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*Demanding voice
*Deep voice
Boastful speech
Use swear words
*Dominating speech
*Loud speech
*Show anger rather
than conceal it
Straight to the point
*Militant speech
Use slang
*Authoritarian speech
*Forceful speech
Lounge, lean back
while talking
*Aggressive speech
Blunt speech
Sense of humor in speech
*Vocal characteristic
*Enunciate clearly
*High pitch
Use hands & face to
express ideas
Gossip
Concern for listener
*Gentle speech
*Fast speech
Talk about trivial topics
*Wide range in rate & pitch
*Friendly speech
*Talk a lot
Use many details
*Emotional speech
*Open, self-revealing speech
*Enthusiastic speech
Smile a lot when talking
Good grammar
*Polite speech
Gibberish
Cheris Kramer (1978) was interested in finding 2 things
1. Agreement of Ideal Speech
2. Gender differences
-Male Traits
-Female Traits
Identify the characteristics of other people
-Gender, ethnicity, social class
Are there gender differences in vocalics?
Characteristics of a person's voice
-Volume
-Pitch
-Tone
-Articulation
-Rate
-Silence
1. Write down as many of the singer's vocal characteristics as you can.
2. Based on the singer's vocalics, what would you say the gender of the singer is?
Kramer, C. (1978). Women's and men's ratings of their own and ideal speech. Communication Quarterly, 2-11.
Moore, N., Hickson, M., Stacks, D. (2010). Nonverbal Communication. New York, NY: Oxford University University Press, Inc.
Murphy, M., & Ribarsky, E. (2013). Activities for teaching gender and sexuality in the university classroom. R&L Education.