Question

Which of the following is an example of a physiological issue that may affect understanding? a. An audience member is preoccupied by a recent argument with his spouse and does not listen to the speaker. b. An audience member is hard of hearing and cannot hear the speaker. c. An audience member cannot hear the speaker due to malfunctioning sound equipment. d. An audience member is rustling papers causing others not to be able to hear the speaker.

Answer 1

A) This is not a physiological issue, rather a psychological issue.

b) I wouldn't call it "physiological" but I think it is the best option, yes

c) This would not be a physiological issue, but rather a technical issue

d) this is not a physiological issue.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. An audience member is hard of hearing and cannot hear the speaker

Explanation:

The word physiology is a concept of biology that refers to the functions of the body of living organisms including the way human body functions. In the case of public speaking, a physiological issue refers to any physiological condition or issue (dealing with the functions of the body) in the audience or the speaker that impedes the audience understands the information of the speech or the speaker can deliver appropriately the information to the audiences and which is not linked to external issues but to the body functions. Considering this, an example of a physiological issue that may affect understanding is "an audience member is hard of hearing and cannot hear the speaker" as in this case, the issue is in the functions of the body of the audience member and specifically the function of hearing which is classified as physiological.