Stephanie felt uncomfortable after she gave her first speech in class. She was accustomed to frequent audience responses that signaled involvement with and support of the speaker. Before her second speech, she continually told herself, "They don't mean to be rude, they just have different rules for appropriate behavior during a speech." Stephanie was using which method of adapting to the audience?
A) bafflegab
B) self-talk
C) empathizing
D) visualization

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Stephanie is using self-talk as a method of adapting to the audience. Self-talk refers to the messages we give ourselves to help us cope with a situation. In this case, Stephanie is reminding herself that the lack of audience response is not intentional and that it is simply a cultural difference in appropriate behavior during a speech.

Stephanie Felt Uncomfortable After She Gave Her First Speech in Class