Exam 1 Flashcards
(40 cards)
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
