PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Anxiety, Formal Language, Ethnocentrism
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One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain it clearly might as well never have thought at all on the subject. Communication is #1 quality 480 companies seek in college grads. Anxiety over prospect of speaking in front of an audience. In 2001 gallup poll: 40% = speaking before a group. Another study: 70% = giving a speech. Use adrenaline and make it work for you. Transform negative view of it to positive nervousness : A zesty, enthusiastic, lively feeling with a slight edge to it . Each minute of speech = 1 - 2 hours of prep time. The us has become the most diverse society on earth (22). There are 195 nations in the world, and every one of them has someone living in us. More than 47 million people in the us speak a language other than english at home. Nothing separates one culture from another more than language.
