CMN 122 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eye Contact, Wrinkle, Phenethyl Alcohol
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Ch 12 - initiating interaction: greetings & beckonings across the world. Some anthropologists believe our handshake of today may be only a couple hundred years old. Each signal suggests openness & a clear sign that the greeter is not carrying a weapon. When humans greet, regardless of our nationality or race, we all open our eyes wider than normal & wrinkle our foreheads. Since the eyebrows move upward, this is often referred to as the eyebrow flash . Both motions appear to be instinctive & signal openness & are a form of greeting. The raised palm as a form of greeting was critical to the exploration & opening of the us. In many countries, a greeeting among homosexual men is to shake hands in a very specific & hidden manner: with the middle finger folded down into the palm. Psychologists regard the handshake as one of the most powerful of all tactile contacts.
