THE INTERRUPTION OF VERBAL MONOLOGUE: ITS EFFECT ON GESTURE AND SPEECH.

Title: THE INTERRUPTION OF VERBAL MONOLOGUE: ITS EFFECT ON GESTURE AND SPEECH.
Identifier: AAI8112755
identifier: 8112755
Creator: GRADESS, ROGER STEPHEN.
Contributor: Stephen Thayer
Date: 1981
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Psychology, Experimental
Abstract: Sixteen female undergraduate students, evaluated for psychological differentiation and susceptibility to Stroop interference effects, were briefly interrupted during videotaped monologues. Comparisons between pre- and post-interruption intervals were made for rates of various forms of self-touching (body-focused) activity and hypothesized vocal indicators of ANS arousal. Following monologue interruption, an increase in discrete hand-to-hand gestures (p. = < .05) and number of syllables per word (p. = < .05) was found for the entire sample. Post-interruption increases in discrete self-touching generally were found for less differentiated subjects (p. = < .025), and for subjects most susceptible to interference (p. = < .05). Subjective ratings of monologue difficulty and complexity also produced differential interruption effects. Results were interpreted in relation to Freedman's hypotheses about the role of self-touching in cognitive focusing, and were viewed as supporting an integrated concept of mind and body.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.
Program: Psychology

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