Ch 6 Flashcards
Non verbal communication
Messages expressed through nonlinguistic means
Affect displays
Facial expressions, body movements, and vocal traits
Functions of non verbal communication
Repeating, substituting, complementing, accenting, regulating, contradicting, deceiving
Illustrators
Non verbal behaviors that accompany and support spoken words
Types of nonverbal communication
Body movements, voice, appearance, touch, space, environment, time
Manipulators
Moments which one part of the body grooms, pinches, holds, picks, etc
Affect blends
A combination of two or more expressions showing different emotions
Paralanguage
Describes nonverbal, vocal messages “this is a FANTASTIC book”
Proxemics
The study of the way people and animals use space
Intimate distance
Begins w skin contact to 18 in. Ppl we’re emotionally close w
Personal distance
18 in to 4 ft
Social distance
4 to 12 ft. Business situations
Public distance
12 to 25 ft
Territory
A fixed space
Chronemics
He study of how human beings use and structure time