FSHD 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paralanguage, Egocentrism, Communication Problems

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Fam. Studies & Human Dev. Main
• Course: FSHD 237
• Professor: Adam Clark

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Gazing behavior: the direction and amount of a person"s looking behavior, communicates interest people who (appropriately) gaze seem more likable and attractive than those who look away or stare, gazing de nes the relationship lovers look at each other more, with affection; cultural variation, 3. Body movement, including gestures: posture, movement, and stance typically recognized across cultures; ex: lover"s movements or leaning , gestures gestures vary widely from culture to culture; ex: middle nger, 4. Touch: physical contact with another person can have various meanings, can convey intimacy with another person, also conveys status of the relationship and emotional state, 5. Interpersonal distance: intimate zone, personal zone, social zone, public zone, why you feel uncomfortable when someone you do not know well stands too close to you, spacing is a subtle way to calibrate intimacy, unhappy spouses maintain larger distances between each other, 6.