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Chapter 2 the roots of nonverbal communication. Phylogeny vs ontogeny: phylogeny: the development of nv behavior across evolutionary time, ontogeny: the rots of nv behavior in our current lifetime. Cross your arms (now do it the other way) Interlace your fingers (do it the other way: nature vs nurture as explanations of our acquiring nv behaviors. Innate vs learned eibl-eibesfeldt"s studies: evidence from sensory deprivation. Expressions are not significantly different between blind and deaf children and typical developing children. ^ these (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e less a(cid:374)i(cid:373)ated as the(cid:455) grow older. Mostly nature with a nurture component: evidence from infants. Infants mimic faces: evidence from twin studies (pg. Identical twins who grew up apart still exhibited the same body language. Not enough studies done on identical twins and nonverbal language: evidence from non-human primates. Meaning of the expressions are nurture: evidence from multicultural studies.
