CMST 4119 : CMST 4119 Midterm
Document Summary
Introduction to nonverbal communication: people rely heavily on non verbal communication, important because, 1. nonverbal comm is omnipresent, present in architecture to even written comm (all caps or punctuation). Every encounter between 2 or more people is a potential non verbal exchange: 2. Nonverbal behaviors are multifunctional: nv cues are part of almost every comm purpose one can imagine, 3. Nonverbal behaviors may form a universal language system: nv signals are part of a universally recognized and understood code, 4. Nv comm can lead to misunderstanding as well as understanding (ex. Photographer story about killing the guy because thought he wanted to die in the woods: 5. Nv comm has phylogenetic (evolutionary history)primacy: before language they used nv cues, we may be predisposed to respond to nv cues first, 6. Nv comm has ontogenetic (course of a lifespan) infants rely on nv first: 7.
