Download Nonverbal + Interpersonal Communication

1.
Written communication = Verbal
communication?
2.
Define euphemism? Equivocation?
Difference between connotative and denotative
meaning?
In the communication process, the sender
_______________ a message, while the receiver
________________ the message.
3.
4.
Decodes, encodes
b. Encodes, decodes
c. Decodes, decodes
d. Encodes, encodes
a.
Chapter 5 Recap/Lecture
It
is impossible for a person
not to communicate.
What
does this mean?
Communication
transactional
=
 Communicating
without words
 Plays role in communicating
effectively
 Helps with conversation
management
 Intentional and unintentional
 Consciously and unconsciously
(largely the latter)
 Shared meaning
 Often
ambiguous
 More believable than verbal communication
 May conflict with verbal communication

Mixed messages
 Can
be used to regulate and adapt to
conversation
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Interaction adaption theory (for the latter)
 Culture
 Gender
 Age
 Context
 Visual-Auditory
 Contact
Codes
Codes
 Place and Time Codes
 Body
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Movement (Kinesics)
Body Orientation
Gestures
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Delivery
Citing
Seeking
Turn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA3QNM5eKNw
 Physical
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Appearance
Physical Characteristics
Level of attractiveness
Body artifacts (e.g. jewelry, tattoos, body
piercings)
 Examples
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Consider you interacting with this person
(interpersonal/impersonal)
Body artifacts = communicating what message?
 Facial
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Eye Contact
Facial Expressions
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Smiling
 Voice
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“ums”, “uhs”, “ehs”
Vocal characterizers
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Pitch, rate, volume, tempo, pronunciation, etc
Vocal distractors
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(Paralanguage) – How you say it
Vocal qualities
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Communication
Crying, laughing, whining, muttering, etc.
Silence
 Touch
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= Haptics
Functions of touch
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Positive
Playful
Control
Ritualistic
Task
Hybrid
Accidental
 Space
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Personal space
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How do we protect our personal space?
 Territoriality/Territorial Markers
Distance
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= Proxemics
Personal, intimate, social, or public
How do we respond if our space is violated?

Expectancy Violation Theory
 The
Environment (e.g. color, lighting, room
design)
 Time
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(Chronemics)
Late to your first date?
Late to dinner with your best friend?
Late to meeting with professor?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh_
_g-ZZ6WA
 What
about in different settings? (Focus on
INTERPERSONAL communication)
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Workplace?
Church?
Dance club?
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Are dance moves examples of nonverbal
communication?
What do they communicate in interpersonal
communication?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYbQqZdvBjQ
 Differences
between men and women, in
terms of nonverbal communication?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzkykWD0a0
 White Chicks
 Understand
the relationship between verbal
and nonverbal communication
 Be tentative with your interpretations
 Avoid nonverbal distractions
 Remember the role of context in nonverbal
communication
 Pay attention to your own nonverbal
behaviors
 Ask others about your nonverbal
communication