This played an important role in Nicaragua for the children to develop their form of communication. It is so normal you wouldn't even think about it!
What is socialization?
100
The year the book "Non-Verbal Communication," by Albert Mehrabian was published.
What is 2007?
100
The interpretation of body motion communication and language.
What is kinesics?
100
Usually a sign in the US that all is good, when you throw up this hand sign, people in Latin America think you're saying "Up Yours!"
What is a thumbs up?
100
A language that can be transmitted and comprehended from long distances in an unlimited manner.
What is a Whistled Language?
200
These forms of languages are largely independent of spoken languages, but deaf people need a visible language or they will have no language at all.
What are manual languages?
200
This study was introduced to incorporate "high" and "low" forms of sign language in conversation.
What is the Stanford Study?
200
A study of the cultural patterns regarding the spatial separations individuals maintain in face-to-face encounters.
What is proxemics?
200
You may just be trying to be silly in pictures, but when this hand gesture is used in Australia and Ireland, people think you are defying authority.
What is the peace sign?
200
This may not be a complete form of communication, but this form does say a lot about one's attitude towards an interaction and emotions.
What is body posture?
300
This world in career development for deaf and hard of hearing students offers classes that are taught in sign-language.
What is Gallaudet University?
300
This organization had a strong influence on the development of sign-language.
What is Martha Vineyard's Sign Language?
300
Also known as quotable gestures, these gestures are both learned and stereotypic.
What are emblems?
300
In the United States you often see this hand gesture by musicians, but if pointed downward in Italy, you are telling someone their spouse has been unfaithful... very unfaithful.
What is the rock on sign?
300
This form of modern communication has a been adopted by the whole world, but was originally invented for ease of communication between deaf people. It beats snail mail!
What is texting?
400
CODA is a common acronym that deals with familial relationships in the deaf community.
What is Child of Deaf Adult?
400
This man published the first book that taught sign language to the deaf.
Who is Juan Pablo de Bonet?
400
Eye contact, gestures, facial expressions and taking turns are all features of this type of linguistic behavior.
What are non-verbal cues?
400
This hand gesture is commonly used by scuba divers in the US to communicate that all is well, but when used in Germany, people may think you're calling them a jerk.
What is the "a-ok" sign?
400
This society believes that in instances, such as meeting strangers, silence is the best response, as talking can seem confrontational or rude.
Who are the Apache?
500
A form of sign language that is not confined to the single temporal dimension and this both imposes limitations and opens opportunities.
What is three-dimensional space?
500
These 5 categories of non-verbal communication were developed in 1969 and are widely used by sociologists around the world. These two psychologists focus on social interactions to categorize the type of communication.
Who are Ekman and Friesen?
500
A study done by these two psychologists in 1998, determined that both sighted and non-sighted children communicate using gestures, proving gestures are not visually learned.
Who are Iverson and Goldin-Meadow?
500
You may just be wishing your friend good-luck in the United States, but if you do this hand gesture in Vietnam, you are being very lewd.
What is crossing your fingers?
500
The is considered the "5th space" of communication, and includes newspapers, dictionaries and other written material directed at a variety of people, but this communication is by no means a two-way street.