Interpersonal Communication

Repeating

This is when you use nonverbal cues to repeat a verbal cue.

(comments accompanied by gestures)

Complementing

Nomverbal behaviors that match the thoughts and emotions the communicator is expressing through speech. (Thank you with a sincere face)

Substituting

facial expressions operate as substitutes for speech

(the look)

Accenting

nonverbal devices that emphasize oral messages just as we would use italics to emphasize an idea in print.

Regulating

function by influencing the flow of verbal communication

(nodding to say go on)

Contradicting

People often express contradicting messages in their verbal and nonverbal behaviors. (saying i'm not angry with an angry face)

Haptics

study of touch

Appearance

There are two dimensions to appearance: physical attractiveness and clothing

Physical Attractiveness

People who are deemed as physically attractive receive many social benefits.

What can increase physical attractiveness

Posture, gesture, facial expressions.

Proxemics

study of personal space

Edward Hall Spacial zones

four distances that we use in our everyday lives and they depend on how we feel toward the other person.

Chronemics

the use of time

Huge Nonverbal Factors

Color and Smell

Paralanguage

Nonlinguistic means of vocal expression ( rate, tone, Pitch)

Leakage

nonverbal behaviors that reveal information a communicator does not disclose.

Body Oreintation

the degree to which we face toward or away from someone with our body, feet, and head

Posture

the way individuals carry themselves,

Gestures

movement of the body to communicate.

Embelems

nonverbal behaviors that are known by a cultural group.

(ok gesture)

Adaptors

unconscious bodily movements in response to the environment

Manipulators

involving self touching activities.

Intimate Distance

0-18 inches

Personal Distance

18 inches to 4 feet

Social Distance

4-12 feet

public distance

12-25 feet

3 types of Gestures.

emblems, illustrators, adaptors

Monochronic cultures

One task at a time.

Polychronic cultures

multiple task at the same time.

Nonverbal Communication is primarily

relational