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CHAPTER
4
Understanding
Nonverbal Messages
Chapter 4: Understanding Nonverbal Messages
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What is Nonverbal Communication?
Why Focus on Nonverbal Communication?
How Does Nonverbal Function?
What are the Nonverbal Codes?
How Can We Interpret NV Messages more
effectively?
Chapter 4: Understanding Nonverbal Messages
Effectively use
and
interpret
nonverbal
messages
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Communication other than ______ or ______ “language” that
creates meaning for someone. (page 84)
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Nonverbal messages communicate feelings and
attitudes
 Face
channels 55% of our emotional meaning
 Vocal cues convey 38% of our emotional meaning
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Nonverbal messages are more believable.
 NV
messages are not very conscious and harder to
control
 This is referred to as “Nonverbal Leakage”
“Poker Face”
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Substitute
Accent
Repeat
Regulate
Complement
Contradict
Substitute:
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NV substitute for V message
You don’t have to say anything at all because the
NV message will substitute for the verbal message
Ex: extended thumb, give the finger
Ex: Breaking Bad: Mike wants the keys from Walt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLCSen9xrw
KEWORD: Instead of
Accent:
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NV reinforces a verbal message, adds intensity or
emotion
NV and V happen at the same time
Ex: I say you must know this section of the book for
the test while pounding my fist on the book
KEYWORD: show emotion or adds intensity
Repeat:
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NV message follows V message, one after the other
V and NV message do not occur at the same time
Ex: Saying “I love you” and then giving a hug
KEYWORDS: after, then, next
Regulate:
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Control flow of conversation using NV
Ex: Looking at your book when your teacher asks a
question
Ex: Awkward Elevator
KEYWORDS: control, influence, monitor
Complement
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Clarify and extend meaning of V message used in
conjunction with each other
Verbally describing and using NV gestures to help
reinforce the verbal meaning
Ex: Describing a dress
KEYWORDS: same time, together, at once, while
Contradict
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NV does not match V
Ex: Your partner says she is not upset with you but
she will not make eye contact
KEYWORDS: opposite, opposed, differing
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Example: Old School:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2ae1WkuC0&featu
re=player_embedded
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What statement illustrates a person using nonverbal cues to
complement a message?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A person pointing while giving you directions.
A person saying hello followed by a wave.
A person saying “I don’t have an attitude problem” while stomping his
foot on the word “attitude.”
A person holding up her hand to interrupt another person.
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Appearance
Body Movement, Gesture, and Posture
Facial Expressions
Haptics
Paralanguage
Physical Environment
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Appearance
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Artifacts
Dress
Body Type
Physical attractiveness
Mark Knapp's non
Mark Knapp's nonv
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Can you tell who are athletes based on their body type?
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Through NVs, we might be able to infer about eating habits.
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Facial Symmetry
Big eyes
Long hair
Big lips
High
cheekbones
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Facial Symmetry
Height
Cheekbones
High forehead
Muscular features
NV Codes: Kinesics
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Kenesics – Refers to the
study of human
movements, gesture, and
posture.
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Emblems – NV cue that has a specific meaning in a given
culture that may substitute for a word or phrase
 Index
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finger: come here
Illustrators – General NV behaviors that accompanies a V
message by contradict, complement, accent
 Yawing
but claiming your not tired.
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Affect Displays – NV behavior that communicates emotion
 Friends:
Joey isn’t a gracious loser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDHD-fHz0Q
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Regulators – a NV behavior that helps control the level or
interaction
 Raise
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eyebrows, Open mouth when we want to speak
Adaptor - a NV behavior that helps satisfy a personal need
and allows a person to adapt to a situation
 Typically
referred to as a thinking habit.
 Shaking leg /Chewing fingernails
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Quasi-courtship Behavior - “flirting”
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Courtship readiness: suck in your stomach
Preening :Comb your hair, fix your tie
Positional Cues :Turn towards the person, walk their direction
Appeals to Invitation: shake their hand but hold it longer, “accidentally”
bump into them
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Paralanguage – NV aspects of the voice
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Back-Channel Cues – Cue that indicates whether you want to
speak or not
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Tone, Rate, Volume, Silence
“uh hu”
Response Latencies – Amount of time it takes to respond
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“Are you there?”
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Proximics – The study of space (page 97)
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Intimate Space (0 to 1.5 feet) – spouse, family
Personal Space (1.5 to __ feet) – friends, family
Social Space (___ to 12 feet) – teams, meetings
Public Space (___ feet and ____) – public speaking
Mark Knapp's nonverbal slides UT Austin
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Space violations
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We use space to provide information about power, status and intimacy
Ex: Studying at the library
Territorial markers
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We use space and objects to communication occupancy or ownership of
a space
Ex: Seats we choose in class
Mark Knapp's nonverbal slides UT Austin
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Mark Knapp's nonverbal slides UT Austin
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Haptics – The study of human touch
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Touch is the most powerful form of nonverbal communication and the
most misunderstood
Intimate human contact is vital to our personal development and well
being
Kangaroo care:
 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38988444/ns/todayparenting_and_family/t/moms-hug-revives-baby-was-pronounceddead/
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Even dogs prefer
touch over verbal
praise!
Dogs Prefer Petting
Way More Than You
Thought
 http://www.huffington
post.com/2014/09/0
7/dogs-preferpettingstudy_n_5772368.html
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Mehrabian’s 3 part framework:
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Immediacy - the perception of physical and psychological closeness
between communicators.
 Communicates
feelings of closeness and liking (eye contact,
open posture, smiling, etc.)
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Arousal - The degree to which a person is stimulated or activated
 Communicates
active interest and excitement (i.e. vocal
expression, touch, facial expression)
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Dominance - the disposition of an individual to assert control in dealing
with others.
 Communicates
status, position, and importance (i.e. body
position, use of space, etc.)
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Chapter 4: Understanding Nonverbal Messages
1. List and define 3 of the 6 NV functions.
2. Provide an example of a NV function that you use
during interactions.
3. List 3 NV codes discussed today.
4. Provide an example of an immediacy cue, arousal
cue, and dominance cue