CMST 2010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Eye Contact, Proxemics
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Defining nonverbal communication: nonverbal communication message and create shared meaning between people. Interaction adaptation theory behavior to the communication behavior of others. Principles of nonverbal communication: nonverbal communication is often ambiguous, major factors for this ambiguity: Culture: nonverbal communication regulates conversation, turn-taking when and to whom. In a conversation, nonverbal regulators that indicate who talks. Ex: when we don"t want to get interrupted, we avoid eye contact and. The incompatibility that occurs when our nonverbal messages. Ex: when a physician frowns as she says that the prognosis looks good, , when confronted with a mixed message, people have to choose whether to believe the nonverbal or the verbal behaviors. Children usually rely more on the spoken word rather than body language, however they can usually understand nonverbal messages. Adults tend to rely more on body language because the message that originate from the eyes, voice, body movement, facial expressions and touch usually overpower the verbal message.
