PSYC18H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4.doc
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Nonverbal communication word like smile, laugh, gaze, and touch seem simple enough, but they refer to many class of nonverbal behavior. Eg, smile, there different smiles, with different meaning. We smile to be polite, to signal weakness, to hide inappropriate feelings of disgust or disapproval, to express romantic attraction . Paul ekmen and wallace friesn organized the language of nonverbal behavior into five categories. Emblems: nonverbal gestures that directly translate to words. Illustrator: nonverbal gestures that accompanies our speech and often make it vivid and visual. These gestures slightly precede the corresponding words we say. Regulators: noverbal behaviors that we use to coordinate conversation. People look and point at and orient their bodies toward people whom they want to start speaking. Self-adaptor: nonverbal behaviors people engage in with no seeming intention, as if simply release nervous energy. People touch their necks, tug at their hair, jiggle their legs.
