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emoticon 2:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxIsfUN7
hhU&feature=related
Q: Define nonverbal behavior and provide examples of
nonverbal communication.
Nonverbal communication
Gestures
Touch (Haptic communication)
Posture
Facial expression
Eye contact.
Paralanguage
voice quality, emotion, speaking style, and prosodic
features (tone, pitch, rhythm, intonation, and accent)
Q: What are the three principal interacting systems of nonverbal
communication?
The visual
Nonverbal
communication
The auditory
The invisible
Q: Explain functions of nonverbal behavior and provide
examples of each.
Eye contact
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMkia9Fl1E&feature=related
To beckon sb 1:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM9Iu4OQXAw&feature=related
Gesture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RykpvFxODGY&feature=related
http://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog/2007/09/24/top-10-hand-gestures/
Air Quotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8OkSJvhvE&feature=related
Haptics 1:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR5WlJkrK4g
Functions of Nonverbal Behavior
1.
Expressing emotions
2.
Reinforcing, complementing, or accenting verbal messages
3.
Acting as a substitute for verbal communication
4.
Contradicting verbal messages
5.
Regulating and managing communicative situations
6.
Conveying messages in ritualized forms
Five primary functions of nonverbal bodily behavior in human
communication (Argyle 1988, p.5)

Express emotions

Express interpersonal attitudes

To accompany speech in managing the cues of interaction
between speakers and listeners

Self-presentation of one’s personality

Rituals (greetings)
Argyle, M. (1988). Bodily Communication (2nd ed.) Madison: International
Universities Press.
Nonverbal
behavior
associated
with
human emotions are both universal and
culture-specific.

The circumstances under which emotional expressions are
permitted

What degree the emotions may be expressed or concealed.

By whom and to whom the emotions may be expressed (age,
gender, status etc.)
Proxemics

Intimacy vs. invasion of personal space

High-contact cultures vs. low-contact cultures

Perceptions of the boundaries of the self
space 1:30 /5:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-lhU2f7H5Y&feature=related