LESSON 3: Four Types of Non-Verbal Communication Flashcards
individual’s perception and use of space (space and distance); study of space and distance in communication
Proxemics
18 inches, emotionally close, affection, to comfort and to protect
intimate distance
18 inches to 4 feet, distance used in most conversations
personal space
4 feet to 12 feet, business and less personal situations
social distance
exceeds 12 feet, public speaking
public distance
study of body movements, including posture; facial expressions, eye movement, gesture, posture, and walking speed; from Greek word “kinesics” meaning movement
Kinesics
anger, fear, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, contempt
facial expression
eyes are the windows of emotion
eye movements
movement of the hands, arms, head, etc. to express an idea or feeling
gestures
how you pose suggests how you feel
posture
what your walk tells about you
walking speed
variations in speech, such as pitch, loudness, tempo, tone, duration, laughing, and crying; messages sent with our voice
Paralanguage
highness or lowness of voice
pitch
power of the voice - its loudness or softness
volume
how fast or slow you deliver your words
rate
production of individual sounds
articulation
focuses on stress, rhythm, and intonation of the syllables
pronunciation
study of non-verbal behaviors involving touch; way in which individuals communicate through the sense of touch
Haptics
the way people organize and use time and the message created because of how they organize and use it; study of the use of time
Chronemics
study of the use of artifacts that have communicative potential
Objectics
