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Klepac, Richard L. – 1982
Social dramatics is a therapeutic and educational program that can act as a mirror to reflect images of the self in action with others. It is the modality for experiential learning to correct social dysfunction by providing models for imitation, opportunities to practice and develop individual forms from that model, and risk free environments for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dramatics, Educational Therapy, Interaction
Phillips, Gerald M. – 1976
This first in a series of five papers on communication reticence discusses the ways and means of discovering people with communication problems. The isolation of "reticent" individuals, or those with an excessive amount of anxiety in communication situations, from the rest of the population is best accomplished by simply asking people if…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication Skills, Counseling Theories, Educational Therapy
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McCroskey, James C. – 1976
"Communication apprehension" is a broad-based fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons. The purpose of this paper, the fifth in a series of five dealing with communication reticence is to speculate on the causes, correlates, and effects of communication apprehension. The…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Counseling Theories
Sokoloff, Kent A. – 1976
This second in a series of five papers on communication reticence discusses the establishment of a setting for the treatment of communicationally reticent individuals. Eleven years of operation of a formal program at the Pennsylvania State University provides the basis for discussion of factors in the operation of the system. An eclectic…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clinical Diagnosis, College Students, Communication Skills
Metzger, Nancy J. – 1976
The student who has come to be called "reticent" expresses concern about many oral, communicative behaviors, ranging from public speaking to meeting strangers and carrying on a few minutes of "small talk." A rhetorical method of instruction was utilized in a study conducted to determine the effects of treatment on a selected…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Skills
Oerkvitz, Susan K. – 1976
The purpose of this paper, the fourth in a series of five dealing with communication reticence, describes the residual effects of training in a treatment program for communicationally reticent individuals. A questionnaire to assess the specific problems which led students to seek instruction in the special speech sections of the Pennsylvania State…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Communication Skills