Non verbal behaviour- Innate or learned

Question 1

EVIDENCE THAT NON VERBAL BEHAVIOUR IS INNATE

what are social releasers?
what effect do they have?

Answer 1

these are non verbal behaviours that baby’s possess like smiling, laughing and making eye contact

they make the person want to look after the baby, without them the baby would be ignored

Question 2

EVIDENCE THAT NON VERBAL BEHAVIOUR IS INNATE

how do facial expressions in infants support this?
what study was carry ou to support this?

Answer 2

studies show the babies show facial expressions soon after birth, which suggests its innate

weeks after a birth a study was conducted where babies were given new tastes and gave a disgusted gesture, showing emotions are most likely innate

Question 3

EVIDENCE THAT NON VERBAL BEHAVIOUR IS INNATE

what are sensory deprived kids?
what study supports this?

Answer 3

sensory deprived kids are blind or deaf from birth

a study showed that these kids showed the same emotions and facial expressions as normal kids

Question 4

EVIDENCE THAT NON VERBAL BEHAVIOUR IS LEARNED

What are the differences in nonverbal behaviour in contact and non contact cultures?
how does this show non verbal behaviour is learned?

Answer 4

contact cultures like italy spain and brazil are more comfortable with smaller personal spaces. non contact cultures like the us and the uk preferred larger personal spaces

this shows differences due to cultural norms

Question 5

EVIDENCE THAT NON VERBAL BEHAVIOUR IS LEARNED

how do gestures show non verbal behaviour is learned?
how are these differences explained (which theory)?

Answer 5

gestured are interpreted in different ways around the world, for example pointing the finger is used to emphasise a point but in hindu culture its offensive

the social learning theory suggests people learn by observing and imitating other people in the same culture