Saturday, September 20, 2008
Chapter 9 Topic- Attitudes
I think a person's attitude can contribute a lot to a person's speech. I did not know that there were three dimensions of attitudes that can be received by the person delivering the speech, or the audience. A person's attitude towards a subject or topic brings up beliefs and prior experiences that they can relate to. The three dimensions of the attitude process are what a person knows about a topic, how they feel about a topic, and lastly what they want to do in respect to the topic. I am intrigued by the process that a person goes through in terms of their attitudes when I thought it was more simple. Perhaps then the mind works in mysterious ways and not all attitudes are formed instantaneously. I can see all the relevancy to the three dimensions of attitudes that lead us to our opinions we have today.
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I would definitely have to agree that not all attitudes are formed instantaneously. I think that, with most things at least, it takes some time for an attitude to be formed, however, once it is formed it can be very difficult, and in some cases, almost impossible to change that attitude. Even if a speaker takes into consideration existing attitudes the audience has they may still have a difficult time getting some to change their way of thinking. However, having a clear idea of the different attitudes that people may have on your topic of speech will definitely give the speaker an upper hand in getting people to listen to them and accurately interpret what they are trying to say.
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