Behavioral inhibition and the attribution of public speaking state anxiety

Freeman, Terri; Sawyer, Chris R.; Behnke, Ralph R.

doi:10.1080/03634529709379089

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“…Although these studies of trait anxiety have improved the prediction of public-speaking state anxiety, the focus has been on innate psychological components rather than the underlying physiological mechanisms that account for the relationship between states and traits. However, a number of scholars representing a variety of research traditions contend that biological constructs, such as reactivity, play a key role in anxiety fluctuation (Beatty, McCroskey, & Heisel, 1998;Behnke & Sawyer, 2001;Eysenck, 1967Eysenck, , 1991Freeman, Sawyer, & Behnke, 1997;Gray, 1964Gray, , 1982Gray, , 1991Gray & McNaughton, 2000;Pavlov 1951Á1952;Strelau, 1994Strelau, , 1996. Further, these studies have aimed to predict a cognitive state response and have not considered those students prone to experiencing primarily physiological symptoms of anxiety.…”

Section: Traitástate Distinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Speakers with highly reactive BIS responses have been found to experience elevated publicspeaking anxiety (Behnke & Sawyer, 2001;Freeman et al, 1997;, 2002. In addition, speakers with tendencies toward high reactivity, and thus elevated arousal, sustain greater decrements in performance than those tending toward low reactivity (Klonowicz, 1987).…”

Section: Underlying Physiological Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Model of Anxious Arousal for Public Speaking

Finn¹,

Sawyer

Behnke

2009

Communication Education

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With the goal of identifying the characteristics or traits students bring to the classroom that predispose them to panic when faced with the threat of presenting in front of an audience, this study introduced a subtype of public-speaking state anxiety*anxious arousal. Specifically, this study examined the extent to which trait anxiety and physiological reactivity predicted anxious arousal during a public-speaking presentation. When combined with trait anxiety, physiological reactivity accounted for 73.3% of anxious arousal. Suggestions for pedagogical and therapeutic practice are included.

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Section: Traitástate Distinctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Underlying Physiological Mechanismsmentioning

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A Model of Anxious Arousal for Public Speaking

Finn¹,

Sawyer

Behnke

2009

Communication Education

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“…Emotion in public speaking has been studied long ago by psychologists [11], [12]. Most research has focused on the anxiety state of speakers, how this state is expressed in term of both visual and vocal signal, as well as how easily could it be recognized by the audience.…”

Section: A Assessment Of Public Speakingmentioning

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Online feedback system for public speakers

Nguyen

Chen

Rauterberg

2012

2012 IEEE Symposium on E-Learning, E-Management and E-Services

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Abstract-The development of Affective Computing has witnessed tremendous number of studies about facial and vocal expression, while bodily expression only comprises the minority. However, with the emerging of social signal processing, people have paid more attention to the significant role of body language in social communication and emotional expression. One situation when body language shows its importance is public speaking. This paper presents an online feedback system for public speakers, in which emotion recognised from body language of speakers is regarded as the primary component for analysis. The system captures input through a Microsoft Kinect, thus offer users with a convenience way to interact. In order to recognise bodily expression, a posture and gesture representation method based on Laban Movement Analysis was adopted. The system could be used as a support tool for people who learn presentation skills, as well as for public speakers who need immediate feedbacks. This paper will present the architecture of the system, along with details about the employed methods and a collected database of presentations.

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“…For example, Booth-Butterfield (1989) established that corrective feedback was highly related to learner anxiety. It would be of interest to investigate whether the experience of anxiety retards feedback effectiveness, possibly through activation of the behavioral inhibition system (Freeman, Sawyer & Behnke, 1997). Alternatively, it could be the diversion of attention to the anxiety which retards learning.…”

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Public speaking performance improvement as a function of information processing in immediate and delayed feedback interventions

King

Young

Behnke

2000

Communication Education

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Treatments of performance feedback in the communication literature have generally focused on the pragmatic advantages of such systems while remaining uncritical of the information processing context in which such instructional interventions are employed. Communication theorists have distinguished between tasks that require conscious deliberation and tasks that are executed automatically. In the present study, the efficacy of using immediate and delayed feedback in generating improvement on a subsequent performance, for tasks which vary in information processing requirements, was examined. Analyses indicate that immediate feedback intervention is more effective when automatic processing occurs while delayedfeedback produces greater change with tasks involving deliberative and effortful processing. Interpretation of the findings, in light of extant theory and research, is provided.

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Behavioral inhibition and the attribution of public speaking state anxiety

Cited by 40 publications

References 57 publications

A Model of Anxious Arousal for Public Speaking

A Model of Anxious Arousal for Public Speaking

Online feedback system for public speakers

Public speaking performance improvement as a function of information processing in immediate and delayed feedback interventions

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