We tend to judge people quickly, and often on factors irrelevant to their message. These factors then nudge our judgements about the person. Sometimes it is the way someone looks, their ethnicity or clothing that influence our decisions. Other times it might be the way they speak. It should be what they say, rather than how they say it, that influences what people think of others. Yet all too often, it is not the content of our speech but the way it’s delivered that makes all the difference.
This is therefore an important factor to consider in relation with eyewitness testimony – thus we need to question what particular features of speech influence our thinking about a person as well as the message they are delivering.
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