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(2.1) How we communicate ?(2.1) How we communicate ?
1. Make your own definition of communication
2. Differentiate between human and non-human communication
3. Make a list of how humans communicate
4. Make a list of how non-humans communicate
Some definitions:Some definitions:• Verbal Communication: using spoken
words to transmit and/or exchange/evoke shared understanding
• Non-Verbal Communication: using anything but spoken words to transmit and/or exchange/evoke shared understanding (eg. posture, gaze & gesture)
• Paralinguistics: features of vocal sound which embellish or emphasise meaning (eg. tone of voice)
Paralinguistics:Paralinguistics:
• Tone: conveyed em0tion (eg. Angry voice)
• Emphasis: raising or lowering voice for a particular word
• Intonation (Inflection): modulation (variation) of sound (timbre) eg. whisper or shout
Communication: How important Communication: How important are the actual words?are the actual words?
Eye Contact
Body Posture
Facial Expression
Sound of voice:
• Tone
• Emphasis
• Intonation
Touch
Hand Gestures
Personal Space+ The Situation + General
AppearanceWhat have we left out?
The actual words!!!!!The actual words!!!!! Research suggests shared
communication is about:• 7% The words (verbal)• 38% How you say it (vocal Inflections)• 55% What you look like
Appearance/gesture/gaze, posture (body language) and situational factors (attribution & context of interaction)
What else we do with our eyes: What else we do with our eyes: Eye Contact/MovementEye Contact/Movement When we speak face to face the following occurs with
our eyes:• The speaker looks away as they open speech• The listener looks at the speaker’s eyes• When speaker about to finish, they flash a glance
and the roles reverse• If process is interrupted (eg. dark glasses), then the
conversation becomes disjointedEyes control role taking turns in a conversation* (a
similar process takes place on the phone using paralinguistics)….
Do AMRC’s: Kendon (1967) & Argle (1968)
* This applies to both 1-2-1 and a group conversation
How do we use facial expression to How do we use facial expression to embellish communication? embellish communication?
Do exercise supplied:
Face Expression adds an emotion to communication
• Facial expression is a human universal (from birth, except ‘Fear’ that comes from 6mths onwards) and therefore they are inherited not learned (nature vs nurture)
• The only other species are Primates• Facial expressions involve many muscles
and are involuntarily connected to how we really feel (we can’t fake it!)
• A smile takes 17 muscles and a frown 47 muscles
Body LanguageBody LanguageSome questions:
• Do these three all know each other?
• Are two of them together?
• How do you know?
We make a lot of assumptions based on body language and they are often correct!!!
Body LanguageBody Language
• To communicate using our body
• Posture: Open, closed and mirror/echo
• Usually unconscious interaction, but experts can read and/or take advantage especially ‘postural echo’ (put a person at ease)
• Some other interactions… like/lie etc
• Do AMRC: McGinley (1975) + evaluation
Gestures and TouchGestures and Touch((gesticulationgesticulation: to make gestures): to make gestures)
Some hand gestures work well without context or words!
A
B
C
Watch a person on the telephone, why do they do this even if they can’t be seen?
Watch a person on the telephone, why do they do this even if they can’t be seen?
Some gestures are rude or Some gestures are rude or aggressiveaggressive
Gestures and Touch Gestures and Touch ((gesticulationgesticulation: to : to make gestures)make gestures)
From the grid
supplied
suggest what
these gestures
might mean:
Then do AMRC Lyn & Mynier, 1993 (p32) + Evaluation
But beware there are cross-But beware there are cross-cultural differencescultural differences
What does this suggest: nature or nurture?...think universality
“May I have this dance?”A man will bemore successfulIf he briefly touchesthe girls handor arm while he asks!
Touch to embellish Touch to embellish communicationcommunication
Touch to embellish communicationTouch to embellish communication
• Touch with hand or arm are a very powerful addition to communication
• Various types: controlled by proximity to intimate erogenous zones and culture (think of how you formally greet and how you greet friends and family etc)
Do AMRC p33: Fisher et al, (1976).. Evaluation consider inter/intra gender issues
• Consider a concept like personal space:
(Roughly half an arm, within an arm and over an arm’s length away)
Q) When speaking privately to you, what limit of closeness to your face would you expect from the following?
1. An intimate friend
2. An acquaintance
3. A strangerHow do you feel if someone violates your social space? And consider age/gender (own/different)
<0.5m <1 m
>1 m
Personal spacePersonal space
Personal spacePersonal space
Do AMRC’s (and evaluate):
1. Argyle and Dean (1965) p34
2. Willis (1966) p35
3. Williams (1971) p35
• Pavement/corridor avoidance strategies
Personal spacePersonal space
What would you expect to happen if a male and female were approaching each other in a narrow corridor? (and think other combinations)
• Some cultures standmuch closer to talk…they think we are Unfriendly• Also status: the morerespect the greaterthe distanceDo AMRC’s p36: Summer (1969) & Zahn
(1991) and evaluate
Personal space and Personal space and culture/statusculture/status