Preferences and Perceptions of the High Communication Comprehensive Student Toward Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication

Authors

Judy C. Pearson, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Donald D. Yoder, Ohio State University

Abstract

Do high communication apprehensive students prefer interpersonal communication courses or public speaking courses at the basic course level? Do high communication apprehensive students perceive interpersonal communication courses or public speaking courses as more threatening? The problem of communication apprehension has received considerable attention in the literature. Recent studies have considered the causes of communication apprehension; the correlates of communication apprehension; the effects of communication apprehension on small group interaction; the effects of communication apprehension in later adult life with regard to housing and employment;⁴ and the manner in which high communication apprehensives are perceived by others. Very little attention, however, has been given to the special needs of the high communication apprehensive (HCA) students in basic speech course curriculum decisions. Nonetheless, fifteen to twenty percent of all students who enroll in basic speech communication courses can be diagnosed as high communication apprehensives.

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Speech Communication

Volume

12

Issue

1

First Page

16

Last Page

24

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Pearson, Judy C. and Yoder, Donald D. (1980) "Preferences and Perceptions of the High Communication Comprehensive Student Toward Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication," Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 12: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol12/iss1/6

Copyright

©1980 Iowa Communication Association