LANGUAGE STYLE AND EVALUATION OF A FEMALE SPEAKER

Authors
HAWKES KC EDELMAN HS DODD DK
Citation
Kc. Hawkes et al., LANGUAGE STYLE AND EVALUATION OF A FEMALE SPEAKER, Perceptual and motor skills, 83(1), 1996, pp. 80-82
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
83
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
80 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1996)83:1<80:LSAEOA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This study examined the effect of style of speech ''tentative'' vs ass ertive used by a a female speaker upon the evaluations made by college students. Both men and women evaluated the assertive speaker more fav orably than the tentative speaker. The hypothesis that men would deval uate the assertive woman was not supported.