Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Non-verbal communication
- The 3
elements of
communication
- Body Language
- Voice Tone
- Words
- Key words
- Non-verbal
communication-passing
messages that do not
require the use of words
or sounds
- Communication-passing
information from one
person to another
- Verbal
communication-passing
messages using words
or vocal sounds
- paralinguistics-vocal
features that
accompany speech
- Eye
contact-When
two people look
into each
others eyes at
the same time
- Posture-A non-verbal
communication signal
- Closed posture-Crossed
arms and legs
- Open posture-open arms and legs
- Postural echo-Adopting each
others posture
- Gesture-A form of non verbal
communication in which
information is conveyed by
either deliberate or
unconscious movements of
the body
- Touch-information
conveyed by physical
contact
- Argyle, Alkema and Gilmour
- Aim-To see if tone of
voice has any effect
when interpreting a
verbal message
- Method-Different groups of
participants listened to either
friendly or hostile messages
spoken in either a friendly or
hostile tone of voice.So some
heard hostile messages spoken in
a friendly tone or friendly
messages spoken in a hostile tone
- Results- When participants
were asked to interpret the
messages,k it was found that
tone of voice had about five
times the effect of the verbal
message itself
- Conclusion-Tone of
voice is important in
how people interpret
verbal messages
- Evaluation-High
demand
characteristics, low
ecological validity
- Eye contact-Argyle
- Aim-To see how
interrupting eye contact
affects conversation
- Method-Pairs of participants were observed
having conversations and half of the
conversations had one participant wearing
dark classes so there was no eye contact and
the other half had no dark glasses
- Results-When one of the
participants wore dark glasses,
there were more pauses and
interruptions than when dark
glasses were not worn
- Conclusion-Eye contact is
important in ensuring the
smooth flow of conversation
- Evaluation- High
ecological validity
- Pupil Dilation-Hess
- Aim-To see the effect
of pupil dilation on
emotion
- Method-participants were shown
two sets of photographs of eyes and
in one set the pupils were enlarged
and in the other they were reduced
- Results-Showed that participants preferred the photos
of eyes with the enlarged pupil, mainly because they
found it more attractive but couldn't explain why they
thought this
- Conclusion-Pupil dilation has an unconscious but
powerful effect on emotion
- Evaluation-Low ecological validity, reliable, high
demand characteristics
- Postural echo-McGinley
- Aim-To see
the effect of
postural
echo when
having a
conversation
- Method-A confederate
approached individuals in a
social setting and had
conversations with them. In
half the confederate echoed
the posture and in the
others they did not. The
experimenter asked the
individuals after what they
thought
- Results-When postural
echo was used the
people thought they
got on well with them
but when it wasn't
used the confederate
was not liked as much
and the conversation
felt awkward
- Conclusion-Postural
echo gives an
unconscious
message of
friendliness
- Evaluation-Reliable, high
ecological validity, natural
environment, extraneous variables
- Open and closed
posture-McGinely, Lefevre
and McGinely
- Aim-To see the effect of
open and closed posture
- Method-a confederate
approached people and
have conversations with
them and had open
posture in half and
closed in the others then
the experimenter asked
what they thought
- Results-When showing an open
posture they were seen as
friendly and attractive but seen as
unfriendly and less attractive with
a closed posture
- Conclusion-The posture that
someone adopts can make a
difference to how much they are
liked
- Evaluation-High ecological
validity, low demand
characteristics, low internal
validity
- Gestures-Lynn and Mynier
- Aim-To see the effect of gestures used by
waiters and waitresses on the tipping
behaviour of customers
- Method-While taking oders from customers, they were
told to either stand upright or squat down to the
customers level
- Results-When they squatted down,
they received bigger tips compared
to standing upright
- Conclusion-The gesture of squatting
will have an effect on tipping behaviour
- Evaluation-low ecological validity, high
ecological validity, low demand
characteristics
- Touch-Fisher, Rytting and Heslin
- Aim-to see the effect of
touch on people's
attitudes
- Method-male and female
students in a library were
handing books and for half of
them the librarian touched their
hand and for the other other
they didn't
- Results-When asked, the students who were
touched were more positive towards the
library and librarian. Most didn't realise they
had been touched though.
- Conclusion-touch can have an
unconscious and positive effect
- Evaluation-Lacks poplulation
validity, extraneous
variables, ethical issues
- Sex differences
- Aim-to see if sex
affects personal
space
- Method-one at a time, participants
were asked to have a conversation with
another person who was actually a
confederate. sometimes the
confederate was of the same sex or the
opposite and the confederate sat at
difference distances and stared into the
participants eyes
- Results-the participants broke eye
contact with the opposite sex
- Conclusion-We prefer to have a greater amount of
personal space between ourselves and the opposite sex
during normal conversation
- Evaluation-Ethical issues, low demand
characteristics, high population validity
- Personality
- Aim-to see if personality has an
effect on personal space
- Method-Students were given
personality tests to see if
they were extroverts or
introverts. They were then
sent to an office to recieve
their college grades. The
researcher then noted where
they chose to sit
- Results-introverts
sat further away
than extroverts
- Conclusion-Whether
you are an introvert
or extrovert will
affect personal
space
- Evaluation-low
demand
characteristics