CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Paralanguage, Kinesics, Physical Attractiveness

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Alexandre Sevigny

Document Summary

Alex s vigny, phd, apr, mcipr (winter term, 2013) Don"t necessarily control or plan your non-verbal communication. Involuntary fall into a comfortable seating position. Nonverbal communication is primarily relational: converge on other people"s behaviour and attitudes, sympathetic conversions. Nonverbal communication is ambiguous: have to calculate how people are responding to you. Intermittent (speaking and silence alternate) posture, gestures, distance, etc. ) Less impact with verbal and nonverbal cues are contradictory. Has stronger impact when verbal and non-verbal cues are contradictory. Men touch one another more in everyday communication. Wants to hide emotions being experienced at the moment. Wants to hide information unrelated to his or her emotions. Has no strong feelings about the information being hidden. Needs to construct the message carefully while delivering it. Knows the deceptive message well and has rehearsed it. Posture and gesture: kinesics (the study of the body, gesture and posture, manipulators. Face and eyes: affect blends (combos of different expressions showing different emotions)