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Motives for Interpersonal Communication
Speech Fears and Self-Confidence
Motives for Interpersonal
Communication
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Pleasure - casual
Affection – emotional attachment
Inclusion – involvement with others
Escape – avoid something we are supposed
to do
• Relaxation – break with coworkers
• Control - persuasion
Seven Common Misconceptions
About Fear
1. Self-confidence means the same as not
being afraid.
2. Fear is bad and should be eliminated.
3. When a person is afraid, it is a sign of
weakness or inferiority.
4. Persons who do things well do them
without being afraid.
Misconceptions (cont)
5. Brave persons do not have fear; only
cowards are afraid.
6. Self-confidence comes suddenly one day,
and fear no longer exists.
7. Pain is a bad and undesirable experience.
Fear
• Fear – natural processes which give us the
necessary energy to complete a task
• Leads to a fear response
• Fear response – triggers adrenalin, which
gives you a quick burst of energy
Self-Confidence
• If you can and do predict that the task will
be done very well, self-confidence will be
high.
• If you predict some failure, your selfconfidence will be lower.
Fear and Self-Confidence
1. All normal people experience fear when
they are faced with tasks that really matter.
2. Fear is useful and desirable when
understood, but it is wasteful and
undesirable when misunderstood.
3. All physical fear reactions have logical
explanations.
Fear and Self-Confidence (cont)
4. All public appearance situations are
situations that really matter
5. All self-confidence comes from
experience.
Assignment
• Read articles on fear
1. “Controlling Nerves”
2. “Overcome the Fear of Speaking to
Groups”