PSY424H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Social Penetration Theory, Laziness, Nonverbal Communication
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Chapter 5: communication summary: communication begins with the sender"s intentions, though the intentions are not known to the receiver, so they can be interpreted differently than the sender meant. Interference can occur between sender/receiver as well as in the decoding of the sender"s messages: an interpersonal gap occurs when the sender"s intentions differ from the effect on the receiver. More likely to occur in close relationships than among strangers. Gazing behaviour: gazing, the direction and amount, is useful information. It denotes interest: lovers spend more time just look at each other than friends do. Friends more so than acquaintances: can communicate dominance. High power people look more at others while speaking, and less while listening (opposite for normal interactions): the visual dominance ratio (vdr) compares look-speak" (% time speaker gazes at a listener) to look-listen. ". Touch: often accompanies our verbal communication, gestures vary more from culture to culture, posture and body motion can also be useful.
