Nonverbal Communication Better at communicating feelings and attitudes More convincing than verbal messages. We can communicate without saying anything!
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Nonverbal Communication
Better at communicating feelings and attitudes
More convincing than verbal messages.
We can communicate without saying anything!
Kinesics
Body MovementAdapter: tension reliever like fixing
hair, touching noseEmblems: gestures that mean
something. Pointing
Vocalics
Tone of voiceOften carries more meaning
than the actual words.
Proxemics
Space and DistanceCultural
Emotion or moodHow well we know someone
Territory and Environment
• Use of space and objects to indicate ownership• Invasion: intruding into someone’s
territory.• Contamination: tagging, graffiti,
leaving trash.
Haptics
• Professional Touch: Doctor touches patient.• Social/Polite touch: Fist bump, hand shake• Friendship: kiss, bro hug• Love/Intimacy: highly personal
Appearance
• What is soma typing?• Classifying people according to body
type• What is Halo Effect?• Physical Attractiveness Stereotype• Beautiful = Good
What are artifacts?
Facial Expression
• What are the six universal facial expressions?• Anger• Happiness• Surprise• Sadness• Disgust • Fear
•Who is better at reading someone’s facial expression? Men or women?
What is masking?
• Hiding an expression of emotion and replacing it with a more appropriate expression.
Triangle of Meaning
Thought (meaning)
Symbol Referent (stands for)
ASL for Water Water
Triangle of Meaning
Referent
Thought(meaning)
CatSymbol
Denotation:The dictionary definition of a word.
Connotation:Emotional meaning based on
personal experience and feelings.
Triangle of Meaning
Thought(meaning)
TeacherSymbol Referent
Bypassing:
Two people have different referents for
the same word but they think they are thinking
alike.
• Words and symbols are arbitrary, ambiguous, and abstract.• Arbitrary: • for no reason, random• Ambiguous:• Confusing• Abstract:• Difficult to understand, not concrete
Meaning is in the person, not the word!
• Social Constructionism: Humans make sense of their world. They make meaning and create their world.
• Language shapes our relationships.
• Language allows humans to think hypothetically. We can imagine, reflect and plan for the future.
• Language allows us to name things.
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