PSY 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Physical Attractiveness, Nonverbal Communication, Machiavellianism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3102
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

There are no real rules in it. Without it, relationships would not be possible. Purpose there are many: personality trait, sex, relationship building, for the hell of it. Non-verbal: animals do it too hard to interpret it though. Ex: peacocks with their feathers: subtle cues to identify interest, gaze, body posture, smile, nal expression, touch, grooming and gestures. Could be interpreted as irty: these are ambitious flirty person, not irting. Allows both parties to save face in case there is no sexual interest. Verbal can be di cult to interpret without non-verbal. Gender di erences north america: women use gaze, touch, facial expressions and grooming gestures, men rely primarily on touch, when conveying disinterested traits di erent. Women stop irtatious non-verbal behaviour early in interaction. Sexy- cad vs. good-dad cant et al, 2013. They were looking to see if fertile cycle and irty behaviour correlated somehow when selecting a person they liked.