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Understanding Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal communication encompasses various behaviors and characteristics that convey messages without words, playing a crucial role in identity and relationship management. It includes several codes such as haptics, kinesics, and vocalics, each influencing how we interact and perceive others. The document also discusses the cultural aspects of nonverbal communication and its implications in different contexts.

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Understanding Nonverbal Communication

Nonverbal communication encompasses various behaviors and characteristics that convey messages without words, playing a crucial role in identity and relationship management. It includes several codes such as haptics, kinesics, and vocalics, each influencing how we interact and perceive others. The document also discusses the cultural aspects of nonverbal communication and its implications in different contexts.

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NONVERBAL

C O M M U N I C AT I
ON
Chapter 6
N O N V E R B A L C O M M U N I C AT I O N
• Is defined as “any communicative characteristic or behavior that
intentionally or unintentionally conveys a message without the use of
verbal messages” (Bowman, 2021)
NONVERBAL
C O M M U N I C AT I O N

• Is impossible to avoid &


essential to our everyday
lives
• A part of how we manage
our identities & relationships
• Ambiguous
NONVERBAL COMM & PRIMACY
Phylogenetic Primacy Ontogenetic Primacy

• Nonverbal communication precedes • Nonverbal comm is the first form of


language in the history of homo communication we have when we
sapiens (and our non-human are born!
genetic relatives)
• Haptics

NONVERBAL • Kinesics
• Oculesics
CODES
• Olfactics
• Proxemics
• Vocalics
• Physical Appearance
• Environment
• Chronemics
• All about touch and how we engage in
physical contact
• Touch is one of our first actions as
HAPTICS infants (very primal)
HARLOW
MONKEY
EXPERIMENT
HAPTICS
Very cultural

Can be categorized into many


types
• Ritualistic touch
• Task Related touch
• Positive Affect touch
• Playful touch
• Control touch
• What form of touch do you think you
interact with the most often?
WITH
• What, if any, forms of touch are very
NEIGHBORS different in cultures you have
interacted with?
KINESICS

Motion & gestures


0
1
We can repeat, substitute, complement,
regulate, or even contradict nonverbal
gestures with verbal messages 0
2
Both our face and body serve as social signaling
along with our gestures
OCULESICS
• What are some of the
ways that you send
messages with your
eyes?
O L FA C T I C S

• Our sense of smell


• Transports us to our
memories
• Active scents are on purpose
• Passive scents are ones we
randomly interact with
PROXEMIC S
• Deals with our
interpretation of space
• We have “zones” that
are deeply personal,
and cultural, and based
on our expectations
E X P E C TA N C Y V I O L AT I O N T H E O R Y
• When someone violates our expectations of a situation we can react
positively or negatively to it
All about our voice
VOCALICS characteristics

Can include Accent,


Articulation, Emphasis,
Pause, Pitch, Rate,
Volume, & Pronunciation

How does the way we


speak influence others'
perceptions and
expectations about us?
VOCALIC S – VOCAL QUALITIES

Breathine Pitch
Nasality Raspiness
ss Range

Resonanc
Rhythm Thinness
e
PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE

• Part of our identity management


• Identifies our group membership
• Artifacts, or items we carry or own create
signifiers to our identity
• Adornments, or the things we wear do the
same
• Body modifications (tattoos, piercings,
cultural modifications etc.)
CHRONEMICS
• The study of time!
• Time is very cultural
ENVIRONMENT
• Color
• Use of space
• Lines & curves
• Sounds
• Layout
• All of these things are designed to shape our behavior!

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