CYC 301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Gunny Sack, Disinhibition, Expectancy Violations Theory
13 Oct 2017
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Nonverbal communication: behaviour other than written or spoken language that creates meaning for someone. Interaction adaption theory: theory suggesting that people interact others by adapting to what others are doing. Interactional synchrony: the mirroring of each other"s nonverbal behaviour by communication partners. Kinesics: the study of human movement and gestures. Emblems: nonverbal cues that have specific, generally understood meanings in a given culture and that may substitute for a word or phrase. Illustrators: nonverbal behaviour that accompanies a verbal message and either contradicts, accents, or complements it. Regulators: nonverbal messages that help control the interaction or level of communication among people. Adaptors: nonverbal behaviours that help satisfy personal need and help al person adapt or respond to the immediate situation. Backchannel cues: nonverbal cues, typically vocal, that signal your wish to begin or end a conversation. Proxemics: they study of how close to or far away from people and objects we position ourselves.
