CMST 2010 Chapter : Chapter 6
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Myth #1 -- communication is mostly verbal. Combining the studies, mehrabian devised the following equation: total liking = 7% verbal liking + 38% vocal liking + 55% facial liking. Myth #2 -- you can tell if someone is lying by closely observing nonverbal behaviors. This is related to the 93% statistic of nonverbal communication and involves the idea of nonverbal leakage. Few transparent liars- theoretical advancement from levine that attempted to describe why our accuracy rates of deception detection hover above chance at. It explains that while most can lie seamlessly, there are a few people that tend to give themselves away when being deceptive. The leakage hypothesis is an extension of the myth that our nonverbal cues reveal what is truly inside us and are thus more diagnostically accurate information regarding whether we are telling the truth. Myth #3 -- you can"t judge a book by its cover.
