Question

Jason had thoroughly researched his speech on the art of tattooing. He had many different types of supporting material; the speech was well organized. He was certain that this was a great speech. In the library, right before the speech, he printed out his complete outline. When presenting his speech to the class, he had to read from his outline and became nervous and anxious. Which of the following statements best pertains to this situation?A) Jason forgot to visualize success, which would have helped reduce his nervousness.B) Jason's mistake was that he didn't have enough good supporting material.C) Jason procrastinated and didn't have time to rehearse his speech aloud and on his feet.D) Jason forgot to organize his speech in a way that made sense to his audience.

Answer 1

Answer: C) Jason procrastinated and didn't have time to rehearse his speech aloud and on his feet.

Explanation:

Jason had so much confidence in the way he had written his speech that he neglected to practice it. He only printed the speech outline right before he was due to present it and this gave him no time to prepare.

It can be said therefore that because of his confidence in his speech, he procrastinated rehearsing his speech until it was too late and this caused him to be nervous when presenting the speech because he was only saying it for the first time.