Public speaking anxiety is very common among people even before and it even become worse nowadays as people take it seriously affects their lives in a more difficult way.
On the other hand, anxiety is a cognizant worries of the mind usually over an impending serve. Public speaking anxiety is the fear over a large number of people locking in front making a speech or delivering a speech. Public speaking anxiety is somehow related to social phobia, where social phobia is the fear of the people around and somewhat like afraid to join or mingle with one another or to large crowd
Moreover, speaking in class is most frequently difficult for anxious students, even though they are good in giving ideas or they have that
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Presumably, if people are achievement oriented and driven, they are more into worrying about performance and appearance. If they wanted to feel good to themselves by succeeding in everything, that could simply add enough anxiety to make public speaking uncomfortable as well as the terrifying experiences.
Research Problem Having this kind of anxiety is somehow difficult to handle. This problem is needed to address especially to the person who have this kind of fear or anxiety that causes hand ships to oneself.
Rationale of the study
This papers aims to identify the factors and effects of public speaking anxiety and the proven intervention to lessen or decrease such fear to an individual and for then to know how deal such anxiety.
More knowledge about this particular study is needed for the readers so that that will have enough understanding about this topic and having knowledge of what really is Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA).
Thesis statement
In this student, the researchers intend to answer the following questions:
1.What is PSA (Public Speaking Anxiety)?
2.What could be the factors why students have
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This fear is often accompanied by a variety of physical and
emotional reaction that can significantly interfere with a person’s ability to successfully give a speech or presentation, including intense feelings of anxiety, worry, nervousness, trembling or shaking, sweating and dizziness.” According to Winconsin’s polytechnic University.
Public speaking anxiety is a psychological response and also analyzed as social anxiety disorder which
is non-generalized type at clinical levels. It is also related with significant distress and impairment in a
substantial portion on the population (Aderka et. Al., 2012). In a simple manner it is hard to defines, as it
depends on their unique references. Many people would fear public speaking than other things. Anxiety
that occurs just because simple are exhausting.
Based on Bodies’ (2010) perspective “the competence in public speaking is paramount to the student’s success in and out of the classroom”. An individual with public speaking anxiety will affects especially in school, as to where public speaking in common. Kitano (2001) note that “speaking skills is usually the first thing that learners compare with that of peers, teacher, and native
Giving a speech whether being for the public or not, offers personal, professional, and public benefits for the individual. The individual might find it easier to obtain a profession, build better relationships amongst peers, or even propel social movements by carefully constructing and delivering a well thought out speech. A speech needs to be excellent in order to do such things; it needs to have a clear concise thesis, a preview statement, a great organizational pattern, supporting material, memory, delivery and good representation of oneself. Thus, during the process of constructing and delivering a speech, one must have those aspects. This will ensure the speaker will deliver a powerful and moving speech.
This strategy affects the speech´s audience because it gives the audience a chance to relate how being
these situations may be so frightening that one gets anxious just thinking about them or go to great extremes to avoid people and these things. They have fears of being embarrassed in public, and that people will think badly about them or that they won’t measure up in comparison to others. Even though they probably realize that some of their fears are irrational or maybe even overblown, they still can’t help but feel anxious or nervous. This can all be because you happened to meet new people, got called on in class, were being watch while you’re doing something, and even going on a date with somebody. Some physical and emotional symptoms include flushing, shortness of breath, nausea, trembling or shaking in your hand, racing heart or tightness of the chest, hot flashes, feeling dizzy or fainting, excessive self-consciousness and anxiety in everyday events, worrying for days, weeks, and even months before something big happens, fear of being embarrassed by yourself, and that others will notice that you’re
1. Area of Strength Strength 1 - Time Management Working at my job at Tim Hortons has helped me develop important time management skills. Working during the school year has helped me balance my time, because I need to allocate the correct amount of time towards my job, school work and socialization. Strength 2 - People Skills
After being chosen as the President of National Honor Society, the most active club at my school, one of my duties was inducting the new members each year. I remember the butterflies in my stomach as I looked out at all the NHS members and their parents sitting in the huge auditorium. My principal and head of school were both keenly listening to me speak as I prayed not to stutter on any words. However, with every word that left my mouth, I felt my level of confidence rising. After finishing off strong and hearing the roar of applause, I realized that effective public speaking is a vital leadership skill that I definitely
By the same token, when I did my presentation I tried my best, I was nervous but I tried not to show it. I kept thinking “you will be fine and it’s just you, no one is looking at you”. Then, looking back at the presentation, I saw a little nervousness in me. As well, as my eye contact could’ve been better. I pause and stutter a couple times.
