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The Acoustic Bias Experiment investigates whether people judge individuals based on their vocal style, particularly vocal fry. The results indicate that female speakers using vocal fry are rated as less professional compared to their male counterparts, despite using the same speaking style. The experiment concludes that first impressions are often influenced by voice rather than actual abilities, emphasizing the need to judge individuals based on their ideas and skills.

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Performance Task2

The Acoustic Bias Experiment investigates whether people judge individuals based on their vocal style, particularly vocal fry. The results indicate that female speakers using vocal fry are rated as less professional compared to their male counterparts, despite using the same speaking style. The experiment concludes that first impressions are often influenced by voice rather than actual abilities, emphasizing the need to judge individuals based on their ideas and skills.

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Performance Task 2: The Acoustic Bias Experiment

Scene 1 – Introduction (0:00–1:00)

Host 1 (On Camera):

Good day everyone! We are Group ____, and today we will conduct an experiment called The Acoustic
Bias Experiment.

Host 2:

Our goal is to find out if people judge someone based only on the way they speak, especially when they
use vocal fry.

Host 1:

Vocal fry is a low, creaky voice that some people naturally use when speaking. It is a normal way of
speaking and is not a speech disorder.

Host 2:

However, studies show that women are often judged more negatively than men when using the same
vocal style.

Host 1:

Let's find out if this bias still exists through our experiment.

Scene 2 – Recording the Samples (1:00–2:30)

Host (Voice-over):
We asked several students to read the same sentence.

On Screen:

"I think this project is going to take a really long time to finish."
(Play recordings of a male and a female speaker. Some speak normally, while others use vocal fry.)

Host:

Now that we have our recordings, let's ask other participants to listen and rate the speakers based only
on their voices.

Scene 3 – Blind Impression Test (2:30–4:30)


(Show participants listening with earphones.)

Host:

Our participants cannot see the speaker. They will only hear the audio.

Host:

After listening, they answered these questions:

Is this speaker authoritative or insecure?

Is this speaker professional or unprofessional?

Does the speaker's voice affect your opinion of their intelligence?

(Show short clips of participants answering or filling out the form.)

Participant 1:

I think the speaker sounds confident.

Participant 2:

The voice sounds unprofessional.

Participant 3:

I think the speaker sounds intelligent.

Scene 4 – Results (4:30–5:30)

(Show charts or graphs.)


Host 1:

After collecting all the responses, we noticed an interesting result.

Host 2:

Many participants rated the female speaker using vocal fry as less professional than the male speaker,
even though both used the same speaking style.

Host 1:

This suggests that people may judge women more harshly because of the way they speak.
Scene 5 – Conclusion (5:30–End)

Host 2:

Our experiment shows that first impressions are often influenced by voice rather than ability.

Host 1:

We should avoid judging people based only on how they sound because speaking style does not
determine intelligence, confidence, or professionalism.

Host 2:

Everyone deserves to be judged by their ideas and abilities, not by their voice.

Both:

Thank you for watching!

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