Archive Notes -- Forms of Communication

• Nonverbal -- intentional
  • Behavioral -- unintentional
  • Physical
• Kinesthetics
  • Facial expressions
  • Eye contact
  • Gestures
  • Postures
• Paralanguage
  • Pronunciation
  • Vocal rate
  • Pitch
  • Tone
  • Volume
  • Emphasis
  • Disfluencies -- "um, uh" and stammering
• Haptics
  • Study of touching
    • soothes
    • strengthens immune system
    • improves relationships
    • gender differences
    • age
• Proxemics
• Chronemics
• Physical appearance
• Physical environment

 

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