I believe that it can be assumed that relaxation exercises are helpful for the majority of people and that they can be considered “the way to go” to help reduce listener apprehension. There may be some people who benefit from different techniques to reduce listener apprehension that are more unique. However, the textbook provides four general areas of reducing listener anxiety that different techniques can be subcategories in. I also think that there has to still be a certain amount of stress on the listener, so that they can listen effectively. If one becomes too relaxed, they may lose focus on the actual listening task at hand. Listener apprehension can have a negative impact on communication and concentration. The textbook states that
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Mental rehearsal is “[trying] out various alternatives to a stressful situation in a safe environment—your mind” (Brownell 83). I like this method the best. I find that visualizing success can help me calm down before any scenario. For example, if I have to listen to someone talk about difficult subject material and I visualize myself understanding it, I can understand it better. Mental rehearsal also assists me even if I visualize the situation going wrong because it allows me to figure out possible barriers to listening. If I visualized myself not being able to hear what was going on I would know to sit near the front to avoid the …show more content…
They are things that you can do quickly without anybody noticing. I do not think that the text creates a biased view and I do think that it is complete in a general sense. There are so many individual techniques that can help certain people relieve anxiety. The textbook only presents four methods of reducing listener apprehension, but there are many methods that individuals use to reduce their listener anxiety, which can be subareas within each facet of reducing listener anxiety . One part of the text that I enjoyed was that it mentioned that stress is largely a mental construct. It states that “you interpret a given situation as either threatening or difficult—or manageable. When you imagine a stressful situation, your body behaves as if the event is really stressful situation is really stressful regardless of how it might be objectively perceived” (Brownell
Mental rehearsal is “[trying] out various alternatives to a stressful situation in a safe environment—your mind” (Brownell 83). I like this method the best. I find that visualizing success can help me calm down before any scenario. For example, if I have to listen to someone talk about difficult subject material and I visualize myself understanding it, I can understand it better. Mental rehearsal also assists me even if I visualize the situation going wrong because it allows me to figure out possible barriers to listening. If I visualized myself not being able to hear what was going on I would know to sit near the front to avoid the …show more content…
They are things that you can do quickly without anybody noticing. I do not think that the text creates a biased view and I do think that it is complete in a general sense. There are so many individual techniques that can help certain people relieve anxiety. The textbook only presents four methods of reducing listener apprehension, but there are many methods that individuals use to reduce their listener anxiety, which can be subareas within each facet of reducing listener anxiety . One part of the text that I enjoyed was that it mentioned that stress is largely a mental construct. It states that “you interpret a given situation as either threatening or difficult—or manageable. When you imagine a stressful situation, your body behaves as if the event is really stressful situation is really stressful regardless of how it might be objectively perceived” (Brownell