Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Body Language

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Maxwell

Document Summary

The relationship between the sender and the receiver matters: this process is different depending on the relationship, different for people that know each other well (especially those that are very familiar- not many words have to be said). An important thing is their sense of the body language. Transmission of meaning from one person to another through means or symbols other than words: a great deal of information is conveyed in this manner. It conveys emotion: we can communicate to the receiver how we are feeling without saying anything. It is culture bound: e. g. , sorokowska et al (2017), people in colder countries prefer greater distance towards strangers (social distance, different cultures have different rules about non-verbal communication, e. g. We do a good job of classifying facial expressions. Global study looking at the agreement of judging photos how good people were at judging the emotions that was conveyed in the picture.