Nonverbal Communication

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Analysis of human body language. Messages sent to nonverbal communication. Importance of people understanding how to detect and read body language. Danger of unread, hidden messages leading to misunderstandings and conflict. How infants acquire communication skills. Body language and date rape. Key differences in body language of males and females.

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"This study will analyze human body language, or nonverbal communications, in terms of the messages sent by such language, and the reasons for and consequences of misunderstanding, or not responding knowledgeably to, such messages. The essence of the study will be the argument that an individual who seeks to live and work and relate to other human beings, in business and in personal affairs, and in as healthy and knowledgeable a fashion as possible, will become educated in detecting and reading body language.

Butterworth makes clear the significance of the topic, noting both the presence of body language in infants and the relationship between early nonverbal communication and the learning of language itself. The sub-title of his article in Natural History is "finger pointing by babies is correlated with ..."

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