Psychology - Non-verbal communication definitions

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Communication
Passing information from one person to another
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Verbal communication
Conveying information through vocal sounds or words
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Paralinguistics
Vocal features that accompany speech
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Tone of voice
The way words are spoken to convey emotion
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Emphasis
Giving prominence to some words more than others
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Intonation
Inflection in the voice when speaking
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Non-verbal communication
Conveying messages that don't require the use of words or vocal sounds
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Eye contact
When two people in a conversation are looking at each other's eyes at the same time
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Pupil dilation
When the pupils in the eyes expand to look large
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Hemispheres of the brain
The human brain is divided into two halves, called the left and right hemispheres
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Practical implications
Suggestions about behaviour in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered
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Body language
Describes aspects of non-verbal communication
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Posture
Body positioning (form of non-verbal communication)
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Postural echo
Mirroring another person's body language
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Confederate
An actor who is working for the experimenter
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Closed posture
Positioning the arms so that they are folded across the body and/or crossing the legs
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Open posture
Positioning the arms so that they are not folded across the body and not crossing the legs
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Gesture
A form of non-verbal communication in which information is conveyed by either deliberate or unconcious movement of parts of the body
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Touch
A form of non-verbal communication in which information is conveyed by physical contact between people
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Personal space
The distnace we keep between ourselves and other people in our everyday lives
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Individual differences
Factors that make one person not the same as another person, such as personality or age
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Cultural norms
The range of behaviours thatmembers of a particular social groupor society can be expected to show
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Status
A person's rank or position within society
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Conveying information through vocal sounds or words

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Verbal communication

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Vocal features that accompany speech

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The way words are spoken to convey emotion

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Giving prominence to some words more than others

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