down-low

Examples of down-low in the following topics:

• Sexual Orientation

  • Also, men in Africa and Latin America engage in sexual relationships with other men while still referring to themselves as heterosexual, which is known as being "on the down-low. " The same applies to men who engage in homosexual activities in the military, gender segregated schools and universities, or prison, as most of them do not consider themselves as gay but still engage sexually with members of their own sex in order to fulfill their sexual desires.

• Causes of Poor Listening

  • Listening is negatively affected by low concentration, trying too hard, jumping ahead, and/or focusing on style instead of substance.
  • However, some of the most common barriers to effective listening include low concentration, lack of prioritization, poor judgement, and focusing on style rather than substance.
  • Low concentration, or not paying close attention to speakers, is detrimental to effective listening.
  • For instance, students who take notes in class must know which information to writing down within the context of an entire lecture.
  • Writing down the lecture word for word is impossible as well as inefficient.

• Noise and Interference

  • You might need to physically project your voice a little more to be heard over a low din.
  • Repeat this until you can feel your heart rate slow down a little and the butterflies in your stomach settle down.
  • Identify methods to cut down on internal and external noise and interference

• Pitch

  • Pitch is the auditory attribute of sound ordered on a scale from low to high.
  • That is, "high" pitch means very rapid oscillation, and "low" pitch corresponds to slower oscillation.
  • Attitudinal: high declining pitch signals more excitement than does low declining pitch, as in "Good ↗morn↘ing" versus "Good morn↘ing. "
  • The higher pitch sounds move up the treble clef and the lower pitch sounds move down the bass clef.

• General Purpose

  • As he or she further hones the purpose and thesis, the speech might trickle down into instruction about why it is important to specify one's privacy settings.
  • Again, this speech take a topic like Facebook and refines it down to a purpose, like persuasion.
  • The widest part is the topic; as the speaker refines and hones his or her purpose into a thesis and supporting arguments, he or she narrows the speech down.

• Preparing for Team Presentations

  • The way a team functions while preparing for a presentation can be broken down into formal processes and interactions.
  • The way a team prepares for a presentation can be broken down into formal processes and interactions.

• The Receiving Stage

  • Another example is trying to listen to a friend tell a story while walking down a busy street.
  • Attending also involves being able to discern human speech, also known as "speech segmentation. "1 Identifying auditory stimuli as speech but not being able to break those speech sounds down into sentences and words would be a failure of the listening process.

• Delivering the Speech

  • In a business setting, men should wear a button-down shirt and dress pants and shoes; depending on how formal the business setting, this may also include a suit jacket and tie.
  • Women should wear a dress, dress pants or skirt with a button-down top, blazer, blouse or nice sweater.
  • You might need to stop a sentence to let the audience do its thing while you resume as it dies down.
  • Before you walk off that stage or sit back down in your seat, always thank your audience.

• Different Lines of Reasoning

  • For example, if you throw a ball in the air and it comes back down, again and again, you observe the same event happening and are likely to conclude that when you kick a ball in the air, it will come back down.
  • Consider the general principle of the law a gravity: what goes up must come down.
  • Now, when you throw the ball in the air, you conclude that it will fall down based on your knowledge of the general law of gravity.

• Cultural Differences in Approaching Criticism

  • In low context cultures such as in the United States and Germany, there is an expectation that people will say what is on their mind directly; they will not "beat around the bush. " In high context cultures, such as in Japan and China, people are more likely to use indirect speech, hints, and subtle suggestions to convey meaning.