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Nonverbal Messages
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Benefits of Nonverbal Competency
Increase perceived attractiveness
Enables effective self-presentation
Increases effectiveness in interpersonal situations of people
Improves understanding of people
Channel of Nonverbal Communication
Paralanguage and silence
Paralanguage
- The vocal but nonverbal dimension of speech
Silence:
Provide time to think – to formulate and organize thought
A weapon to hurt others
A response to personal anxiety (shyness or threats)
To prevent communication of certain messages (hiding something)
To communicate emotional responses – indication of refusing
Touch communication
Positive emotions (intimates relationship)
Playfulness (lighten an interaction)
Control (Behaviours,Feelings)
Ritualistic (greetings)
Task-related (Helping someone in positive ways)
Spatial messages and Territoriality
Theories about space
Protection theory
- To protect themselves form unwanted attack
Equilibrium theory
- intimacy and physical closeness are positively related
Expectancy violation theory
- people have a certain expectancy for space relationships
Territorial Encroachment
Withdrawal
– leave the scene
Turf defence
– defend the territory
Insulation
– erecting barriers, putting up fence
Linguistic Collusion
– languange or jargon manipulation
Proxemic distances
Intimate distance
– 0-18 inches
Personal distance
– 18 inches
Social distance
– 4 – 12 feet
Public distance
-12 – 25+ feet
Eye communication
Depending on Duration, Direction and Quality
Eye Contact
To signal the nature of the relationship
To monitor feedback
To signal status
To secure attention
Eye avoidance
To maintain privacy
To signal lack of interest
Pupil dilation
viewing images of someone that you find attractive
Artifactual communication
(messages conveyed by objects)
Space decoration
-The way you decorate your private spaces communicates about You
Color communication
- Color affect us physiologically.
Clothing and body adornment
-Clothing will influence your own behavior and the behavior of groups.
Scent
- memory aid & create an image or an identity for a product.
Facial communication
Mask
– to replace/substitute the expression – express happiness to cover dissappointment
Neutralize
– to hide a feeling – cover up your sadness not to depress others
Deintensify
– underplay feeling – cover up joy to satisfy your friend’s sadness
Simulate
– express an emotion that you dont feel
Intensify
– exaggerate feeling - surprise
Temporal communication
consists of the messages communicated by your time orientation and treatment of time
Psychological time
Past orientation
- old times
Present orientation
- live in the present
Future orientation
- preparation for the future
Body communication
Affect displays
displays Communicate emotional meaning
Regulators
Monitor, maintain or control the speaking of another (Speaking Behavior)
Illustrators
Explain Verbal Massages
Adaptor
Satisfy some need
Self-adaptors
– make self more comfortable
Alter adaptors
– response to your interaction with others
object-adaptors
-manipulation of object sign of negative feelings
Emblems
translate words or phrases
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