Chapter
1 NOTES & Journal Name:
Personal Fear Inventory: How many of these do you experience when you
are nervous?
___Hands/feet
get cold
___Increased
heart beat
___Difficulty
in breathing
___Nervous
feeling
___Voice
gets squeaky
___Wrong
words come out
___Sweating,
feeling hot
___Mouth
gets dry
___Butterflies/
sick stomach
___Wanting
to escape; not come to class
___Dizziness
___Shakiness
in knees
___Inability
to look at people
___Increased
rate of breath
___Worry
the night before
___Tenseness
___Trembling
___Voice
gets hoarse
___Stuttering
___Face
gets flushed, blushing
___Increased
perspiration
___Clumsiness
___Felling
foolish
___Headache
hands/fingers shaky
___Unable
to concentrate
Mark the situations that make
you nervous or fearful:
Athletic
events Giving a
speech Before a date
Tryouts
for something Important tests Job interviews
Doctor
appointments Dentist
appointments Meeting new people
Death
in the family During an
argument When someone you
love is hurt
CHAPTER
ONE NOTES:
1
– Communication apprehension is…
2
– Adrenalin causes…
3
– What can you do about communication apprehension?
3
– Why should we learn to do public speaking?
A
B
C
D
E
Journal Entry: Write 5 (C) – 10 sentences (A)
Go
back over the Personal Fear Reaction list.
Look at the items you checked.
Explain what happens to you when you experience fear. Describe the symptoms you experience. Which ones are the most troublesome to
you? Are you able to control the fear
symptoms or do they control you? Is there
anything you can do about these fear symptoms?
Are they ever helpful to you because they give you an extra boost of
energy? Can you think of a time when
fear is a GOOD thing? Why would it be
good or helpful?
