Friday, August 31, 2012
Habituation
In the book the definition of habituation is "fearing a situation less as it becomes more familiar with repetition". I think this is an important topic to address because with our first speech coming up everyone will be getting nervous. In order to make habituation work it is important to practice your speech out loud and with others around if possible. Also tie in visualization to get the full feel for what speech day will be like and get more comfortable. Though the practice is what will make you feel more comfortable this time the more speeches you present the less scary it will be. Just remember habituation the more times you repeat an act the more familiar it is and the less scary getting up in front of an audience will be. Along with visualization use all the other tools the book presents; such as, being prepared, relabeling those negative feelings, and listening to the audiences reaction physically and verbally. I think if this is all put together each speech habituation will succeed.
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How is your speech coming along? I think there are a lot of good tools that will help us all become easier at speaking in the classroom, provided we use these tools. I definitely agree that habituation will make each speech smoother and less scary. By the time we are on our last class and speech, we will be up there presenting like we have known each other for a lifetime. I feel nervous for this speech coming up, but I also feel that once we are in the classroom and we start rolling with the speeches, we will all settle down a little bit and get through it just fine. Cant wait to just have it over with. Ha Ha.
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