COMM 101 Chapter 6: Ch 6_ NONVERBAL

• School: University of San Diego
• Department: Communication Studies Courses
• Course: COMM 101
• Professor: Lindholm Charmin

Document Summary

Nonverbal communication : messages expressed through non linguistic means. Nonverbal communication has communicative value (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Unintentional nonverbal communication may provide information, but it shouldn"t count as communication. Nonverbal behavior reveals info, we aren"t always aware that we are communicating nonverbally. Others serve a far more common series of social functions. Expressing attitudes and feelings a ect displays: facial expressions, body movements, vocal traits. Nonverbal behavior o ers many cues about the way people feel- often more than we get from their words alone nonverbal communication is ambiguous. Subjects are better at identifying positive facial expressions. Those who are better senders of nonverbal messages are better receivers. To make sense out of ambiguous nonverbal behavior. Nonverbal cues are often unintended and sometimes unconscious. Nonverbal encoding and decoding skills are strong predictors of popularity, attractiveness, and socio-emotional well being. Good nonverbal communicators are more persuasive and have a greater chance of success.