1. Nonverbal Communication Better at communicating feelings and attitudes More convincing than verbal messages. We can communicate without saying anything!

2. Kinesics Body Movement Adapter: tension reliever like fixing hair, touching nose Emblems: gestures that mean something. Pointing

3. Vocalics Tone of voice Often carries more meaning than the actual words.

4. Proxemics Space and Distance Cultural Emotion or mood How well we know someone

5. Territory and Environment Use of space and objects to indicate ownership Invasion: intruding into someone’s territory. Contamination: tagging, graffiti, leaving trash.

6. Haptics Professional Touch: Doctor touches patient. Social/Polite touch: Fist bump, hand shake Friendship: kiss, bro hug Love/Intimacy: highly personal

7. Appearance What is soma typing? Classifying people according to body type What is Halo Effect? Physical Attractiveness Stereotype Beautiful = Good

8. What are artifacts?

12. Facial Expression What are the six universal facial expressions? Anger Happiness Surprise Sadness Disgust Fear

13. Who is better at reading someone’s facial expression? Men or women?

14. What is masking? Hiding an expression of emotion and replacing it with a more appropriate expression.

15. Triangle of Meaning Thought (meaning) Symbol Referent (stands for) ASL for Water Water

16. Triangle of Meaning Referent Thought (meaning) Cat Symbol

17. Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word. Connotation: Emotional meaning based on personal experience and feelings.

18. Triangle of Meaning Thought (meaning) Teacher SymbolReferent

19. Bypassing: Two people have different referents for the same word but they think they are thinking alike.

20. Words and symbols are arbitrary, ambiguous, and abstract. Arbitrary: for no reason, random Ambiguous: Confusing Abstract: Difficult to understand, not concrete

21. Meaning is in the person, not the word!

22. Social Constructionism: Humans make sense of their world. They make meaning and create their world.

23. Language shapes our relationships.

24. Language allows humans to think hypothetically. We can imagine, reflect and plan for the future.

25. Language allows us to name things.