In this project, we were asked to record ourselves while reading short psychology textbook passages and using Adobe Audition to access sound measurements (including duration, maximum RMS amplitude, minimum RMS amplitude, average RMS amplitude dynamic range used, perceived loudness, and frequency) for each sample. The purpose of this experiment was not to compare voices from different students but to rather highlight that voices from different people are different, but there is audience preference when it comes to narrators. We had five passages in total, and below are the results of my favorite:
Passage D:
One of the most important factors in the maintenance of stereotypes is the “out-group homogeneity effect.” Most of us have a lot of exposure to people in our own group (that is, the in-group), and we have ample opportunity to see that the group is made up of unique individuals. We have less exposure to other groups (that is out-groups) and we are likely to perceive those groups as a mass of more or less similar people.
