Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the “comprehensive” definition of NVC?
- Any communication, other than spoken or written words.
- Is anything that stimulates meaning in the mind of another person
- It expresses besides language.
- Transcends or goes above language
- It may be intentional or unintentional
- It channels most of our emotional messages
- We learn to make discussions between NV behavior and NVC.
What is the definition for NVC?
The process of one person stimulating meaning in the mind of another person by means of nonverbal messages.
What are the 6 functions of NVC?
- Complementing
- Contradicting
- Accenting or Emphasizing
- Repeating
- Regulating
- Substituting ot Replacing
What are the 3 types of attractiveness?
- Physical
- Social
- Task
Physical attractiveness becomes less important when?
When task and social attractiveness increase
What is Cultural and Time-bound?
Attractiveness
Who spends the most money on cosmetic surgery in the world?
The United States
What theory could attractiveness be used to describe?
A Double Ended Sword
- Women who are too attractive- they are not approachable - Women who are attractive - can get away with deception
What does attractiveness rely on?
A. Body endowment - Natural and enduring
B. Body Modification - Semi-permanent
C. Body Adornment - Short-lived changes
What are the 3 types of the body compared to Sheldon’s Research?
- Endomorph- Pearshape/ round
- Mesomorph- Muscular/ Triangular
- Ectomorph- Painfully thin/ fragile
What are the 3 Artifacts for NVC?
- Adoring/ Decorating
- Serving
- Identifying
What are the 5 Gesture and Movements to NVC?
- Emblems
- Illustrators
- Regulators
- Adaptors
- Affect Displays
Gesture and Movement:
What is Emblem?
A NVB that has a direct verbal translation, Culture bound.
EX: Middle finger
Gesture and Movement:
What is Illustrators?
A company’s verbal message. Refers to what is being said.
EX: “Go East” - points east
“ Look at that!” - Points to “that”
Gesture and Movement:
What is Regulators?
A NVB that either controls or maintains the flow of conversation.
EX: A speaker is told to slow down or speed up or stop
Gesture and Movement:
What is Adaptors?
- Almost always unintentional/ we do unintentionally.
- Indicates nervousness, stress, boredom, or anxiety
- Are often self- touches
EX: Twirling your hair/ touching your face
Gesture and Movement:
What is Affect Displays?
Body and most specifically eye that gives instant into your authentic emotions.
EX: When a finger is about to get crushed into a door our faces will wince with pain because we have the knowledge of pain is about to happen
What is Deception and its factors?
The particular behavior that is likely to show deception depends on several factors:
- Speed Speech
- Gestures
- Eye Contact
- Consequences
- Control head and face
- “Self-soothing”
What is kinesics?
The study of the communicative impact of body movement and gesture.
Kinesics:
Structural Approach?
All behavior is learned socially and has communicative value, the process is rule-based; no distinction between NVC and verbal;
“Systems Approach”
AKA: Work together/ Set Rules
Kinesics:
External Variable Approach?
Meaning can only be assigned if motion is easily observable meaning is both idiosyncratic and shared; NVC and verbal should be studied independently
AKA: Very little relation/ work separately
Turn- Taking?
Regulators
A. Turn- Yield (From Speaker- Stopping conversation)
B. Turn- Maintaining (From speaker- giving a sign to hold on)
C. Turn- Requesting (From listener- hand-raising)
D. Turn- Denying (From listener- speaker misread NVB)
What are the 3 major categories to Posture according to Scheflen’s Body Orientation??
- Inclusive vs. Noninclusive
- Face-to-Face vs. Parallel
- Congruence vs. Incongruence
The 4 Facial Management Techniques?
- Intensification- Using NV facial expression to intensify something
- De- Intensifying- When you lessen an emotion
- Neutralizing- “Poker face” not giving any NV expression
- Masking- Replacing what you really feel with what you think is acceptable
What are the 3 divisions of affect blends and partials?
- Eyebrows/ Forehead
- Eyes/ Eyelids/ Nose Bridge
- Mouth/ Cheeks/ Chin
SCADFISH?
S- sadness C- Contempt A- Anger D- Disgust F- Fear I- Intrest S- Suprise H- Happiness
SADFISH?
S- Sadness A- Anger D- Disgust F- Fear F- Fear I - Intrest S- Suprise H- Happiness
What are the main paints to SCADFISH and SADFISH?
** All Cross-Cultural
**If you can see aspects of the face than you can most accurately identify all of these
** All innate expressions we are born with
What are the three perspectives on Acquisition?
- Evolution and Natural Selection
- External Factors
- Innate and Learned
What is Haptics?
The study of communicative aspects of touch
What is Oculesics?
The study of communicative aspects of eye behavior
What is Proxmetics?
The study of communicative aspects of the scent and smell
What is Image Fixation?
a long-term fixated view that a person has about her or his image or body
What are self-adaptors?
NV acts in which an individual manipulates her or his own body
What are Affect Blends?
are multiple simultaneous facial expressions
What is Neutralization?
When people eliminate any facial expression of emotion
What are Partials?
Emotional expressions revealed in only one area of the face
What are the 4 types of Eye Behavior?
- One-Sided Look (glance or gaze)
- Gaze Aversion (tuupically intentional)
- Mutual Gaze (Two people look in the same direction as each other)
- Gaze Omission (one person does not look at the other but is not avoiding eye contact)
What is a Dialect?
The use of different words to reference similar meanings.
What is Vocal Printing?
A person can be identified by unique characteristics and qualities in her or his voice.
