CS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ontogeny, Sensory Deprivation, Interpersonal Communication
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Phylogeny the roots of nonverbal behaviour in human evolutionary history (innate, instinctive, genetic) Ontogeny the roots of nonverbal behaviour in our lifetime (acquired, learned, culturally taught, and environmentally determined) Experience common to all members of the species. Vertical wrinkles at the side of the nose. A taught cupped tongue: however, infants quickly begin to imitate adults (. 7 71 hours old) I. e. sighted children more likely to learn display rule for masking negative emotions. Nonhuman primates: common biological and social concerns: Cooperating in groups: form political alliances to gain power, show empathy for those in distress, do favors for others, reconcile after a fight with a touch/embrace, may accompany emotional facial displays with cues from other body parts. I. e. raised hair or muscle tenseness nature: many nonverbal behaviours arose from relational strategies such as: Bonding (and the fear of it: common greeting behaviour. Pitcairn and eibl-eibesfelt determined the following common eye behaviour in greeting (between primates and humans)
