Chapter 5: Non-verbal messages Flashcards
Adaptor
Touching behaviors and movements that indicate internal states typically related to arousal or anxiety
Affect display
The verbal and non-verbal displays of affect (emotion)
Alter-adaptors
Refer to the physical movements and manipulations that help people to reduce stress
Artifactual messages
Messages that are conveyed by objects made by human hands
Attractiveness
A force that draws people together
Boundary markers
Identify the edges of territory
Central markers
The relationship that involves interaction between participants
Chronemics
The study of the use of time in nonverbal communication
Civil inattention
The practice of giving some minimal acknowledgement of the presence of a stranger
Color communication
Mental expression and add diversity in language communication.
Cultural time
A process of creating shared meaning
Earmakers
A marker that identifies an item as belonging to a specific person
Emblems
Gestures that have very precise meanings known within an ethnic, cultural, or sub-cultural group
Emoticon
A small group of symbols arranged to show happiness, sadness, and other emotions.
Facial feedback hypothesis
The contractions of the facial muscles may not only communicate what a person feels to others but also to the person him- or herself
Facial management techniques
The process of exchanging messages between individuals through verbal and nonverbal cues to reach a shared understanding
Haptics
A branch of nonverbal communication that refers to the ways in which people and animals communicate and interact via the sense of touch
Home field advantage
Refers to the tendency for sports performers to win more often when competing at their home facility
Illustrators
Nonverbal cues directly linked with words