Kinesiology 3347A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fritz Heider, Fundamental Attribution Error
10 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Social perception: the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inferences about them. Nonverbal communication: the way in which people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words. Includes facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, body position and movement, the use of touch, and eye gaze. Our tendency to mimic other people"s facial expressions may reflect empathy- the capacity to feel what someone else is feeling. Nonverbal leakage: the unintentional transmission of information through nonverbal channels of communication. Mirror neurons: responds when we perform an action and when we see someone else perform the same action. Encode: to express or emit nonverbal behaviour, such as smiling or patting someone on the back. Decode: to interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behaviour other people express, such as deciding that a pat on the back was an expression of condescension and not kindness. Six major emotions are considered universal: anger, happiness, surprise, fear,
