As Emma spoke, the audience perceived her to be competent about the topic, honest and sincere, and to be a dynamic speaker. These perceptions greatly increase Emma's . a. ego b. attitude c. credibility d. demographics

These perceptions greatly increase Emma's C. credibility.

Explanation:

Credibility is a quality in which an individual is perceived as trustworthy and convincing. To have credibility is to be able to inspire others to believe, the information provided must be reliable.

In this case, we can see Emma is gaining credibility from her audience since they perceive her as a competent individual about her topic, as well as sincere and dynamic.

Option c ==> credibility.

Explanation:

When someone is said to be trustworthy or believable then we say that the person is credible and the act of being credible is known as credibility. Being credible can also be referred to being reliable and one can count in that person to say the truth and be honest about a subject matter.

The audience in the question above; ''perceived her to be competent about the topic, honest and sincere...'' note those two words HONEST and SINCERE. And that matches the definition for credibility.

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