Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Proxemics, Nonverbal Communication

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

Document Summary

Elements of nonverbal communication: personal space (edward hall) Proxemics the study of people"s use of interpersonal spacepersonal space a zone of space surrounding a person that is felt to belong" to that person. Preference for amount of personal space depends on. Social status the more you like someone, the more comfortable you feel being physically close to. Women have smaller personal zone than men do. When talking, women sit or stand closer together. 2) facial expressionfacial expressions convey basic emotions , recognized by people around the world. Six basic emotions : anger, disgust, fear, happy, sad and surprise. Anxiety may be a seventh distinct facial expression. It occurs in ambiguous situations where perceived threats are unclear. Recognize facial expression depends on the frequency with which they occur in daily life. Display rule : norms that govern the appropriate display emotions in culture. 3) eye contactduration of eye contact is the most meaningful aspect of this channel of nonverbal communication.