Have you ever been put on the spot, maybe for a presentation, speech, or because someone messed up and you have to come save their ass? Have you ever been so nervous that you feel as if the world I spinning around you and you could just faint? That terrifying all eyes on you moment, where if you even stutter out of nervousness you feel like the world will come crashing down upon you.
Susan would appear to have at least five symptoms of a Social Anxiety Disorder: intense, disproportionate, and persistent fear or anxiety regarding social conditions (e.g., restaurant, daughters’ school, grocery store) where Susan could be exposed to public scrutiny; fear of being negatively evaluated by other people; anxiety is caused by exposer to social situations; avoidance of the feared social situation (she is ordering groceries online instead of visiting the grocery store were her most recent episode occurred); and significant distress or impairment (Comer, 2014). Note, while many individuals with social anxiety may experience panic attacks, Susan’s major concern is regarding a fear of negative evaluation by others, whereas in panic disorders the primary concern is about the symptoms of the panic attacks themselves (Comer,2014). Social anxiety disorder has begun to significantly impair her functioning in multiple areas of her life. She already begun to avoid the grocery store and this fear is generalizing to restaurants and her daughter’s
I for one do not care too much about standing in front of an audience. I tend to get nervous and almost forget what I am speaking on. After I had taken my first sergeant job, I had to get comfortable with standing in front of more than 100 people on a daily basis. My comfort mode was being
3.Choose one aspect of your presentation and tell me how you will work to improve it for your next presentation. Be concrete. Offer suggestions that you will use for improvement. I always get anxious before giving any speech or presentation. I may not maintain eye contact with the audience to cop up with my anxiety.
Diagnostic Criteria 300.23 A. Marked fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others. Examples include social interactions (e.g., having a conversation, meeting unfamiliar people), being observed (e.g., eating or drinking), and performing in front of others (e.g., giving a speech). Note: In children, the anxiety must occur in peer settings and not just during interactions with adults. B.
Do you afraid of public speaking? Are you scared of doing presentations? Do you hate to speak in class? If you do, don’t you worry! Why?
and Susan J. Beebe’s “A Concise Public Speaking Handbook,” some ways to assist you in overcoming nerves are know your audience, do not procrastinate, be prepared, be organized, and breathe. By knowing your audience, “you can anticipate their reactions to your speech” (10). If you were to procrastinate, “the lack of thorough preparation often results in a poorer speech performance, which reinforces a speaker’s perception that public speaking is difficult” (Beebe 10). When you are prepared you will be able to show “…that you have researched your topic, developed a logically coherent outline, and practiced your speech…” (Beebe 11).
Social Anxiety Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder, also referred to as social phobia, is a common anxiety disorder in which a person has an irrational fear of social situations. (Wood, Wood, & Boyd, 2014) According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Services, 2011 ,2013), Social Anxiety Disorder can make tasks such as public speaking and ordinary circumstances extremely difficult for a person. Fears such as being viewed in a negative way, or being looked down upon by others can lead an individual to become overly anxious and overwhelmed. The following will address Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), including diagnosis, treatment and solutions for this mental disorder.
As students, presentations are something that is required in most classes yet, students do not see themselves as public speakers. Throughout high school and now in college, I have had to present material in 80 percent of the classes that I have taken. Presenting was, and still is something that I struggle with no matter how big or how small the group is that I am presenting to. I knew that Public Speaking was a required class for me so, rather than putting it off, I decided to go ahead and get it out of the was as soon as possible. Speaking in front of people is out of my comfort zone.