Davitz and Davitz Flashcards
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Aim
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to see the effect of paralinguistics on the assessment of emotion.
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Method
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Participants were asked to listen to tape recordings and to assess the speaker’s emotions from the paralinguistic cues: tone of voice, emphasis and intonation.
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Results
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There was a very high level of accuracy in recognising the following emotions: affection, amusement,disgust and fear.
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Conclusion
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Paralinguistics is very important when judging emotions.
