Opening lecture in Nonverbal Communication

1. Nonverbal
Communication
Lecture One

2. Definition
• Noverbal communication is the process of one person stimulating
meaning in the mind of another person by means of nonverbal
messages
These messages can be intentional or nonintentional, received or
not received.
The receiver is what turns nonverbal behavior into communication

3. 6 functions of nonverbal messaging
•Complementing
•Contradicting
•Accenting
•Repeating
•Regulating
•Substituting

4. Major themes we will cover
• Physical appearance
• Gestures and movement
• Face and eye behavior
• Vocal behavior
• Space
• Touch
• Environment
• Time

5. Five Axioms of Physical Appearance
•First received messages
•Determine willingness to communicate
•Influence relationship development
•For initial impressions
•May be inaccurate

6. Attraction and Perception
• Three types of attractiveness
• PHYSICAL
• SOCIAL
• TASK
• Trends in America change over time
• Cosmetic surgery
• Fair skin vs. Tan skin (coco channel)

7. Developments from perception
• Image fixation
• Appearance Obsession
• Social Judgments
• Education
• Persuasion
• Interviews
• Dating and marage
• Personal Body Concept

8. Body Types
• SOMOATOTYPING
• Endomorph
• Viscerotonic
• Mesomorth
• Somatotonic
• Ectomorph
• Cerebrotonic
• *Height, weight, and hair color gender differential
• Anticipated racial differential