LIR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonverbal Communication, Cherry Blossom, Jamie Lee Curtis

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Language and Intercultural Relations
• Course: LIR 100
• Professor: Jamie Pelkey

Document Summary

Basic nonverbal behaviors are reliable to a person"s state of mind because they seem to be. Across cultures, people generally recognize the nonverbal cues of pleasure or displeasure, liking-or disliking, tension or relaxation, and high status or low status (buck, 1984). Wrote that our facial expressions, such as smiles and frowns, ate not learned but are, biologically determined. Studies of children born deaf and blind show that, despite the lack of social learning, they smile: laugh, and cry in w ys virtually identical to infants who can he and see adults. Immediately the difference between strangers who are friendly and those who might attack. These innate behaviors can change as we grow and learn our culture. For example, even though a smile is universally recognized as a sign of friendliness, it has other meanings that are specific to a culture. United states smile less than people from the united states, but this doesn"t mean that germans are less friendly.