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Nonverbal Communication


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Nonverbal Communication
This paper discusses nonverbal communication: Significance, psychology of, decoding, identification, use, origins, categories (emblems, illustrators), forms (facial expression, body motion, paralanguage, touch, clothing and bodily decoration.
5,850 words (approx. 23.4 pages) | 13 sources | 1995 United States


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"Nonverbal communication consists of nonverbal behaviors that "acquire meaning as part of a communication process". These behaviors, which are characterized as channels of communication, include nonverbal vocalizations (paralanguage), facial expression, body movements (including gesture, posture and others), proximity and placement, and miscellaneous aspects of behavior such as clothing, decoration of the body and interactive rituals such as greeting by shaking hands. Nonverbal communication involves two basic processes: the processing of information and the management of impressions. The first process is interpretive in nature as messages are decoded in order to draw inferences from nonverbal behaviors about another person's intentions. The management of impressions is concerned with impact as it is the process of encoding messages ... "

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APA Citation:

Nonverbal Communication (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Nonverbal-Communication/21935

MLA Citation:

"Nonverbal Communication" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Nonverbal-Communication/21935>




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