SPCOM223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emotional Contagion, Inflection

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Speech Communication
• Course: SPCOM223
• Professor: Karen Lazar

Document Summary

Emotional contagion theory: people ten to catch the emotions of others. Manuscript speaking: reading a speech from a written text. Memorized speaking: delivering a speech word for word without using notes. Impromptu speaking: delivering a speech without advanced preparation. Extemporaneous speaking: speaking from an outline w/out mem. the exact wording. Immediacy: perceived physical or psychological closeness btw people. Immediacy behaviours: e. g. making eye contact e. g. Immediacy behaviours: e. g. making eye contact e. g. gestures e. g. Immediacy behaviours: e. g. making eye contact e. g. gestures e. g. physical distance. Articulation: production of clear and distinct speech sounds. Dialect: pronouncing words common to an ethnic group or geographical region. Pronunciation: use of sounds to form words clearly and accurately. Pitch: high or low of voice sounds.