COMM 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Paralanguage, Proxemics
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The use of objects, action, sounds, time, and space to convey meaning. Two types of nonverbal communication: facial expressions, movements and gestures. Using a hand movement or sign instead of verbally speaking: vocal, nonvocal, tone of voice. How your body is angled during conversation. Using it for a purpose (ex. blood pressure being taken by. Adaptors: different physical things we do to channel anxiety. Use of eye contact to signify certain things / to regulate our conversation. Use of time how rapidly or slowly you respond to someone. Monochromic - one thing at a time Complicated (in early research it was avoided) Biggest key to help control nonverbal communication. Show no motion from the outside but is dying in the inside . The minute signals of affect, attention, approach/avoidance, dominance/submission. These signals help to shape social order. Must be studied by studying the individual within the social system. 3 types of emotion: bodily adaptation and maintenance of homeostasis.
