Judgment of personal characteristics and emotions from nonverbal properties of speech

A person's changing emotional state and relatively stable personal characteristics may be judged from nonverbal properties of his voice. These properties include such elements as timbre, inflection, and stress, which accompany the actual words spoken but are not a direct part of them. Many stud...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1963-07, Vol.60 (4), p.408-420
Main Author: Kramer, Ernest
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Emotions
Human
Humans
Judgment
Old Medline
Oral Communication
Personality
Personality Traits
Speech
Voice
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Summary:A person's changing emotional state and relatively stable personal characteristics may be judged from nonverbal properties of his voice. These properties include such elements as timbre, inflection, and stress, which accompany the actual words spoken but are not a direct part of them. Many studies have used inadequate measures as the dependent criterion for the traits being judged, and no method of eliminating the verbal content has been wholly successful. The evidence does show, however, that some validity of judgment is possible. Acoustic analysis has been little used; it could increase the objectivity of studies. Individual differences among listeners and the relationship of voice to psychopathology have been particularly neglected areas in research. (96 ref.)
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/h0044890