PSYC 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication, Mirror Neuron, Display Rules

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Social perception the study of how we form impressions of other people and make inference about them. Nonverbal communication how people communicate, intentionally or unintentionally, without words. Mirror neurons respond when we perform an action and when we see someone else perform the same action. Encode to express or emit nonverbal behavior (smiling, etc. ) Decode to interpret the meaning of the nonverbal behavior other people express. Affect blend a facial expression in which one part of the face registers one emotion while another part of the face registers a different emotion. Display rules culturally determined rules about which emotional expressions are appropriate to show. Emblems nonverbal gestures that have well-understood definitions within a given culture. Implicit personality theory a type of schema people use to group various kinds of personality. Attribution theory a description of the way in which people explain the causes of their own and other people"s behavior.

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