Speech synthesis

Target behavior to be changed: I chose to change my fear of speaking in public for the self- change project. It is important for me to change this behavior because I want to replace this fear with being confident while presenting myself in public, more specifically in a business setting. Baseline and data gathering: The method I used to collect my baseline data (the measurement of my present behavior) was the SUDS scale. I used this method because the SUDS scale is for measuring “subjective…

variety of treatments have attempted to ameliorate overt stuttering behaviors; however, most therapeutic options provide unstable, effortful, and/or unnatural sounding results with high relapse rates. Recent research suggests second speech signals provide natural sounding speech coupled with stable and effortless reductions in overt stuttering frequency; yet its current application, employed acoustically, has several limitations. A tactile modality may be more comfortable and reduce the…

Informative Speech Self-Evaluation Assignment Speech Topic: Ninjas 1. Evaluate the success of your introduction. I feel that my introduction did a good job of getting my audience’s attention by catching there attention with the picture of one of the disguise commonly used by ninjas. I also feel that I did an ok job at establishing my credibility. But I think that a rushed a bit at the begging and started off a little flustered. 2. Evaluate your delivery. For most of my speech I feel that I…

Assess the impact of evolutionary thought on psychology. Illustrate your answer with examples of relevant research. The notion of evolution, as described by both Lamarck and Darwin in the 1800’s, had such an impact on intellectual life that it has changed the way we study the human mind today. Darwin’s (1859) theory is still widely accepted as what we know as the theory of natural selection, and provides a structure for examining human behaviour. He saw the future of psychology as “based on a…

prediction that human ancestors would be found in Africa, we can predict when common ancestor would appear for example, the discovery of the” fishapod” Tiktaalik in 370-million-year-old-rocks. I could not dispute that through science and the great work they have helped us to understand what went on in the past, and might be able to predict what might go on in the future concerning evolution. But I still haven’t read in this book or Your Inner Fish that there is absolute proof of the evolutionary…

It has been argued that “the late nineteenth century was a scientific age. Literature could not simply remain the same after Darwin: the rules had changed” (Link 75) and that is what naturalist did. They started to reveal the origin to people’s actions and beliefs, as well as the cause. In The Awakening, Kate Chopin discusses some of the most relevant actions and new beliefs, such as divorce, adultery or woman and feminity. Although the work was quite controversial when she first wrote it, in…

Two people reviewed the informative speech I gave on Thursday, October 15. Both reviewers graded, and scored my speech similarly. According to Joey Betley my highlight was that the video I showed reinforced my information, and was a good idea. For my improvement Joey Betley said to make more eye contact while speaking. I agree with this reviewer I do think that my eye contact was weak, and could have been better. As for the video I thought that it did a good job of explaining how windmills work,…

voice throughout almost all of both of my speeches. I had notes to look down at while I was giving my speech…

the distance, while my little brother and sister shined to be spontaneous like always. To me, public speaking has always been one of my biggest weaknesses in school. Because of this I would not describe myself as shy, rather anxious to preform a speech. This year one of my main goals is to make my weakness one of my strengths. Public speaking is something that I will not be able to not hide from throughout my everyday life and career as a Psychologist. By attending class and getting as involved…

speaker do before getting ready to present a speech? He or she should first, be prepared and know the information that you have written in your speech. You should practice the speech and be familiar with how you are going to choose to present it. Make sure that when you are writing the speech that you go ahead an put some of your personal experiences inside the speech, this way the audience will feel more involved on a personal level. Being prepared for the speech will also prevent you from…