An Example Of Nonverbal Stereotypes

When Susan first appeared on stage, the audience’s faces looked as if they knew she was going to do horrible and they doubted her. When Susan fist got on stage and introduced herself to the judges and audience she said that she said that she dreamed of becoming a professional singer, when she said this the audience began to look at her in confusion and uncertainty. The judges also seemed to be uncertain about whether or not she would amaze them and looked as if they were expecting her to fail. By watching the video you could certainly tell that both the audience and the judges were judging Susan based on her looks rather than waiting for her to perform her act. For example, one of the judges Simon Cowell looked at Susan as if she was lying when she stated that she was 47 years old.
This is a prime example that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, meaning that you shouldn’t judge a person based the way they look and you should hear a person out first. As soon as Susan began to sing the audience and judged faces changed, their faces went from doubtful to surprised and simply amazed. I believe that a lesson I learned from this clip regarding my own nonverbal behavior is that you shouldn’t underestimate someone based upon the way they look. By reading pages 22 to 25, I find the concepts of earning your listeners’ trust, use your rights of free speech responsibly, and avoid offensive speech interesting in this ethics section. I find these concepts interesting because in order to ensure a wonderful speech you need to make sure that you reach all of these guidelines. I believe that it is important to make sure that your audience is intrigued, that you don’t distress anyone in the audience by saying something controversial, and making sure that you filter what you