CMN 2132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Holy Crap, Nonverbal Communication, Sarcasm
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Human interaction is a quest for meaning (3). Holy crap, we"re floating on a ball in outer space. we have many distractions in our lives because we need to hold on to something this goes hand in hand with human interaction. A single error may make us uncomfortable in an important situation. Multiple errors may be catastrophic. (3) some of us wouldn"t be as mean to a stranger as we are with the people we love. Testing each other"s love miscommunication = ex. The functional significance of nonverbal communication, therefore is related to; a) the purpose, b) the accuracy, c) the efficiency. (5) No more 30 to 35 percent, or 93 percent, or two-thirds (5) Nonverbal cmn can provide us with the following info about emotions: a, b, c, d. (6) I do not recall their name, but i never forget a face. (7) golden ratio (alignment between the two sides of our face. )