Definitions
The study of human body movements to include gestures, posture, facial expression, eye behavior and rate of walk.
What is Kinesics?
Known researcher Raymond Birdwhistell outlined six general principles of kinesics that each deal with (1) how we study ____ and (2) how this study leads to ______.
What is (1) how we study body movement and (2) how this study leads to understanding communication.
Hall (1968) classified space according to the distance between two individuals in the process of communication. The four classifications include intimate, personal, public and _____.
What is social or the "business zone"?
According to Berger and Calabrese (1975), the ____ of person is often the primary reason we choose to interact with them.
What is attractiveness?
I exist as the first subcode and the initial introduction to communication.
What is haptics?
What is Expectations Violation Theory?
I am all around you. I am present. My boundaries are noticeable but I am invisible.
What is personal space or body buffer zone?
Similarity or likeness; indicates we are drawn to those nonverbally similar to us.
What is homophily?
Morris (1977) suggests there are five categories of actions. What are they?
What are (1) inborn, (2) discovered, (3) absorbed, (4) trained, and (5) mixed?
Perceptions of space are affected by the angle formed by the axis of the interactants' shoulders. Between the two arrangements, I increase interactions.
What is Sociopetal?
My beliefs, my people, my nationality and my ethnicity are above all others. What is this concept?
What is ethnocentrism?
Of the five touching behaviors, this is the most impersonal and functional.
What is functional/professional?
A message within a message; dictates how to communicate in a given context/environment.
What is a metamessage?
Mehrabian (1981) categorized kinesic behavior into three main functional groups. What are they?
What are (1) pleasure-displeasure dimension, (2) dominance-submissiveness dimension, and (3) arousal-nonarousal dimension?
According to Lyman and Scott (1967), there are four types of human territories. What are they?
What are public territory, interactional territory, home territory and body territory?
There are three variables to consider when evaluating touch. What are they?
What is location, duration and intensity?
I represent the abstraction, taking the place of the referent.
What is a symbol?
Researchers Ekman and Friesen found seven emotions that are universally expressed in facial expression. What are they and demonstrate them with your group.
What are (1) fear, (2) anger, (3) surprise, (4) disgust, (5) contempt, (6) sadness, and (7) happiness?
Within this concept, it is my perception that affects my comfortability. To me, you are restricting my ability to move freely in a given area.
What is crowding?
In July 2019, California became the first state to pass this law banning discrimination against natural hair.
I am a concept. I do my best to make sure I am likable, approachable and responsive.
What is immediacy?