Essay On Fear In Communication

So as to avoid any communication, students with CA problems usually sit at the back of classrooms. As a result of this, chances of being noticed are very low hence will be kept away from any discussions unless when they are called upon to do so. Furthermore, such students hardly ever take part in activities around campus and rarely communicate with their classmates, advisers and even their lectures who could offer a hand in class work or even provide them with comfort (Allen, Bourhis, 1996).
There are various negative behaviors arising from communication apprehension problems. Apart from such behaviors, the person may experience other physiological problems such as high perspiration rates, mouth dryness, shakiness as well as fast heart beats. Such effects are likely to be seen during the communication process and nay cause great discomfort, (Drinkwater, Vreken, 1997). As a result, individuals with communication apprehension are likely to stutter when they are called to take part in a communication. Such individuals are likely to act as if they don’t know the answers of the asked questions so as to avoid the communication, (Richmond, McCroskey, 1989).
The nature of communication apprehension
In early 1940s, fear and anxiety associated with communication in students was reported. According to McCroskey

It has been found out that students with OCA in colleges or universities normally perform dismally since some skip classes or even avoid asking any questions. These students in most cases are not comfortable and prefer modules that require less of their participation and hence eliminate their apprehended kind of communication, (Bowers, 1986; O’Mara, et al. 1996). Richmond McCroskey (1998) argue that such students with high OCA in rare cases communicate in excess so as to hide their fear but in most cases they do keep