{"id":2348,"date":"2020-11-02T17:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T17:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/?post_type=chapter&p=2348"},"modified":"2020-12-06T02:21:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T02:21:34","slug":"introduction-to-introductions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-publicspeaking\/chapter\/introduction-to-introductions\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Introductions","rendered":"Introduction to Introductions"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_3514\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"523\"]\"A A graph demonstrating the serial-position effect. More words are remembered from the beginning and end of the series than the middle.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe human mind has a tendency to focus on the first and last things in a series. Social scientists call this the serial-position effect<\/strong>, a combination of the primacy<\/strong> effect<\/strong> (remembering the first thing one hears) and the recency<\/strong> effect<\/strong> (remembering the last thing one hears).[footnote]The term \"serial-position effect\" was coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus in\u00a0On Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology<\/em>. Teachers college, Columbia University, 1913[\/footnote][footnote]Sousa,\u00a0David A.\u00a0How the Brain Learns.<\/em> SAGE Publications,\u00a02011, 95\u201397.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nIn practical terms, the serial-position effect means that you should always try to go first or last at auditions and interviews. More importantly for our purposes, it means that introductions and conclusions are extremely important.\r\n\r\nIn this section, we\u2019ll explore ways to start your speech that both grab your listeners' attention and help them understand what they're about to hear.","rendered":"
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A graph demonstrating the serial-position effect. More words are remembered from the beginning and end of the series than the middle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The human mind has a tendency to focus on the first and last things in a series. Social scientists call this the serial-position effect<\/strong>, a combination of the primacy<\/strong> effect<\/strong> (remembering the first thing one hears) and the recency<\/strong> effect<\/strong> (remembering the last thing one hears).[1]<\/sup><\/a>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

In practical terms, the serial-position effect means that you should always try to go first or last at auditions and interviews. More importantly for our purposes, it means that introductions and conclusions are extremely important.<\/p>\n

In this section, we\u2019ll explore ways to start your speech that both grab your listeners’ attention and help them understand what they’re about to hear.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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