Anthropology Midterm Part 9

Question 1

Nonverbal communication

Answer 1

is so important and universally used that it has to be seen as a biological imperative. There isn’t a person who does not gesture or use facial expressions while they speak. We can stop using gestures if we choose, of course, but it something we have to train ourselves to NOT do.

Question 2

what are the first form of communication?

Answer 2

Actually, gestures are the first form of communication that you learn as an infant, and some have argued that it is the first form of human “language,” as we discussed earlier in the semester.

Question 3

psychologist Paul Ekman

Answer 3

facial expressions are not culturally determined but universal across human cultures and thus biological in origin.

Question 4

The expressions Ekman found to be universal were facial expressions of anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise, among others

Answer 4

His work was based on field research with the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea. During the research, he showed the Fore photographs of people from different cultures and asked them if they could determine their emotions. On most occasions they could.

Question 5

There are three categories of nonverbal communication:

Answer 5

Paralanguage, Kinesics, Proxemics

Question 6

Paralanguage

Answer 6

aspects of verbal communication beyond the use of words, such as tone, pitch, pauses, and sounds such as ah-hah or hum.

Question 7

Kinesics

Answer 7

which are visual messages such as gesture, facial expressions, eye contact, and body posture.

Question 8

Proxemics

Answer 8

which the use of touch and personal space.

Question 9

here are indeed some forms of nonverbal communication that are universal,

Answer 9

meaning they cut across a wide-range of cultures,

Question 10

culture specific

Answer 10

meaning they pertain to a single culture or group of cultures that share certain traits.