04:192:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Speech Disfluency, Mmhmm, Nonresistance
7 Apr 2016
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Nonverbal behaviors are human actions that have the potential to form meaningful messages. Nonverbal behaviors become nonverbal communication if they stimulate meaning in the mind of a receiver. Thus, nonverbal communication is defined as the process of one person creating meaning in the mind of another person through nonverbal behaviors. (cid:1) (cid:1) A channel is the medium through which information is conveyed during interaction. When people communicate with one another, they send messages back and forth through a channel. When you communicate nonverbally, you send information through a variety of channels on your body or in your environment. Channels for nonverbal communication include facial expressions, eye contact, body movement, gestures, touch, and physical appearance. (cid:1) Nonverbal behaviors: human actions that have the potential to form meaningful messages. (cid:1) Nonverbal communication: the process of creating meaning in the minds of others through nonverbal behaviors. Channel: medium through which information is conveyed. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
