the early planning of a speech.


Definitions:

Generalization

The process of applying the outcome of a particular case to a broader range of situations or groups.

Categorization

The process by which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

Spreading Activation

A model of how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that spreading activation from one concept in a network triggers the retrieval of related concepts.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced, helping to differentiate it from other stimuli where the response would not be reinforced.

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