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| Symptoms of Speech Anxiety |
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Definition
| Racing Heartbeat, Sweating, Nausea, Breathing Difficulty, Dry mouth, Shaking/twitching, Wringing of Hands, Nervous Laugh, Panic, Pacing, Procrastination, "Blanking", Negative Self-talk. |
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| Reasons for Speech Anxiety |
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Definition
| Lack of Experience, Prior Negative Experience, Fear of being the center of attention, Low self-esteem, Concern about being judged, High stakes, Feeling subordinate to the Audience, Feeling Different than the Audience, The Degree of Unpredictability, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, and Excessive Self-Focus. |
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Term
| Primacy and Recency Effects |
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Definition
| Our brains tend to recall things that occur at the beginning and ending of a presentation more easily than what occurs in the middle. |
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| A phrase that has lost its meaning from overuse. |
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Definition
| Happens when you make a mistake while speaking. |
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