Unit2: non-verbal communication COMPLETE Flashcards
(46 cards)
key concepts
what are the percentages of how much meaasge is portryaed in words, gestures and tone of voice
7% words
55% gestures
38% tone of voice
key concepts
what are the three ways of communicating?
gestures
posture
faceal expression
key concepts
what is a gesture?
a visual message. there ae cultural technical(olice trafficing) and coded gestures (sign language)
key concepts
what is posture?
the stance we adopt/ poosition /movements
key concepts
what are the universally recognised faceal expressions
suprise fear anger disgust happy sad
Core Theory
what is it?
social learing theory
core theory
defin observation
watching how others act / intercat
core theory
define imitaion
copying observed behaviour
core theory
define reinforcement
praise or positive consequences
core theory
define punishemnt
negative consequeces or told off
core theory
define role model
someone we look up to or an individual we aspire to, they are a influence
Core theory
what type of variations prove the learing theory
social and cultural ones
core theory
give and examle of cultural variation
(saudi arabia or france)
in saudi arabia woomen cant cross legs or have body contace in greetings as tsseen as disrespectful. where as in the uk wommen cross legs to be comformable and hug with body contact as a friendly gesture
core thoery
how does cultural variation work (observation imitaion reinforment rolemodels)
we observe how other around us interact within our culture . we are likely to imiate this as we see it every day and our role modles eg parents do this behaviour
core theory
how does the core thoery SLT and cultural variations support NVC being a product of nurture
if nvc was natural and instictive then we would not see cultural variations, this also enas all hunams should communicate in similar ways regardless of culture or upbringing
core theory
SLT criticisms:
punished NVC still persists , not explained
people cant actualy learn new NVC
cant explain siblings differnt NVC
ignores effect of nature
core theory
what is the first criticism of the slt (punished nvc)
the SLT cant explain why certain NVC communication may persist even if it as been punished. for example a chil may be told off for poking their tounge out but they may stil continue to do it
core theory
expland the second criticism of the SLT (cant learn new nvc)
the social learning theory suggests you can learn new ways of communicating non verbally, but this is not true.
efforts to teach offenders new body lanuage and facial expressions but this tends not work. if nvc was a result of learning it would not be so hard to learn new behaviour
explain the third criticism of SLT (cannot explain sibling differences)
the social learning theory cannot explain why siblngs brought up in the same environment but have differnent nvc. two brothers can be raised by the same community and have the same influences but have differnt wys of expressing thenselves non verbally.
core theory
explain the fourth SLT criticism (ignored effect of nature, long one)
the soical theory ignores the effect of nature. perhaps people cannot change they way they communcate because its innate.perhaphs siblings communicate differently due to not being genially identical. there is evidence to suggest that nature/biology has some influence on nvc, just as there are cultural variations too.there are also gestures and expressions which appear to be universal. this would suggest that these nonverbal communication are a product of human nature rather than learning
alternative theory
what does the evolutionary theory say about non verbal communication?
it says nvc is more a product of nature and biology. they say we a governed by instict
alternative theory
what does the evolutionary theory say about our nvc/ why do we have it?
it helps us live longer and pass on genes, these behaviuors over time have evolved and been passed on to help us survive and reproduce
alternative theory
how has the evolutionary theory been applied to non verbal communication?
behaviours than appear to be universal have been applied. we would say that certain forms of nvc have evolved to help us survice/reproduce, this was useful in prehistoric times as we could not yet communicate then
alternative theory
what behaviuors/gestures have been linked with survival?
warding of potential ememies or threats
reducing confict or threat
allowing people to cooperate so they can survive