COM CO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Impression Management, Display Rules, Proxemics

• School: Boston University
• Department: Core Courses
• Course: COM CO 101
• Professor: Tammy Vigil

Document Summary

Kinesics: body movements that carry meaning in and of themselves. Immediacy captures several aspects of kinesics activity eye contact, body orientation Emblems: body language that carry meaning in and of themselves. (eg. ok) Illustrators: body movements that help receivers interpret and better attend to what is being said verbally. Illustrators do not carry meaning without verbal accompaniment. (eg. hand gestures that often accompany a person"s speech ) Adaptors: body movements that satisfy physical or psychological needs . Self-adaptors: movements that people direct toward themselves or their bodies. (biting fingernails, sucking on a thumb) Alter-directed adaptors include the same sorts of behaviors found among self-adaptors except that they are movements people direct to the bodies of others. (caressing a partner"s hair) Object adaptors: movements that involve attention to an object. (biting on a pen ) Affect displays: body movements that express emotion without the use of touch. (facial expression showing emotions?)