Lesson Objectives

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Lesson Objectives

• What is nonverbal communication?
• Learned or Instinctual?
• Reading others nonverbal behavior
• Nonverbal comm. Balance of power
• Nonverbal comm. Cultural values
• What silence means

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Nonverbal Communication

• Actions speak louder than words!
• Facial expressions
• Eye contact
• Body postures
• Physical Objects
• Utterance
• Others

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Principles of Nonverbal Comm.

• Account for 65-93 of meaning in communication
• Nonverbal comm. can be ambiguous
• Spreading fingers V Peace
• Can interact with verbal comm.
• Repeat, highlight, complement

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Principles of Nonverbal Comm. (2)

• Can regulate interaction
• Cues for speaking and silence
• Can establish relationship-level meaning
• 3 dimensions Responsiveness, liking, power
• Reflects cultural values
• Most nonverbal comm. isnt instinctual but
  learned thru socialization
• Time consciousness

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9 Types of Nonverbal Behaviors

• Kinesics (Body positions motions face)
• 1968 Olympics incident (gloved fist - see next
  slide)
• Haptics (Physical touch)
• Babies in healthy disturbed families
• Physical appearance
• Height, skin color, size
• Fortune reading
• Artifacts (personal objects)
• Identity lace, color
• functional for male

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Gloved Fist as a Sign of Black Unity

• 1968 Olympics in Mexico City
• Tommie Smith John Carols as Gold Bronze
• US team expelled
• Martin Luther King I have a dream

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9 Types of Nonverbal Behaviors (2)

• Proxemics (personal space)
• Environmental factors
• Music, light in restaurants
• Chronemics (perception use of time)
• Paralanguage (vocal qualities)
• Silence

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Guidelines

• Monitor your nonverbal communication
• Be tentative when interpreting others nonverbal
  communication
• Personal qualification
• Generalization issue
• Contextual qualification
• Settings, surroundings